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I’d Like to Believe We Can Do Better
A couple of new songs in demo form: They say better ways don’t exist But surely we can do better than this And that’s pretty much it.
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A Christmas Album by Voices Arising
Well, me, really, but Voices Arising are a side project through which I can record and release more choral-type music, rather than the folky-alternative-rock stuff I do as A Montreal Paul. Here is is, then…six tracks, including two originals. https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3607274054/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/
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Time for Some Wintry Holiday Tunes!
“Sleigh Ride“, music by Leroy Anderson, words by Mitchell Parrish.
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The song that gets someone through a dark hour
Leonard Cohen in a 1988 interview: If you don’t like something and think it’s cheap, unless you really have a great sense of responsibility for your culture, I think it’s best to keep it to yourself. That might be the … Continue reading
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Inspiration and Theft: A Followup
Here’s a possible timeline of that classical guitar passage that was under dispute at the Stairway to Heaven plagiarism trial: Sonata di Chittarra, e Violino, con il suo Basso Continuo” by Giovanni Battista Granata (1659) Video description: “Extremely similar … Continue reading
Being Here, Because Where Else Would I Be?
This came out a year ago: It’s a compilation EP featuring songs from my three albums, including alternate mixes of some tracks. I originally planned to make CD copies and send them to radio stations, but other things in life … Continue reading
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Recording at Home
Pete Townshend in his liner notes for his demos album Scoop (1983): When I have come up against any kind of problem in the past, I have always dealt with it through music, either through writing a song or literally recording … Continue reading
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As a Mellotron
A few years ago I wrote a poem: Woozy as a Mellotron, a misty version of magic music ran through my mind as a stream of consciousness. When the stream runs dry, will I cease to exist? Exitement flashes pierced … Continue reading
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A Montreal Paul: Music and more! 