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Things have been quite busy lately which is why I haven’t had any time to add anything new to the site.  A lot of things are in the works, just not currently progressing very quickly.  The Sea Saw Sailors played a show in Denver last weekend and I’ll be working on a little video from that trip to put up on here sometime in the next week or so.  Also look out for some new covers.
Meanwhile, to keep it fresh, I went back into the vault and pulled out a few songs from the first full-length album that I ever recorded.  It was under the moniker “Bryan Rock” and the CD was called “Hmm… That’s Weird You’re Fat”.  I handed out about 20 copies of the album in high-school and the songs were recorded 1999-2004.  A different version of “Far Away” was played by the P. Lacquers and recorded on their first CD “Welcome To The World Of Music” (2004).
So press play, sit back, relax, and plug your ears

Bryan Rock - “Not Good Enough”

Bryan Rock - “Far Away”

Bryan Rock - “Hey, You Know!”

So,
it’s been a while because Ryan Sheffield (from Gorilla Thrilla Fame) has been in Santa Fe the past 11 days working on his premiere full-length album with me.  Here is a sneak preview of the album, and look out for the future release.  Details on how you will be able to get it will be posted as soon as possible.

Ryan Sheffield - “The Distance”

Ryan Sheffield - “When I Die”

And if you haven’t checked it out yet, the Gorilla Thrilla album is in the “Free Downloads” section

The Blacklight Soul will be back in Southern California for 2 shows this weekend. The first is this Saturday (March 27th) at “The Vault Martini Bar” in Redlands, CA. The second will be at the University of Redlands Greek Amphitheatre with Girl Talk and Chiddy Bang. Weird, yes. Fun, yes. Tickets for this show are available HERE.
So if you are in the general area come on out! I promise they will be a lot of fun.
Here are 3 very different Blacklight Soul tracks from the album “After Tonight”.
enjoy

The Blacklight Soul - “Tuesday Morning”

The Blacklight Soul - “Self-Prescribed Paradise”

The Blacklight Soul - “After Tonight”

I just finished recording a cover of the gospel influenced song “If I Can Dream” made famous by Elvis.  here it is.
Enjoy and thanks for listening

Lumpy - “If I Can Dream” (Elvis Presley)

and here’s a video of the song

I’ve been randomly recording some reggae songs/demos and I’ve compiled them into “The Lumpy Reggae EP”. Grego Butera played guitars and fiddles on the track “Light Stole The Day”.
Enjoy

Lumpy - The Lumpy Reggae EP (2009/2010)
1. “Where’s The Money?”
2. “Drone Dub”
3. “Showers In The Dark”
4. “Honesty”
5. “Flugel Reggae”
6. “Light Stole The Day”

Happy belated New Year to you all.  Here is my official cheers into the new year:

So many of you have probably heard the new phenomenon that is sweeping bars nation wide.  It’s called “SHOTS”.  Who Woulda thought?  If you haven’t heard it, I’ve included another youtube bootleg below.

As far as I can remember I’ve never heard songwriting as good as in this Hit.  It makes Yngwie look like a total asshole ifyaknowhatimsayin.  While learning the ins and outs of this composition I really got an exclusive look at how to make millions in the music industry.  Based on what I learned, Festive Occasion should have been making millions years ago.

Here’s my cover of the hit song “Shots” by LMFAO feat. Lil Jon using a melodica, drum set, tambourine, trumpet and keyboard

Lumpy - Shots (LMFAO feat. Lil Jon)

LMFAO feat. Lil Jon - Shots

I hope that everyone is having a good holiday season.  Here is a new cover that I recorded today.  It is a song by Minnesotan musician Mason Jennings and it is called “Adrian”.  It’s from the album “Century Spring”.  Below is one of those bootleg youtube videos of the original audio.  Youknowhatimsayin.
I’m going to the arctic for a week.  see you when I return.  have a happy and safe new years! enjoy the music and remember that the premiere Lumpy album is available for sample and purchase HERE.  do consider it?

Lumpy - Adrian (Mason Jennings)

Mason Jennings - Adrian

So during my senior year in college I recorded an album under the moniker Bryan Rock called “Crucial Bomb” (thanks to Grant for the titular assistance).  I think there might be 20 or so copies of it floating around somewhere… or in a landfill.  Either way there was a song on it called “I Guess Humans Move Too Slow”.  I re-recorded it and made it better.  Here is the brand new version.

Lumpy - I Guess Humans Move Too Slow

*big news coming, check back soon.
thanks

Hope you all had a fat T day.  To help you remedy your turkey/pumpkin/boozy/carbohydrate hangover, I bring to you a new addition to the “Lumpy Covers”.   It’s a cover of the Slackers’ song “Who Knows” from their 2003 release “Close My Eyes”.  Please notice my brother crooning the silky bass vocals.

If you have any recomendations for future covers send me an email through the contact page

Thank you

Lumpy - Who Knows (The Slackers)

here’s a video of the Slackers playing it in 2004: