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Jay Krause

I wasn't born on New Year's Day.

About Me

I am always working on new material and striving towards improvement, currently focussing on playing bass with Jake Mattison.

I will also do the music for short films (but will not object to a larger project), and all I would ask is to see me name in the credits and a cup of tea. Here's some I prepared earlier:

Love Music, Hate Racism.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/24/2006
Band Members: Jay - All vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, lap steel, melodica, harmonica, dulcimer, banjo, mandolin, cheap keyboards and sporadic out of time drums.

Anyone else - everything else.
Influences: Beck, Ryan Adams, Elliott Smith, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Kraftwerk, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Etienne de Crecy, Kings Of Convenience, Nick Drake, Bruce Springsteen, At The Drive-In, Gram Parsons, The Stooges, Harmonia, Ron Sexsmith, Polyphonic Spree, Tom Waits, Cat Stevens, Elbow, Devendra Banhart, Heatmiser, Serge Gainsbourg, Neu!, Prince, Beach Boys, Thomas Fersen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rufus Wainwright, The Pogues, (smog), John Martyn, The Libertines, Erlend Oye, Can, Radiohead, Martha Wainwright, Doves, J. Mascis, Alasdair Roberts, Earlimart, Badly Drawn Boy, Can, De La Soul, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Ten Benson, Son House, Marvin Gaye, Jay-Z, David Bowie, Radio 4, Air, The Dubliners, June Tabor, J5, John Cale, Led Zeppelin, Phoenix, Wayne County And The Electric Chairs, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Steve Winwood, John Cage, Fiddle players around the world, beards and moustaches
Sounds Like: People have said some very nice things. Nick Drake and Simon and Garfunkel are the most memorable ones that spring to mind. If anyone has any more comparisons then I'd be happy and interested to hear.

Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Motorcycle Trip.

As most of you know I am going to be doing the India Motorcycle Challenge, as organised by Global Adventure Challenges. I will be travelling from Amristar to Dharamsalar, on to Bir, Billing and Manali...
Posted by Jay Krause on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:06:00 PST

You know...

Citizen Kane is really rather good. As is Babel, and the new Radiohead album.
Posted by Jay Krause on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:49:00 PST

Bizdniss

Not updated in a long time...been away and quite busy too. Going in the studio with Jake mid-Sept so will update nearer that time. Meanwhile, today I have written an album's worth of plaintive folk so...
Posted by Jay Krause on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:56:00 PST

EP & stuff

Hi there fellersThis blog been a long time coming, I think. My absence can be attributed to my incessant schedule and the incredible collapse of my work/life balance, and holidays. Having said that, I...
Posted by Jay Krause on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:42:00 PST

Showing off.

I got a new toy in Nashville:And you're all jealous. It will be debuted shortly, when I learn how to play it with amateur proficiency....
Posted by Jay Krause on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

Another night, another one of these

Well fellows, it's been more than a week since I last checked in. And what a week! Wedding on Saturday in the midst of a run of the Star Wars Trilogy (4-6, of course) and am also formulating planes to...
Posted by Jay Krause on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:26:00 PST

Don't I have better things to do

Ah, fuck it. I can't be bothered.MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN MIKE FINNIGAN...
Posted by Jay Krause on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:39:00 PST

Whiskeytown and Beards.

Does anybody know of a Whiskeytown EP or album that is called 'Those Weren't The Days'? I've just downloaded it (don't tell Ryan) and I can't find any information on it, except at Answering Bell.My be...
Posted by Jay Krause on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:14:00 PST

nobs, hobs and jobs

This rather dull and week has come, throught ups and downs, to a head with my gaining employment. In Gorton, for BT. As Gorton is somewhat awkward to get to from my house despite being only 2-3 miles ...
Posted by Jay Krause on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:35:00 PST

Moribund scammers

Like most people, I get e-mails all the time asking me to get in touch with someone from The Cote d'Ivoire or Burkuno Faso to stand as some dead putz's business partner and, in return for this total l...
Posted by Jay Krause on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:31:00 PST