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i could sell my guitar and buy burgers.

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i can't write anything anymore

probably because i don't think enough anymore.

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lying down cover #2

"Harder Than Falling In Love" by Scott McMicken

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lying down cover #1

"If It's The Beaches" by The Avett Brothers

I was going to come up with a title involving some stupid pun like Covers on the Bed or Under the Covers, but decided against it. Plus, I'm not even under them.

A few squeals in the vocals...as usual.

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quick cover of "Landlocked Blues" by Bright Eyes

of course I had to mess up one chord...

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"Man On The Moon"

The multi-track take on this little "I Hope There's Love" rip off.

Also done while I was at home in January. I especially loved coming up with/playing the bass part.

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"Waking Up"

Drum sample & child's voice sample are of my little 6-year-old cousin. The guitar was all tracked in my dorm around October 2012, bass added January 2013 at home.

Also, I was listening to a lot of Golden Boots at the time.

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"Good, Better, Best"

a rough-idea recording with a rough three part harmony that I did one night in my room at the end of last year

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anyone wanna listen to this "Man On The Moon" demo thing? it's very, very "I Hope There's Love" inspired / Scott McMicken inspired in general...

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"Bag Of Hammers" [Thao with the Get Down Stay Down Cover]

Ukulele! and lots of footage of Cobalt and I wandering in the woods.

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slightly condensed cover of "Pretty Girl From Chile" by The Avett Brothers

The only pretty decent take. The transition to the second part is sloppy. The very end is a little rough too; proof that I haven't been practicing enough this summer, but I'll let other people be the judge.

...even though I just judged myself already.

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Hoping this tiny snippet is the beginning of the end of writers' block.

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A very, very short bit of “Down With The Shine” by The Avett Brothers.

With helium. And Coberman.

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Chew & Burdwood - "Of Yore"

Chew is myself. Burdwood is Tyler who is in bellwire.

We wrote this a little while back. We recorded it two days ago.

Shaker party. 

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Dawes - "Love Is All I Am"

I need a silent, true way to admire, like you as a sunset and I as a wildfire. And I can't let the day go.

I've locked up these words in fear that I'd say them wrong. Is it love as a mountain, or love as a simple song? And the moment that the two meet has now laid itself at your feet.

And love is not convenient. It does not cease at your command. You might take and leave it, but love is all I am. Love is all I am.

I need a boundless, soft way to commend, like you as a temper and I as its tender end. And however long your fits last, I will live within your shadow cast.

And love is still your stranger. It does not respect how much you'll stand. You might be love's reminder, but love is all I am. Love is all I am.

I need a graceful, proud way to let go, to smile and accept the things that you don't know. The losses and the gains blurred the weight of these as last words.

And love is not excitement. It's not kissing or holding hands. I'm not some assignment, no, love is all I am. Love is all I am. Love is all I am.

I wonder if he gets "Goldsmith the Wordsmith" a lot...

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"Relative Word" demo

tentative title. just a rough, whispery recording with my phone. Bright Eyes influenced..I think. I mean, I think it's pretty apparent that the end especially draws from "Train Under Water". Also, "Thieves" by She & Him for the vocal melody.

listen. to it.

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good thing writing turned out to be as therapeutic as breaking things

cause before I wanted to break things, but now I don't.

p.s. I'm extremely not violent and I don't go around breaking shit. I guess a more appropriate phrasing would be "writing is as therapeutic as I imagine breaking things would be"