Jake Hill is still in his teens but he is an accomplished performer and songwriter. I know him as a regular performer at Good Vibes Coffee House. He was not very talkative during the interview, but his songs speak for themselves.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Keep on Believing (© Jake Hill)

Unemployment (© Jake Hill) — Warning– a very foul word appears in the chorus– cover your ears if you need to.

Test of Time (© Jake Hill)

Alone Without a Song (© Sean McGaughey)

Mount Saint Louis Corner General Store (©)

I Never Wanted to Be a Star (© Jake Hill)

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From Night Time in Niagara Falls

Of course, a meme just isn’t a meme unless you share it, so I’m tagging Drew, Sarah, Daniele Rossi, Zina, Jeff, Chris, and Mary.

Eve Goldberg is well known in the Ontario Folk music scene as an organizer of the Woods Music and Dance Camp, with Borealis records and The Common Threads chorus in Toronto. She is also an accomplished singer, songwriter and musician with several albums to her credit. She currently has a single,The Streets of Burma, which is the centrepiece of a campaign by Amnesty International to free a jailed Buddhist monk in Tibet.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Let Me Rise (© Eve Goldberg)

The Streets of Burma (© Eve Goldberg)

Watermelon Sorbet (© Eve Goldberg)

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Episode originally posted January 14, 2008

I met John Lunman in 1996 at Don’s Coffeehouse in Elmvale. He has recorded 2 albums of original folk-rock songs in his home studio. His new CD, Highway 401 Tonight was released in July 2007. His song, Saltwater Skies is currently receiving airplay on Radio Newfoundland.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Saltwater Sea © John Lunman

My Side of the Door © John Lunman

Name Dropping:

johnlunman.com

myspace.com/johnlunmanHighway 401 Tonight can also be purchased through: HMV (http://www.hmv.ca/), Amazon.ca (www.amazon.ca), CD Baby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/lunmanjohn), and Indie Pool (http://www.indiepool.ca/).

Digital Stores:

If you want to purchase individual tracks or the whole CD, Highway 401 Tonight is now available through these digital stores:

Click here to go directly to the CD on i-Tunes.

Napster (www.napster.com), PayPlay (www.payplay.fm), Groupie Tunes (www.groupietunes.com), BuyMusic (www.buymusic.com), Ruckus (www.ruckus.com), Tradebit (www.tradebit.com), and InProdicon (www.inprodicon.com//) in Scandanavia.

Purchase Highway 401 Tonight in these Simcoe County, Ontario Locations:

Midland: Johnstone’s Music Land (Downtown at 280 King Street) and CD Plus in the Mountainview Mall (County Road 93 & Hugel Avenue)

Orillia: Manticore Books (Downtown at 103 Mississaga Street East)

For the past several month, Bryan Murdaugh has been presenting a monthly online virtual house concert on Ustream.tv. This month’s concert is Tomorrow, November 19, 2008 at 8pm EST. You can find it at http://www.ustream.tv/murdaugh. I will be doing an opening set for Bryan beginning at a little after 7:35pm EST at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ductapeguy-live.

Edit: You can view the concert here now. I had a couple of technical difficulties with my camera but I enjoyed being in the supporting spot for my friend Bryan, and he truly rawked the ustream

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Online video chat by Ustream

Taivi Lobu and Garth Douglas are the principal songwriters for the The Wye River Band. I sat down with them at the end of the Twisted Pines Festival.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Wye River Waltz (© Garth Douglas)

Get on Home(© Taivi Lobu)

Beds and Boots(© Sean McGaughey)

Sunset Pendulum (© Willie P. Bennett)

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]]> http://www.ductapeguy.net/2008/11/for-the-sake-of-the-song-with-wye-river-band/feed/ 32:41 The Wye River Band with the Legendary Garth Hudson. Taivi Lobu and Garth Douglas are the principal songwriters for the The Wye River Band. ... The Wye River Band with the Legendary Garth Hudson. Taivi Lobu and Garth Douglas are the principal songwriters for the The Wye River Band. I sat down with them at the end of the Twisted Pines Festival. Songs: Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (copy;2003 S. McGaughey) Wye River Waltz (copy; Garth Douglas) Get on Home(copy; Taivi Lobu) Beds and Boots(copy; Sean McGaughey) Sunset Pendulum (copy; Willie P. Bennett) You can leave comments on the blog, send me an email to ductapeguy at hotmail dot com, send me a voice feedback at 206-337-0611, or join the For The Sake of the Song Podcast group on Facebook. Add this podcast to your favorite podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/For_The_Sake_Of_The_Song or Subscribe in Itunes Midland,,Ontario,,Simcoe,County,,for,the,sake,of,the,song,,music,,podcast,,twistedpines Sean McGaughey no No http://www.ductapeguy.net/2008/11/my-new-guitar-and-a-spontaneous-live-concert/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= http://www.ductapeguy.net/2008/11/my-new-guitar-and-a-spontaneous-live-concert/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:17:11 +0000 ductapeguy http://www.ductapeguy.net/?p=292 I got a new Ron Belanger guitar last night. I thought I would play it for a couple of hours and invited my online friends to join me on ustream.

I remembered to press record about 1/2 way through my set.

Here’s what I captured.

I’ve known Carol Teal and David Joyce for over 10 years. We have shared stages together and enjoyed many musical gatherings together. After over a year of trying, we were able to record a session of For the Sake of the Song at the Mariposa Folk Festival. For this episode, Carol and I both played a lovely handmade guitar built by Ron Belanger. Dave played his custom guitar which as originally built for Smiley Bates.

We also discussed Carol’s work as executive director of ArtsCan Circle, a charity which provides musical instruments and musician mentors to children in remote northern communities on Laborador and in Quebec.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Bad Weather(© Carol Teal)

Canadian Tire Money (© David Joyce)

Nitassinan (© Carol Teal)

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Chartier and Dale Russell are the founders of the School Alliance for Student Songwriters (SASS), a group which facilitates songwriting clubs in schools and arranges songwriting showcases and contests for students in the Durham County region of Ontario and in British Columbia.

I met them in September at the launch party/brainstorming session for the Stellula Songwriting in the Schools initiative here in Simcoe County. Artemis Chartier is a high school teacher and singer-songwriter. Dale Russell was a guitar player with the Guess Who for 17 years in the 80’s and 90s. They are lovely people and wonderful songwriters. Be sure to check out the SASS website to see the wonderful things they are doing with enabling young people to tell their stories through song.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Walked on Air (© Artemis Chartier)

The Place Where We Come From (© Dale Russell and Max Smith)

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This show I have no guest. Instead I’m looking back on past episodes, forward to future shows, and I play the newest song that I’ve written. I was inspired to write after over a year by Stevie Z’s monthly songwriting challenge at badlybent.ca.

The August challenge was

1. GENRE - Country
2. TOPIC - Summer
3. WORD/PHRASE - Bridge

My new Song: Summer’s Journey (©2008 S. McGaughey)

John Meadows from the On The Log Podcast with his song Friends Again (©2008 John Meadows)

Songwriting Clubs in Schools:
www.stellulamusic.com
Bringing Music to the children and youth of Simcoe County.
Student Songwriting Clubs
Spring Week of Music in Schools
Spring Community Concert

Artemis Chartier and Dale Russell are the founders of the School Alliance for Student Songwriters (SASS), a group which facilitates songwriting clubs in schools and arranges songwriting showcases and contests for students in the Durham County region of Ontario and in British Columbia. Dale and Artemis are my guests on the next episode of For the Sake of the Song.

Song: Artemis Chartier and Dale Russell: Do it for the Love (©Dale Russell)

Songwriting Resources

Tom Slatter is a London, UK based songwriter and podcaster. He is half of the acoustic pop duo We’ll Write and produces the wonderful Songwright blog and podcast where he explores music theory to get inside the structure and process of crafting a song. He has recently released a free Ebook of Songwriting Worksheets for the Songwriting Guitarist as an incentive for people to sign up for his mailing list. In it, he includes, For the Sake of the Song on a list of online songwriting resources. Check out my feature interview with Tom: For the Sake of the Song with Tom Slatter

The Essential Secrets of Songwriting Blog

Bryan Murdaugh

followthatsong is a recently launched blog by my friend Paul Court, the founder of BADASS– The Barrie and District Association for Singer-Songwriters. I interviewed Paul about a year ago on For the Sake of the Song, while he was in the process of writing his newly released CD, Blood and Fire: The Donelley Project. For the Sake of the Song with guest Paul Court

Song: The Ballad of Billy Farrell from Blood and Fire: The Donnelly Project (©paul court)

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Here’s a neat meme from Chris Yale. Instructions: Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair - just take a picture. Post that picture with NO editing. Post these instructions with the picture.

On the afternoon of May 15, the Wild Turkey Outfit performed at my school for 300+ appreciative children and their teachers. They wowed the children with their down-home charm and their tight blugrass and western harmonies.

Afterwards, I was also able to interview them for For the Sake of the Song.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

The Polecat Holler (© Wild Turkey Outfit)

Asking for Trouble (© Wild Turkey Outfit)

Hurleyville Taxi (© Wild Turkey Outfit)

Name Dropping (links)

The Wild Turkey Outfit

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Here from the Home Office in Gladstone, Manitoba are five excellent unsung blogs from my google reader.

Get Rich Slowly Exactly what the title says. It is interesting to note that the blogger is making a full time living writing about living a frugal lifestyle.

N.E.R.D Many works in the tech department of Ryerson University.  He is one of the gracious Ryerson hosts for Podcamp Toronto.  He blogs about  linux, Mac computers, photography and all things Geeky.

The Clever Sheep Rod Lucier is the brother of infamous Canadian Podcaster Tom Lucier of Shane and Tom’s Squeezebox.  Rod writes about using Web 2.0 technology in public schools.

Michael Geist’s Blog Michael Geist is a law professor and one of Canada’s leading authorities on copyright law.  He is leading the fight against the ill-advised Bill C-61.
Those are my picks.  Join the conversation and share some of your favorite blogs.

So I got tagged twice with the 6 Random Things About Me meme by Stevie Z. and Maureen Blaseckie .

1. I used to perform in musical theatre at the South Simcoe Theatre - Home in Cookstown, Ontario.
2. I went to the seminary for 4 years.
3. Yes, I did send my Ductape Song to the Red Green Show. … and nothing every happened as a result of it.
4. I played trombone and baritone horn in high school. I traded my baritone and a website design for a hand-made Peter Cox archtop guitar. The Peter Cox built guitar is now for sale. I am buying a guitar handmade by Ron Belanger .
5. In 1990 I lived in 7 different residences in 3 provinces and the Northwest Territories.
6. I’m not above recycling meme answers.

Now to pass it on. I’m supposed to tag 6 people, but seeing as I was tagged twice, I’m going to post my answers here on For the Sake of the Song and on the Catholic New Media Roundup.

My six tagees here are: Andrew Beatty, Sarah McGaughey, George Motoc , John Meadows, Daniele Rossi and Shane Shennan.

And to move this meme into Librivox Land: Tag to Kayray, Hugh McGuire, and Cori Samuel .
Okay, for those of you tagged, here (apparently) are the rules, as I was given:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on the blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Bill Deys is a podcaster and one of the biggest supporters of my podcast and my music. You can find his Country Music Cast and Deyscast at deys.ca. This summer Bill invited my family to a barbecue at his home (about 300km from our home). He also invited Michael Krahn to bring his family to the barbecue. While we were there, Michael and I were able to record this episode. Michael Krahn is a country-rock singer-songwriter from St. Thomas, Ontario, who performs as a solo artist and with the August Calling. He also produces other artists. You can find his music, his blog and much more at michaelkrahn.com.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Broken Hearted (© Michael Krahn)

Lost in Moments (© Michael Krahn)

The Future Aint What It Used To Be (©2003 S. McGaughey)

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I neglected to record my talk but John Meadows remembered and he has posted audio to the talk on the NOTL site.

You can listen or download the audio of my talk here.

I did not prepare slides for my talk, because I wanted to focus on facilitating a conversation with the other attendees rather than just present a monologue of my own thoughts.

I worked from a set of prepared notes with a few audio clips thrown in for illustration. My notes are below.

Examining Your Personal Purposes and Potential For Podcasting

Sean McGaughey NOTL Meetup

1. I subconsciously ripped off the theme and of this talk from John Meadows. On the Line Episode 13: http://meadowsonline.com/?q=node/15

2. He talks about how so much of our computing world is defined by metaphor

3. Email– Carbon Copies

4. Keyboards, Qwerty, Shift Keys, Return// Enter Keys

5. Dial Tone- Ring Tones

6. Taping audio and video

1. Object Demonstration: Scavenger hunt for computers in the room

2. Look for Laptops, phones, PDAs watches, hearing aids, clocks, projectors, portable recorders, cameras etc…

3. They are all computers… It’s all zeros and ones. Computers are limited by the restrictions of the Hardware and software. And By the imaginations of their users

   1. physical vs market– business limitations.

4. What are computers for?

5. What is the Internet For?

   1. Give my “Facebook is for wrecking marriages” example.

6. Give examples of how the Killer App for something may differ from what the designers intended.

7. An argument for openness

8. Examples of how children use computers

   1. My daughter conducting interviews at Podcasters Across Borders.

   2. O– 3 years old touches screen to try click on videos—He knows how computers SHOULD behave.

   3. I have a smartboard in my classroom. It changes both how I teach and how I interact with computers.

   4. Once you have a touch interface you can tell how it becomes instantly indispensable– by the fingerprints on the screen.

