13 Wednesday Mar 2019
Posted in Life as We Know It, Video
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Brynn Arens, Carissa Joines, Chad Huskey, Chad Nance, Clay Howard, Davidson Smith, Joshua West, Music
Salutations™!!
I told you that I did the video shoot on Sunday. Well, Chad and Carissa work at very fast speeds and it is now available to watch, which you can do right here.
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
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“Just to touch your skin and to hear your voice, yeah I will go running back again.” – “Running Back Again” (Howard/Arens)
11 Monday Mar 2019
Posted in Life as We Know It
Salutations™!!
Yesterday, I was part of a video shoot for my pal Clay Howard’s song, “Running Back Again.” We set up a performance stage in an empty warehouse across the street from The Lab at Industry Hill.
©Chad Nance
The band featured Clay on vocals and rhythm guitar, Davidson Smith on drums, Chad Huskey lead guitar, Joshua West on keyboards and yours truly on bass. The video was directed and shot by my pal Chad Nance and produced by him Carissa. It was just a great time hanging out with my friends playing music, even though we weren’t actually playing music. We played along to a track, for those who don’t know how music videos work.
It was 62ish outside but inside this warehouse, it was probably in the 50s. Everyone complained and bundled up between shots. I thought it felt great, but we know I like it cooler. But, the video should be out in a few weeks to coincide with Clay’s new album release. When it’s released I’ll let you know.
The shot I included was called “Maximum Beeman” by Chad. I say everything is Maximum Beeman.
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
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“If I could walk it back I’d trip all over myself and run…” – “Running Back Again” (Howard/Arens)
07 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Life as We Know It
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Adam Bennett, Arts District, Joshua West, Music, Test Pattern, Threadbare Trio, Trade Street, WSNC
Salutations™!!
Just a quick word (I’m working on a project right now)… I’m playing tonight, with Clay and Neal, as Threadbare Trio at Test Pattern. We’ll be playing with Adam Bennett, who will do an acoustic show and then it’s Joshua West’s band (with Clay on bass) and then us. So, come to Test Pattern tonight and be entertained. We will entertain you. Promise.
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
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“Three friends enjoying playing tunes…come enjoy with them.” – Threadbare Trio
29 Thursday Sep 2016
Posted in Music Review
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Anand Gan, Clay Howard, Corky McClellan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, MM3AMMC, Music, Patrick Ferguson, Podcasting, Steve Willard, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
This past week was the final week of the MM3AMMC/TLD Tap Takeover. Over the last 15 weeks, that’s right, FIFTEEN!, I’ve heard a lot of groovy tunes. 118, actually. From a return to youth or freedom or straight-forward rock to personal stories or foreign language or “lyrical vomit” or even several songs about me. I’ve listened to a lot of music. I’ve listened to some awesome musicians, too. Clay, Doug, Jerry, Patrick, Steve, Corky, KG, Josh, Eddie and Anand, thank you all for entertaining me this last 15 weeks. Especially thanks to Doug, Josh, Eddie and Anand for sticking with it until the end.
©The New Yorker
Before I continue, I’d like to congratulate Doug Davis on his song, “Rivers to Oceans” for being last week’s “featured song.”
A recap of how this has works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I would go and listen to the submissions. I looked over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then picked the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Josh: “My wife had an awesome suggestion. Write an anthem. Something that would be sung in soccer stadiums, football stadiums and other sporting arenas. Bonus points if you write one for your favorite sporting team.”
The submissions were as follows:
So, there were 4 songs from 4 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“Rat a tat tat let the song get in you. Feel the beat. Put the hammer down with a rattlesnake breakthrough. Cant be beat! “ – Anand Gan (not necessarily the winner)
15 Thursday Sep 2016
Posted in Music Review
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Anand Gan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Joshua West, Monday Morning 3AM Music Club, Patrick Ferguson, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
This past Monday ended the twelfth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate both KG Noble and Joshua West on their songs, both named “The Man Who Walked the Town” for being last week’s “featured song.”
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment 
and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Anand: “Spent a weekend at Zion national park. Amazing. Write a song that incorporates the beauty of nature.”
The submissions are as follows:
So, there were 6 songs from 5 artists. Both KG and Jerry dropped out this week. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“See the rain falling, dripping from the leaves. Feel the wind. My hair tangles, tumbles in the breeze. I can feel the peaceful bliss underneath the stars. Quiet now. Far from sounds of airplanes and cars. You don’t have to go far away to get lost in a lover’s arms” – Joshua West (not necessarily the winner)
08 Thursday Sep 2016
Posted in Music Review
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Anand Gan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, Monday Morning 3AM Music Club, Patrick Ferguson, The Less Desirables, The Man Who Walked the Town, WSNC
Salutations™!!
This past Monday ended the twelfth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Patrick Ferguson on his song, “All Washed Away” for being last week’s “featured song.”
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s 
rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Patrick: “Since Tim Beeman is hand picking his favorite song of the week this round I feel we owe him a favor. TIMBO currently has a blog called “the man who walked the town” where he goes out in the city to random places for a bit of exercise. I feel he needs some motivational music, or a theme song for his Blog. Let’s all attempt to write a song for him called “The Man Who Walked the Town” . Let’s motivate Tim to “Walk On”…. this challenge is open to any style or interpretation. Just write something that will get him going.”
