Week #20 of the Songwriters Circle Challenge suggests that you can write a House Song.
This can be a song from the 1990's "House Music" genre, or a song about a house.
House Music has a specific style of rythm which I find hard to describe in words. It's basically four four with the accent on every beat, ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR-and-ONE-TWO....
Songs about houses are a somewhat UK centric phenomena, but I'm sure there are examples worldwide to prove me wrong as well.
From my own terrible memory alone, I can point to
"Our House" Madness
"Neighbourhood" - Space
"House on The Hill" - Kevin Koyne
"Country House" - Blur
"Bungalow Bill" - Lennon/McCartney
and of course... "House of The Rising Sun" - Animals/TradLooking forward to hearing your House songs!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Week #20 A 'House' Song
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Podcast 38 Clean Living Blues
Andy Roberts Podcast Episode #38 comes out a day late, sorry about that. Here’s the download and play link etc:
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Andy Roberts Podcast #38 Shownotes
Show Notes for Podcast 38
- The Streets of Paris – Andy Roberts
- Clean Living Blues – by Linda Hartley and Andy Roberts
- Winter in Andalusia – Andy Roberts (abridged version)
- Now that I’m Living Here – Andy Roberts
- Cajun Cooking Song – Andy Roberts
- Just Like A Woman – Bob Dylan Song
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Podcast #37 – Soundcloud
Andy Roberts Podcast Episode #37 was put together from tracks which are hosted on my Andy Roberts Soundcloud account, and one extra song ( Work is Done) recorded live for you on Wednesday morning. The live show had to be canceled this week due to an unfortunate throat incident on the Tuesday evening.
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37 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 37.mp3
Andy Roberts Podcast #37 Shownotes
25:42 37.1Mb
Show Notes for Podcast 37
- Clean Living Blues – by Linda Hartley and Andy Roberts
- Hold On Below - Andy Roberts as featured on The Lost Folk Tapes
- Work is Done – Andy Roberts
- Never was to be – Daryl P Hall Andy Roberts
- Highway Blues – Roy Harper
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Podcast #36 Instrumentals and Songs
Andy Roberts Podcast Episode #36 contains fragments of tunes, instrumentals and a few complete songs as well. I was going to do the new 12 bar blues completed for the Songwriters Circle weekly task but it’s so new I forgot the rhythm!
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Andy Roberts Podcast #36 Shownotes
28:32 39.26Mb
Show Notes for Podcast 36
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Podcast #35 – Lizzy B’s Session and The Streets of Paris
The Live Session from Lizzy B’s acoustic night at the Essex Arms Brentwood takes up most of podcast #35 with one new song written for the Songwriters Circle challenge appended. There wasn’t a live podcast on livestream this week, so it was handy that I had these tracks almost ready to go.
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Andy Roberts Podcast #35 Shownotes
The first 4 songs were recorded at Lizzy B’s Acoustic Sessions in Brentwood, Essex
I also mentioned the Andy Roberts interview for The Lost Folk Tapes
The last song, was a contribution to the Songwriters Circle WK 2 Challenge
- Mazet – Andy Roberts
- Migration – Andy Roberts
- The Last Subway Home – Andy Roberts
- Grow Fins – Captain Beefheart
- The Streets of Paris – Andy Roberts
The Streets of Paris
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Podcast Episode 31 Re-recorded
Here’s another version of podcast episode 31 re-recorded on Wednesday morning with most of of the same songs roughly, as the one which went out live on Tuesday evening. So if you were there, online watching the show and chatting with Linda in one of the realtime boxes then you should notice this isn’t exactly the same performance. The instrumental guitar pieces for example, as improvisations will be will be very different. I’m sure one or two sings are missing too, and one or two added. That’s all part of the process. And the new strings will be over twelve hours old now as well, instead of being only 12 minutes since restringing. I had even thought of doing the restring live on the podcast itself, as a piece of performance a-r-t but Linda said it wouldn’t make a very good audio podcast and I came around to that point of view eventually.
Here’s the web player, download link, tracklist and show notes for Podcast Episode 31:
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You can also download the MP3 from this link
31 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 31.mp3
Podcast Episode 31 Show Notes
Show notes and information for Andy Roberts Acoustic Guitar Podcast Episode 31:
Episode 31 broadcast on February 1st, published on February 2nd 2011.
1) Mozambique
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
2) Shifting Sands
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
2) Reason To Believe
Words and Music by Tim Hardin
2)Last Subway Home
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
2)The Wreckers Prayer
Words and Music by Andy Roberts
2)Nobody Knows You ( When you’re down and out)
Words and Music by Jimmy Cox
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Yellow Boat, Yellow Taxi
I played Yellow Boat (My own song) and Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi
After the break there was time for one more and I sang Loudon Wainwright's "I Am The Way"
Back in The Field The Dream is Over
The Dream is Over
and
Back In The Field
John Lennon Day at Havering Folk Club
Loudon Wainwright’s “Not John” followed by “Working Class Hero” written by John Lennon performed at Havering Folk Club on December 8th 2010 by Andy Roberts.
Later there was time for one more and I played "Bird On A Wire" by Leonard Cohen.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Episode 28 – From Andy Roberts Music on YouTube Most Viewed
For this week’s podcast because there couldn’t be a live show, so I’ve done something a bit different. Instead of recording the show and then maybe ending up with some songs for youTube, I’m making the podcast out of videos that I have already on there. It’s the best of my youTube channel from 2010, my pick of five from the most popular songs on there, strung together with a little bit of introduction.
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28 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 28.mp3
Episode 28 Shownotes
- One More Cup Of Coffee – Bob Dylan Song live from Havering Folk Club( >25,500 views)
- Big Eyed Bean From Venus – Captain Beefheart tribute
- Grow Fins – Captain Beefheart again
- The Wreckers Prayer – Andy Roberts Song Live at Walthamstow Folk Club
- I Hate the White Man – Roy Harper‘s song
Watch the original YouTube Tracks Here: