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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:

So I’ve decided that my second album will be a trumpet album. Musically it will be diverse, but the main voice will be trumpet.  It will be a nice change of pace compositionally from this last album.  I mainly got the idea because whenever someone that knew me heard I was recording a cd, they would assume it was a trumpet album.  This was funny to me, but then I thought that that actually could be really awesome.
I know it may be weird to put up samples of an album that’s not anywhere near completion before I’ve even streamed anything from this premiere album, but you’ll just have to wait a bit. ok.
Here is a flugelhorn reggae piece for the trumpet album.  As of now it is untitled

Lumpy - Flugelhorn Reggae

Happy halloween to you all.  Bar hopping and running amok is always a good time.

I recently obtained a craigs list spinet piano.  It’s pretty badass and I figured I would upload the first song I used it in.  The song is called “When the Moon Comes Up Today”, which can originally be found on the P. Lacquers album “Awkward Party”.  This version is totally different so I’ve included the original on here as well in case you haven’t heard it.  That’s Chan Holman singing in the P. Lacquers version, the coolest singer I know.  If she was closer I would have definitely had her sing it again.

My album “From Wilderness Cove” is now done.  This week I will be sending it a long with the artwork to get pressed, so hopefully I will have physical copies very soon.  I’ll stream some album tracks up on here when it’s all set.

Anyways, enjoy the music and thanks for listening.

Lumpy - When The Moon Comes Up Today

The P. Lacquers - When The Moon Comes Up Today

The premiere Lumpy album, “From Wilderness Cove”, is now in the “mastering” stage and is nearly done… for real.  The art work is complete and ready to be sent away to get pressed.  So within the next week or 2 it should be out of my hands which is a very nice thought.

Meanwhile, here’s a new reggae song that I’ve just finished.
It was going to be on my second album but I’m starting to think of different plans for the next one.  Either way here is some new music that I hope you enjoy.

Lumpy - Showers in the Dark