tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111942042007-06-10T20:12:46.057+02:00Paul HuntBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-184329499692043902007-05-25T00:01:00.000+02:002007-06-10T20:12:46.086+02:00<!-- Amie Street Player --><embed src="http://amiestreet.com/player/amie.swf?playlist_url=http://amiestreet.com/listSongs.php?fetchPlaylist/albumId__2714//&autoplay=false&set_volume_level=100&jump_to_track=0&instance_id=424b55527372736478444432463635333630693055383131&source_user_id=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="520" height="273" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" swliveconnect="true" name="amiePlayer" id="amiePlayer"></embed>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1695461637960002922007-02-19T04:37:00.000+01:002007-02-19T04:40:11.419+01:00<a href="http://music.metafilter.com/840/Writers-Block-Party">"Writers Block Party"</a> gets a play and a <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/13682/Announcing-the-new-weekly-MeFi-podcast">mention</a> right at the start of <a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/mathowie/MetaFilter_Podcast_for_Feb._16_2003.mp3">the first Metafilter podcast</a> [MP3].Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-47427255668070579662007-02-12T02:28:00.000+01:002007-02-12T02:42:04.293+01:00I think I owe you all an update. I'm auditioning some of the songs we've recorded over the last few months via <a href="http://music.metafilter.com/">Metafilter Music</a>. Online so far:<br /><a href="http://music.metafilter.com/mefi/840"></a><blockquote><a href="http://music.metafilter.com/mefi/840">Writers Block Party</a><br /><a href="http://music.metafilter.com/mefi/834">A Sincere Ballroom Song</a><br /><a href="http://music.metafilter.com/mefi/828">Scrap Heap Songs</a></blockquote><a href="http://music.metafilter.com/mefi/828"></a>Feel free to follow <a href="http://music.metafilter.com/search_threads.mefi?user_ID=20191">future submissions</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/20191/musicpostsrss">feed</a>).Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1157852519144721702006-09-10T03:37:00.000+02:002006-09-10T03:41:59.153+02:00I just want you all to know that we've been very productive last weekend. Here's <a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/feedingtheducks.mp3">proof</a> (mp3).Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1156552926367814492006-08-25T22:45:00.000+02:002006-08-26T03:16:54.673+02:00Funny how that is. You go off and take care of your own business for a few months; then September looms and everyone starts phoning each other again, frantically. And then suddenly it's Sunday runthrough with Martin (bass), Monday runthrough with Paul (drums), Tuesday band rehearsal, Wednesday impromptu recording session. Great.<br /><br />By the way, I'm doing an informal solo gig tomorrow evening eightish at my friend's house; if you're in the area and want to join us, email me. It's free. (The emailing, as well as the show.)<br /><br />Oh, and here's a song I can't decide what to do with.<blockquote><p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Scrap%20Heap%20Songs%20(demo%202006-07-09).mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Scrap Heap Songs</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (<span style="font-family:verdana;">4MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('66')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="66" style="display: none;">I'm coming up on scrap heap songs<br />That never ask where they belong<br />I'll make them up as I go along<br /><br />And every time the weekend's here<br />We go to lengths to strut our fears<br />Flex our doubts, laminate our pain, again<br /><br />'Cause you see I'm done with<br />Harking back to halcyon days of yore<br />Yearning for songs of lore<br /><br />We're just blowing our own horns<br />We're just growing our own horns<br /><br />I'm coming up on scrap heap songs<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1156355255202550052006-08-23T19:43:00.000+02:002006-08-23T19:47:35.213+02:00And so it happens that there's a <a href="http://www.auraltimes.com/2006/08/23/turner-broadcasting-edits-smoking-out-of-tom-and-jerry-cartoons/#respond">new contribution of mine</a> online over at The Aural Times, your finest provider of songs in the key of news.Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1156257312284706322006-08-22T16:29:00.000+02:002006-08-22T16:35:12.326+02:00Huh? The "<a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/mefi/gnfti-blink.mp3">Requiem for Blink</a>" song I did for Metafilter got <a href="http://www.myownmusicindustry.nl/archive/2006-04-04/Het_betere_luisterlied">linked by My Own Music Industry</a> last April, and I never found out until now. (Probably had my eyes closed for an instant just then?) Does this mean I am a Real Dutch Musician now?<br /><br />Still working on recordings, and starting gig rehearsals as well. The Wolkenvelden.com machine, she will do her best to keep you informed.Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1149294974646889292006-06-03T02:20:00.000+02:002006-07-30T03:06:53.196+02:00I just realized - it's been a month or two since I posted new material, so here goes. This is a writing demo, a kind of stream-of-consciousness rendering of a song idea I've had for quite some time. It's also one of the first things I've ever committed to analogue tape, if you're the kind that cares for such things. Apparently it slipped under the radar for a while, what with band recordings and all. Feedback, as always, is optional yet appreciated.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden - The Great Indoors [demo 2006-04-12].mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - The Great Indoors</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (<span style="font-family:verdana;">4.3MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('65')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="65" style="display: none;">While all my friends are getting lives<br />Getting it right - maybe getting wives<br />I hole up and explore<br />The great indoors<br /><br />And I'm so sick of being clever<br />That I'd rather stay inside<br />You'd think I'd know by now how to write<br />A song to change my mind<br /><br />And so we play the songs we used to know back when<br />Demons merely slept under my bed<br /><br />Is it gravity that keeps you down?<br />Because you carry your sadness around<br />Like a rosary<br />Counting one two three<br /><br />It's a cynics' pissing match<br />I think we all agree that death<br />Is just an exercise in Zen<br /><br />So come on play the songs we used to know back when<br />Demons merely slept under my bed<br />Before they found their way into my head<br /><br />Where have all the pop songs gone?