The submissions are as follows:
To say that this is personal to me, well, that’s understatement. I really appreciate Patrick, who has walked with me on a few of my The Man Who Walked the Town journeys, coming up with this assignment.
So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“He used to say, 10K before 10A -OK “ – KG Noble (not necessarily the winner)
25 Thursday Aug 2016
Posted in Music Review, Uncategorized
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Anand Gan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, Monday Morning 3AM Music Club, Patrick Ferguson, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
This past Monday ended the tenth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Doug Davis on his song, “What Are You Talking About?” for being last week’s “featured song.”
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment 
and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Jerry: “Since we’re going another round, the song title should have some sort of reference to doing something a 2nd time. The song itself doesn’t necessarily have to be about that, though.”
The submissions are as follows:
So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“For 8 years I’ve loved you. And, we’re the best of friends. But, like the stars above you must come to an end “ – Eddie McBride (not necessarily the winner)
18 Thursday Aug 2016
Posted in Music Review
Tags
Anand Gan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, Monday Morning 3AM Music Club, Patrick Ferguson, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
This past Monday ended the ninth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Jerry Chapman on his song, “Flags in the Ground” for being last week’s “featured song.”
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Joshua: “After spending time overseas, I think it
Rosetta Stone
would be a cool thing to work in a foreign language into your song. It doesn’t have to be much, but it should work with your rhyme scheme and make sense (or not, if that is your intent). I’m thinking ‘Michelle’ by the Beatles is a great example, where Paul basically repeats the verse in French. But it is up to you. It can be a single phrase, like ‘C’est la vie,’ or ‘Ma Cherie amour,’ to name a few others. If you are fluent (or married to someone who is), you can write as much in another language as you want to! So break out your translation dictionary and good luck!”
The submissions are as follows:
So, there were 7 songs from 7 artists. Clay said he just forgot to do the song, he didn’t make the Monday morning 3am deadline so he’s out. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“You say “mais enfin de quoi tu parles?” – Doug Davis (not necessarily the winner)
11 Thursday Aug 2016
Posted in Music Review
Tags
Anand Gan, Clay Howard, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, Monday Morning 3AM Music Club, Patrick Ferguson, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
Sorry this is so late!!! This past Monday ended the seventh week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Eddie McBride and Doug Davis on their songs, “Real Country” and “Singer of Love Songs” (respectively) for being last week’s “featured songs.” Eddie was the first to win more than once and Doug got his first feature!
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from KG: “A lot of modern songs really break things up a lot. Write a song where the verses vary in their rhythm and rhyme schemes. They don’t have to be entirely different but at the very least they shouldn’t all follow exactly the same scheme. The choruses can be the same or different. It’s up to you. Any style.”
The submissions are as follows:
So, there were 8 songs from 8 artists. Although Corky had two songs last week, he didn’t make the Monday morning 3am deadline so he’s out. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“You’re really climbing the ladder now. Left us all behind for better views. Mountains of messages unreturned, the innocent get burned. But, you’ve got no time for things that you can’t use.” – KG Noble
04 Thursday Aug 2016
Posted in Music Review
Tags
Anand Gan, Best of Winston, Clay Howard, Corky McClellan, Doug Davis, Eddie McBride, Jerry Chapman, Joshua West, KG Noble, Patrick Ferguson, The Garage, The Less Desirables, WSNC
Salutations™!!
Sorry this is so late!!! This past Monday ended the sixth week in Round 13 of TLD/MM3AMMC. Before we continue, I’d like to congratulate Eddie McBride on his song, “Just Live Like Hyperbole” for being last week’s “featured song.” He was the first to win his own assignment!
A recap of how this works: So, on Monday morning around 8:30am or so, I go and listen to the submissions. Truth be known, I actually try to listen along the way. But, I really listen at 8:30am. I look over the assignment, compare the lyrics and songs to that assignment and then pick the one that I think makes the best representation of the assignment’s rules. To hear all the entrants this week visit the MM3AMMC website HERE.
This week, the assignment was from Corky McClellan: “Country music ain’t what it used to be. Write a good ol’ country song like those from the days of Hank Williams, George Jones, & Merle Haggard. You could even sprinkle the likes of Randy Travis & Dwight Yoakum and the like if you want to. Whatever it is, make sure it says something to the heart which is what you would hold your guitar close to as you croon this one under the neon lights.”
The submissions are as follows:
So, there were 10 songs from 9 artists (Corky used his “alter ego” to do two songs) this week. And the winner was… nah, you don’t get it that easy. I mean, I want you to listen to the whole show, right? So, you need to listen to find out who won. You can do that on The Less Desirables website, on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn or the newest addition, Podcast Addict. Or, I’ll save you the trouble and post it here, I’m good like that. And yes, there may be a reposting of this next Tuesday, you never know.
Enjoy!
Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!
—
“She said
If I were you I’d sit back down and adjust my hat
, get up and take one step up but don’t take no steps back
, cause back in time is she was. God know those times were really tough,
those times were really tough “ – “Talking to a Ghost” by Clay Howard (not necessarily the winner)
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