Holiday Musical Suggestions
Here’s a chance to support some indie musicians and hear good music.
Here’s a chance to support some indie musicians and hear good music.
Some of you may know, I spent 7 years playing music for a living, at one point averaging over 300 gigs per year. You can check out a Myers & O’Flynn performance in 1979 at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as witness to that fact. Before I discovered screenwriting, that was my creative goal: Music.
So it’s not surprising, I suppose, that I have a blog series called Songwriters On Songrwiting. Nor that from time to time, I feature musicians. After all, songwriters are storytellers, too.
Here are three acts to check out and if you’re feeling generous, consider passing along a few dollars their way to support their unique creativity.
First up, an act called Farragut. I know this musician who would prefer to keep his identity anonymous. He describes his music as a “solo project evolving from Carpenter/Tangerine Dream-inspired scoring into eclectic alternative, lo-fi, and wavy bedroom pop.” You can check out his “Heaven EP” here:
The second act is Carloman who I’ve featured before. A description of their music: “An ancient story of bestiary, religious and political strife drowned in the deafening whispers of tortured souls tumbling through bile and chaos into the beautiful nausea that is the world of Carloman…”
You can listen to their latest album here:
Here is a Carlosman music video directed by Adam Neustadter:
Finally there is an act featuring my son Will, now a doctoral student in music composition at the University of Chicago. A side project, Frog & Cyd debuted their first album this year called “Boss Chamber Music”.
Boss Chamber Music is the debut album of video game chamber music duo Frog & Cid. It comprises of original arrangements for viola and piano of video game music, including music from classics like Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Final Fantasy VII to titles like Ni no Kuni and The Last Story. The arrangements range from simple to virtuosic, and from straight-ahead arrangements similar to the original track to unexpected reimaginings and medleys that highlight subtle connections between tracks.
You can read more about Frog & Cid here and check out their music here:
Music is good for the soul and it stands to reason we need musicians to make music, so whether you pass by a street musician… or stop by a piano bar for a warm drink this winter… or decide to buy some MP3 tracks by artists like Farragut, Carloman, or Frog & Cid, believe me, musicians appreciate your support!
If you have other music you think worthy of promoting, upload a RESPONSE. Happy to give a shout out here.