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Patrick Bloom

Patrick Bloom & Ghosts Of Radio

About Me

Available now:
Moses, the new CD from Patrick Bloom.

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Member Since: 11/14/2005
Band Website: patrickbloom.com
Band Members: Patrick Bloom & Ghosts Of Radio
Patrick Bloom- Electric & acoustic guitars, Vocals
Billy Valencia- Electric & upright bass guitar
James Robinson- Drums
Jason Berge- Electric & acoustic guitars, harmony vocals
Megan Valencia- Hammond B3 organ, piano, accordion, harmony vocals

Influences: The Band, Greg Brown, Vic Chesnutt, Miles Davis, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Fred Eaglesmith, Lyle Lovett, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jane Siberry, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Neil Young

Record Label: Mud Dauber Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

March changes

So this Saturday, March 22nd will indeed *not* be the CD Release show for Moses. This is due to a human scheduling error, and my apologies for the multiple shouts on this. Still, I and a partial sem...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:47:00 PST

Patrick Bloom & Ghosts Of Radio

We're packed in. Iowa has been pounded repeatedly for the last few months with lots and lots of ice. Even when the weather was polite enough to send us plain, powdery snow, it would be followed up i...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:27:00 PST

The new album arrives.

A very chilly greeting to everyone, as it's only 1 degree here in Iowa. Anyway, I've been under the radar trying derned hard to get a new album out. That said, I'm happy to announce that the new alb...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:18:00 PST

Neil.

Because I love you... ...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:41:00 PST

Moses, the saga continues...

Getting there. At this point I just need to work my way through the mixes and we'll have it ready for mastering and printing. Not bad... it's taken a bit longer than I would have liked to finish th...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:44:00 PST

A Million Minutes Away

So it's done. The tracking on Million Miles Away, that is. Amy Finders came in today and nailed her harmony, which had the effect of adding another dimension to the entire track. I am an idiot and...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

A Million Miles Away

Today's session with Bo went smashingly. He did, of course, bring the cool. I also think I'm getting into the whole 'taking pics with a cell phone' thang. Below, for your viewing pleasure, are a co...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:07:00 PST

Recording...

Finally, I'm going to get the next album done. The Iowa Arts Council was kind enough to give me a grant for the process, and I've been getting things closer over the last few days. The band came in ...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:13:00 PST

Blackbird

A perfect moment. My wife and daughter in our small living room dancing in circles to Blackbird.
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:44:00 PST

Do gnats dream of electric Swedes?

Iowa is thick already... not terribly hot, but definitely thick, and the insects are having a love-in. I was walking a few days ago and realized in somewhat short order that there was a small cloud o...
Posted by Patrick Bloom on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:58:00 PST