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Wed May 9

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latest attempt to tackle “In The Summertime” by Rural Alberta Advantage

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Tue May 8

Cosmonauts lyrics

Because I enjoy the lyrics, but I’ve not yet recorded a version of it I’m quite willing to post online.

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(G-Em-Am-D)

I love your sense of independence

And it’s true that I could never hurt you

Green eyes that smoke and tell dirty jokes

Leaving me to fend for myself on the dance floor

You’ll make me sing a bitter melody

And when we’re alone I don’t pray to atone

For what I want, it’s never enough

To sustain the dreams that were forced upon us

(Chorus- G-D-A 3x/ F-E-A)

We are cosmonauts

Melting into dust

We’ll fly into the sun

Just to love someone

(verse 2)

I want to need fewer fantasies

And your pedestal was never low enough for me

When you would drink, I was made to think

That I could be trusted with your darkest half secrets

I am the only thing I’ve ever known

And you’re the only one worth knowing for

You are what my best fears dream of

And you’re beautiful because you are loved

(Chorus, X2)

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new improv offered without explanation. “Just a Shell”

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Mon Apr 23

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Improv I just did today. Here are some lyrics that you probably can’t make out that I kind of like from it.

“I’m waiting for a moment to catch my breath/ when you left me, I was broken…it wasn’t that bad”

“I’m stargazing for a shoestring/ Orian’s belt…has loops missing”

“I don’t even have you anymore/ so I’ll start again”

“When comets pass over, they’ll shower us with cosmic rays/ You’ll turn into zombies…it’s better than becoming slaves”

So this is “Not For This Earth” from the “album” “ImprovDemos”

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Sun Apr 8

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“Blues riff Improv”. It’s kinda fun? But really, not a song you have to take seriously. Electric guitars, yo.

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Sat Apr 7

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I’m on a decent creative streak. This is a song I improvised on my electric last night. It’s about a minute and a half of instrumental improv till it starts. But still. “Literary Improv” from the “album” “2012 BU”

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Thu Apr 5

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offered with no explanation, other than to say that this was done on my electric guitar, and I actually sat down (stood up) and wrote the lyrics two days ago. The two days ago is pertinent. I’m like a goddamn Nostradamus

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Sat Mar 31

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Here’s another one of those improvs where I explain the whole thing at the beginning of the song. It is the first time i’ve used my new amp for my electric guitar which I just got today, so yeah. “Cosmonauts improv” from the “album” “Electric Fiddle”

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Fri Mar 23

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Hey, look, it’s a Decemberists cover. “Leslie Anne Levine”

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Thu Mar 1

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Let’s get real- you haven’t listened to this. “Irrationally Alone” from the “album” “I am either a fool or a fortune teller”

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Tue Feb 21

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This is an improv (in theory I might some day do a more polished version of it) that I did last week. First “therapeutic” improv I’ve done in a while (read as: first thing that hasn’t been totally shit). I like how it builds? It’s basically a 3 minute song with 2 minutes of random tacked on. Anyway.

“Accidental Muse” from the “album” “Improv the night away”

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Thu Feb 16

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BOAT- “Bite My Lips” for Elitish’s top 50 songs of the year

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Fri Feb 10

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A traditional folk song, or a bad cover of Don McClean depending on how you look at it.

“By the Water of Babylon” from the “album” “The Folk You Talkin’ Bout?”