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Redmarley

About Me

I make music that I enjoy.

I make music because I want people to listen to it.

The recordings aren't perfect, but then neither am I.

I guess the art imitates the artist.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/03/2008
Band Members: Himself: Vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, melodica, piano/organ, drums, harmonica, percussion, hand claps, kazoo
Influences: The Beatles
Wilco
Hayden
Bob Dylan
Kings of Convenience
Midlake
Elliott Smith
Woody Guthrie
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Decemberists
The Byrds
Ida
Glen Hansard
Gordon Lightfoot
Simon & Garfunkel
Stompin' Tom Connors
Jack Johnson
Mason Jennings
Ben Harper
Tom Petty
Sounds Like: Ideally, like wisps of Americana out of an AM radio station that's not quite tuned in. But at other times it'll sound like two teenage brothers who just discovered the marvels of four-track recording.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Great advice for us musicians!

Here's a quick quote from Jeff Tweedy, out of Greg Kot's Wilco-ography "Learning How To Die."Jeff is talking about when Uncle Tupelo, the predecessor of Wilco, recorded their third album March 16-20, ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:03:00 GMT

Literary Favourites, Episode 1

I say not enough people read books these days.  I am fortunate that my parents instilled in me a love of reading at an early age, and that love continues on to this day.  I'm going to start another fe...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Updates, and about time, too...

Hola, amigos.  Been a long time since I rapped at ya, but I've been busy working on things lately.What kinds of things would an unemployed guy work on, you ask?  Why, besides my part-time job as a flo...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Who is the Fifth Beatle?

This has been one of those age-old questions asked by music fans and snobs the world over.  "Who is the so-called Fifth Beatle?"  There are, in my opinion, five contenders for this title of ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:36:00 GMT

Favourite Beatles Song?

Please note that this blog, which talks about the music of the Beatles, is categorized under "Life," rather than "Music." What's your favourite Beatles song?  I know, I know.  It's like asking what yo...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:33:00 GMT

Beautiful Collage - A song for Katy

Hey, everyone.I posted a song today called "Beautiful Collage."  It's for my friend Katy in France.  She's befriended Happiest Lion, Craven Canary, and myself, and when we found it was soon ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:39:00 GMT

Pip’s Picks for the week of October 27th!

Time to revive it, folks.  We're just going to jump right in, because my beer is empty, the hour is late, and my bed is looking cozy.Here are some great tunes you should seek out this week:1). "L...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:43:00 GMT

Crazy dream

I won't take a ton of time for this, but I had the coolest, most surreal dream the night before last.Several of us (I don't know exactly who "us" is, but I was among them) had taken to living in a mul...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:18:00 GMT

The Magic of Star Wars...

...can be summed up in this:While watching The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda is a puppet.  Yet because his character is so intriguing (and because the puppet work is so fluidly and carefully done), h...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:58:00 GMT

Pip’s Post-vacation Picks, week of August 11th

Ladies and gentlemen, this week I've rekindled an old flame.  I've rediscovered an old love, a passionate love, a...horny...love.  Don't worry, you'll get the pun in just a minute. This week...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:06:00 GMT