All I've got is a postcard, and a handful of souvenirs
The title of my blog today is a line from "Wrote It Down", its the second track on the second record that my (now defunct) band Paging Raymond.
Its loose rock and roll song with some achingly beautiful lyrics, penned by my co-frontman and co-founder of the band Aaron Adelsperger. That track served as the announcement to our fans that we had plugged in, and was a real testament to the level of songwriting we had gotten to since our previous, mainly acoustic effort Please. Quiet. Recording.
We really came together as a band during the recording sessions that went along with Wrote It Down. We spent about a week at Mike Wanchic's Bloomington studio, Echo Park. I was honored to be able to play his orginal '52 Fender "NoCaster" on a few tracks, as well as the acoustic that was used to track John Mellencamp's iconic midwestern roots-rock anthem "Jack & Diane". It all came together for us that week in that studio, collectively as songwriters, arrangers, producers and musicians and the 10 tracks on what would eventually become our second album Bridges Left to Burn, another lyric taken from the song that really embodies who were were as a band, Wrote It Down.
You can listen to that song, and all the Paging Raymond songs on my Smaller Indiana profile (or buy them all on Cdbaby.com or iTunes), and if you're in Indianapolis tonight, March 29th you can see us perform a reunion show at my favorite Indy nightspot Radio Radio in Fountain Square. (Its a non-smoking venue)
So put on your best dress baby, we've got bridges left to burn.
Its loose rock and roll song with some achingly beautiful lyrics, penned by my co-frontman and co-founder of the band Aaron Adelsperger. That track served as the announcement to our fans that we had plugged in, and was a real testament to the level of songwriting we had gotten to since our previous, mainly acoustic effort Please. Quiet. Recording.
We really came together as a band during the recording sessions that went along with Wrote It Down. We spent about a week at Mike Wanchic's Bloomington studio, Echo Park. I was honored to be able to play his orginal '52 Fender "NoCaster" on a few tracks, as well as the acoustic that was used to track John Mellencamp's iconic midwestern roots-rock anthem "Jack & Diane". It all came together for us that week in that studio, collectively as songwriters, arrangers, producers and musicians and the 10 tracks on what would eventually become our second album Bridges Left to Burn, another lyric taken from the song that really embodies who were were as a band, Wrote It Down.
You can listen to that song, and all the Paging Raymond songs on my Smaller Indiana profile (or buy them all on Cdbaby.com or iTunes), and if you're in Indianapolis tonight, March 29th you can see us perform a reunion show at my favorite Indy nightspot Radio Radio in Fountain Square. (Its a non-smoking venue)
So put on your best dress baby, we've got bridges left to burn.
Tags: cdbaby, fountain, itunes, paging, radio, raymond, square
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Comment by Tim Wilsbach on April 3, 2008 at 4:29pm - Sorry, can't make it Friday, I've got a gig of my own that night.
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Comment by Brian Wyrick on April 2, 2008 at 10:42pm - Awesome. Are you coming out to Big Car friday?
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Comment by Tim Wilsbach on April 1, 2008 at 10:53pm
- Good times were had at radio radio, will post pictures when I get them...
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Comment by Brian Wyrick on March 29, 2008 at 3:20pm
- Yeah, I am obviously a little ahead of myself, trying to get ready for our release show on April 4th. Have a good time tonight, post some photos when you get back!
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Comment by Tim Wilsbach on March 29, 2008 at 3:14pm
- I'll let you know tomorrow. The show is tonight.
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Comment by Brian Wyrick on March 29, 2008 at 3:06pm
- Hey Tim, thanks for the post. How was the show?
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