9. How my use of metaphor restricted me in my podcast.

10. Metaphors I wish to touch upon that affect us as social media power users.

    1. Podcast:
    • Uncle Seth Song: You Don’t Need an IPOD
    • NO– You don’t need an IPOD.
    • Play–George Motoc’s metaphor of podcast like a newspaper. From his excellent podcast series, “What is a podcast?“
    • Why the term podcast stuck– For certain tech savvy people (like us) it instantly resonated and we could see the potential of audio and visual media and programs available on demand on the internet and brought directly to you through the magic of RSS.

    • It gained a life of its own as the phenomenon grew.

    • Why the term “podcasting” sucks.

    • NO– You don’t need an IPOD.

    • Apple is VERY overprotective and litigious re: the phonemes “POD”– so watch out

    • It’s limiting social media to a very narrow kind of mostly audio programming. We need other terms for vidcasting, multimedia chatrooms, youtube, microblogging etc…
    • What other terms do we use?

    
    

11. Friends

    • Friendsters vs Friends

    • Imaginary Friends

    
    
    Community

    • From a hobbyist’s perspective

    • From a business//marketing perspective

    • From a faith perspective

    • Community Divas

1. Bottom line. It is important to examine the metaphors we use to understand the devices and processes. We can be limited by the metaphors we bring with us. Our metaphors may also mask ‘but what is it really for.’

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I met with Tony Decker, the lead singer-songwriter for Great Lake Swimmers at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies festival just prior to his mainstage set. Since 2002 Great Lake Swimmers have produced 4 albums of ethereal atmospheric pop-folk music.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Moving Pictures, Silent Films (©Tony Decker)

Song For the Angels (©Tony Decker)

Where In The World Are You (©Tony Decker)

Name Dropping

You can purchase Great Lake Swimmers music, find out when they are playing near you, and all sorts of great trivia at greatlakeswimmers.com or at their record label weewerk.com.

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I’m clipping the post here:

Earlier this year, I interviewed Washboard Hank, about his memories of Willie P. Bennett.

I was able to interview Hank at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies festival about his own music and songwriting. Washboard Hank is a Canadian folk music institution. He has released several CDs of quirky and humorous music, a Children’s CD and played for many years in Fred Eaglesmith’s band. Our interview delved into the meat of songwriting but also features some of his more adult oriented material so I’m putting an Itunes explicit label on this episode.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

I’m Just a Lonesome Garbage Truck (© Washboard Hank)

The Empties in the Trunk go Clink, Clank, Clunk (© Washboard Hank)

I’m So Glad I Got My Gentle Vasectomy (© Washboard Hank)

Thump, Thump (© Washboard Hank)

Also for your enjoyment, check out these videos of Washboard Hank at the Twisted Pines Festival:

I Love You Queen Elizabeth (© Washboard Hank)

Washboard Boogie (© Washboard Hank)

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Here are my Podcamp Boston Pictures for your viewing enjoyment. I had a blast at Podcamp Boston 3, met some great people, and had some wonderful conversations. I even got to record a For the Sake of the Song with Jody Gnat while she was streaming live to her ustream audience.

Kudos to the entire PCB3 team for hosting a fantastic event.

James Gordon has been a fixture of the Canadian folk music scene for over 25 years. He was a founding member of Tamarack, and played with them for 22 years before going solo about 10 years ago. He has written hometown songs and humorous songs for CBC radio, and has written a number of musical plays. I interviewed James at the Mariposa Folk Festival on the deck of his hand-made houseboat, the Eramosa Belle. For this episode, James and I both played a lovely handmade guitar built by Ron Belanger. You can find out how to purchase any of James’ 40 CDs at http://jamesgordon.ca.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Farther Along the Road (© James Gordon)

The Secret of Rock and Roll (© James Gordon)

Pawpine (© James Gordon)

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Matthew Wayne Selznick is one of the pioneers in podcasting and Social Media. His podcast novel, Brave Men Run, which was first released in November 2005, it was the first work of fiction to be released simultaneously as a podcast, downloadable ebook, and for purchase as a print-on-demand book. Over the last 3 years, he has had several podcasts. He is well known as an advocate of the DIY (Do It Yourself) philosophy of creativity. He was involved with Podiobooks.com in its early stages and now is a community developer at Mahalo.com. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who is working to post 20 years of his music on his website at mattselznick.com .

His novel, Brave Men Run, has been picked up for mainstream release by Swarm Press and will be released on July 13. Matthew is asking all his fans to purchase the book on July 13 at Amazon.com to see if we can get it to number 1 on the science fiction charts. He will also be running an all day Brave Men Run-a- thon/ release party at mattselznick.com on July 13.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Elvis C. (© Matt Selznick)

Children’s Day (© Matt Selznick)

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Enjoy a slice of PAB.

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