All along this broken shoreline Out on island, point, and head The lighthouse rose and multiplied As the mariner’s business spread But a hundred years and more have passed Since the last new lamp was lit But the winds blow hard and the salt corrupts And the keepers have died or quit And when at last...

When I was a child I kept mostly to myself I’d keep company with notions that I would never tell And when the storms would crash down in the world or at my home I’d seek the coping comfort of being all alone I’d protect myself by building walls and controlling what I could Control’s a funny concept,...

I own a decent chanter, and may be able to cobble together a part. What’s your timeline?

My collaborators were 35-40 people, mostly over the age of 65. Getting them to sing the response lines in time and in tune was a challenge. Lots of work went into those little snippets of audio (captured on an old-as-hell Zoom H4n). https://i.imgur.com/bGuMaVH.jpeg Anyway, lyrics: The first that I r...

A hundred years and more before this country was born On the Abenaki lands between the mountains and the corn The springtime snows had melted but the waters still were cold When Dick Cornish was found murdered in a shady forest shoal And the whip-poor-will sings his tune Under the watch of a flower ...

There’s a bend in that river Where we’d cross to see our friends in Tennessee Like reflections on glass pyramids As the sun breaks through the clouds again As the waters keep on rising I look up for someone reaching down for me And when we’d climb no higher We held hands and watched the murky water ...

Sober: Speaking of bass, holy hell. Love the clean mix and the Vulf vibes, plus a bunch of the lines made me laugh aloud. Incredible. You better believe I had the Madison Square Garden tracks up for tone/arrangement/mix inspiration. Wish I'd started my song earlier (and that I was a better bass pla...

There’s a man out on the road and he knows just what he wants He likes to hitch a ride and write his silly songs And his lady said darling could you please write something that someone wants to hear He said you must be mistooken I gotta gotta gotta get cookin Ms Starfinger said go on, and I’ll see y...

I have gigs booked, so I'm out. Sorry to miss again.

Nice! I very nearly bought a Reverend tele a month or so ago. Seem like killer guitars.

Been wanting to trade my strat for one for years. All my twang is a lie https://media4.giphy.com/media/zvBuF2oYRErVS/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47g9a84fgxvicujijszqq632h8o7zcd7d8nsg0ykl7&rid=giphy.gif Resurrecting this thread to share that I finally got the dream telecaster. 2012 American Vintage '52 ...

I definitely watched a ton of youtube videos when I was getting started. This guy has a lot of good ones, though they tend to move a bit slowly for my tastes. This book tends to be the most-frequently recommended, but I found this one to be more immediately accessible. The first big hurdle for me wa...

Late review for late entrant Berkeley Social Scene : I love that that Ken found his layered vocal sound like 20 years ago and was like "hell yes, I'm never fucking with this formula." There's something very satisfying about the way you hit "tiny eleVAYtor" - like you're doing a l...

Now that I've done a Songfight entry focused heavily on pedal steel, I'd like to keep up my practice by offering steel to anyone wanting it (for non-commercial use). Solo chops are currently about as advanced as you hear on that recording, and I can definitely deliver all the atmospheric steel whine...

Small fight = easy reviews. I tend to focus on production and performance over writing. I'm Steel Learning : This is me. I got a pedal steel a couple months ago after wanting one for ~20 years, and this is my excuse to get some practice in. Obviously, tuning is a mess. In the higher register, I star...

In, pseudonymically.

For those of us who have never participated in Nur Ein, can you outline what one would be getting themselves into?

What the hell? Truly can't believe it.

It's been amazing to see old familiar faces around, and to hear your voices again. Don't be a stranger! Join us in Discord - both the Songfight and Spintunes discords are great places to chat.

Love you all.

Those are both great places to be if you can afford it. I was fully car-pilled, so I never once used any of the mass transit options, but I understand that bus and rail are both quite good on the west side of the city. Uber/lyft coverage is excellent - you’ll have no problem getting a ride inside th...

It's a treat to have you back, KA ♥

I moved from there to Maine two years ago this month. What part of town? I've lived in the Heights, Med Center, Downtown, Pearland, Energy Corridor... moved around a lot in 8 years. I don't know of any other songfighters in the area; most of the Texas contingent was always Austin-based, with Wreckdo...

Love seeing this recounting of lives led while part of the Songfight community. This is exactly what I had in mind when writing