Back today with another selection off of 1994… this time, it’s “Splat Out Of Luck”. Listen to Jimmy Eat World’s Original Recording Now, check out mine: As I mentioned during the livestreams, 1994 is the record I’m most unfamiliar with to this day, so I always get a little weird when I start to think about covering something of it. I know people always tout … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Splat Out Of Luck
If you’ve been hangin’ out a few minutes, you might already know that I have a project called Death Bus For Blondie where I’m recreating some Death Cab For Cutie songs. Recently I released the third track in this series, The Ghosts of Beverly Drive, and you can check it out on YouTube now. The version of the song that mine is built around is … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
Today’s cover is “A Sunday” off of Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity album. First, listen to the bands original recording: Now, check out mine: This was my second track where I’ve livestreamed the entire process from start to finish (read a bit more about that here) – thanks for joining the streams if ya did and thanks for watching the archive recording available on my Instagram … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: A Sunday
It’s our very last track on The Clearing – Tradition! If you made it this far, thanks very much for reading and I hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about what inspired the songs on this record. Listen now on YouTube or any of your preferred streaming service providers except Spotify and Amazon Music! About the Track Tradition takes you back to sometime around … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Tradition
Carrying on from our track by track of Lie To Me, today I’m moving right along to track 8: Asleep/Dead. If you haven’t heard the record yet, check it out on YouTube Music or my own YouTube Channel below. About the Track Asleep/Dead is one of the only tracks on this record that isn’t really based on any sort of true story, rather it’s more … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Asleep/Dead
Today we’re diving into Track 7, formerly “45”, now officially named “Lie To Me”. Listen to the track on YouTube About the Track I wish I could remember definitively why I started writing Lie To Me but I can’t wholly place it, but the “double dog dare you” line is really what kicked things off and set the tone for the entire song. Like “All … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Lie To Me
I know I technically already put out a cover of Delivery from the Surviving record that you can read all about and listen to over on the original blog post BUT the truth is from the jump of that recording I wasn’t keen on where I was taking it and ultimately, wasn’t at all happy with the final presentation. It had bits I liked, but … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Delivery (Reissue)
Hope everyone had a good weekend – I know I’m a day late on this one but hopefully it gave you a chance to listen to The Clearing while I put this together. Today I’m gonna talk a bit about track 6: Little Fish. About the Track Little Fish was the third track featured on my 3-song EP “A Quiet Place To Scream” and I … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Little Fish
Happy Sunday! When I covered this song last year acoustically I knew I had to kick it up a few notches with a full band recording, which is exactly what I spent my day yesterday doing. Hope ya like it! First, check out the original written by Eric Bachmann of Crooked Fingers: Now, here’s me: If you haven’t heard it yet, of course you’ll also … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Call To Love
Carrying right along with track 5 today, let’s talk about “All On Me”. If you haven’t heard it yet, stream it on YouTube! About the Track All On Me is another straight-forward pop-punk inspired track, keeping things relatively simple across the board and just letting the rhythm guitars drive the track. There are breakup songs and then there’s All On Me – the pre-breakup song. … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: All On Me
Crooked Forest 