<br />Someone run and put one on<br />And then we'll ramble on and on<br />About how we miss nostalgia<br />And they don't make it like they used to anymore<br /><br />So, when company loves misery it's a cynics' pissing match<br />They should name the trophy after you<br /><br />I'm going outside<br />I'll be alright.<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1153357023282157742006-07-20T02:42:00.000+02:002006-07-30T03:04:53.976+02:00For those of you who attended the <span style="font-style: italic;">Covers For A Reason</span> night last Friday, and those who are just curious, here are the original versions of the songs I played:<blockquote>"In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel (<a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/temp/cfar/Neutral%20Milk%20Hotel%20-%20In%20The%20Aeroplane%20Over%20The%20Sea.mp3">mp3</a>) (<a href="http://neutralmilkhotel.net/itaots.html">words</a>)<br /><br />"Going Out of my Mind" by Olaf Caarls (unreleased)<br /><br />"No Key, No Plan" by Okkervil River (<a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/temp/cfar/Okkervil%20River%20-%20No%20Key,%20No%20Plan.mp3">mp3</a>) (<a href="http://www.jound.com/okkervil/lyrics/nokeynoplan.html">words</a>)<br /><br />"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths (<a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/temp/cfar/The%20Smiths%20-%20There%20is%20a%20light%20that%20never%20goes%20out%20%281%29.mp3">mp3</a>) (<a href="http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/%7Emoz/lyrics/thequeen/thereisa.htm">words</a>)<br /></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">Merge Records, Jagjaguwar and Warner Music Group: I expect to hear from your solicitors soon.</span>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1148479649948164142006-05-24T15:56:00.000+02:002006-05-24T16:18:53.180+02:00<a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/38734">Someone posts a question</a> on Ask Metafilter about a favourite album of mine. Among the <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/38734#598857">commenters</a> is <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/29790">Kim Cooper</a>, the author of a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082641690X/sr=8-1/qid=1148479246/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7842290-0193524?%5Fencoding=UTF8">book</a> on this album, part of the <a href="http://33third.blogspot.com/">33 1/3</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/1942/104-7842290-0193524">series</a>. Delighted by surprise, I <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/38734#599032">jump on the opportunity</a>, and Kim <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/38734#599184">answers my <span style="font-size:85%;">(thread-hijacking, I admit :))</span> follow-up question</a> directly. Brilliant.<br /><br />Um, just wanted to share that. Carry on.Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1147116974543883952006-05-08T21:15:00.000+02:002006-05-08T22:04:35.780+02:00<img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-04.jpg" /><br />When people say you have to suffer for your art, I'm not sure if this is what they have in mind.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-05.jpg" /><br />In the absence of proper studio furnishings, we positioned the mixing desk on a foosball table. Just like the pros do.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-06.jpg" /><br />Warning: cannibalism may impair your command of the English language.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-07.jpg" /><br />Next to the baby mixer, our mascot: a piglet propelling his boat by blowing into the sails with a tuba. His friends comment, "Wonderful! If you keep blowing you'll reach America in no time!"<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-08.jpg" /><br />Barring sign language or Charades, the only way to communicate between the drum and control rooms is via microphones and headphones. Here I'm trying to signal to the drummer to finish toying with the camera and put his "cans" on.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-09.jpg" />Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1146950095931961682006-05-06T23:12:00.000+02:002006-05-06T23:17:15.466+02:00<img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-01.jpg" class=img><br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-02.jpg" class=img><br /><br /><img src="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/img/recordingmay2006-03.jpg" class=img>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1146946035443728472006-05-06T22:06:00.000+02:002006-05-06T23:16:14.796+02:00Screw it, I'm joining this band: <a href="http://www.myownmusicindustry.nl/images/30032006_vetplaatje.jpg">click to see image</a> (NSFW, weird).Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1146067864652440732006-04-26T15:21:00.000+02:002006-04-26T18:11:04.720+02:00What I'm up to, you ask?<br /><br />Well, I bought a 16 track analogue tape recorder, and it looks like this:<br /><br /><img src="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/bitsperinch/img/b16-01.jpg" /><br /><br />It'll embark on its maiden voyage this weekend, when I'll be recording my friends, the excellent Jałowski. Soon after I'll start recording the new Wolkenvelden album.<br /><br />In the meantime, <a href="http://www.auraltimes.com/060426">hear me sing the news over at Josh Millard's Aural Times</a>.Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1143762550049004332006-03-31T01:42:00.000+02:002006-03-31T03:25:39.850+02:00So I'm going to record a new album.<br />So I'm going to buy an analogue multitrack tape recorder, which is a big thing and an important step for me and my music. 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Just click the buttons and pay via credit card, or if that doesn't work out just <a href="mailto:paul079@hotmail.com">email me</a> and we'll sort it out personally, no hassle.<hr width="97%"><br>Thank you so much for supporting an independent musician. I promise anyone who orders a cd or makes a contribution of at least ten euros a mention in the new album's liner notes.Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1139795189345772922006-02-13T02:22:00.000+01:002006-02-14T02:12:01.036+01:00You know those songs about how it could be "just like in the movies"? Well, I think I could share that desire, but in my case it would be B-movies. So here's a song.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Just%20Like%20the%20B%20Movies%20%28demo%202006-02-12%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Just Like the B-Movies</span><img class="TargetAlertIcon" src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/sound.png" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (<span style="font-family:verdana;">9MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('64')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="64" style="display: none;">Let me be the young Siberian boy<br />Or the absence of clever ploys<br />And twists<br />And wistful pans and tilts<br /><br />Let the dialogue be muffled<br />As we carry our duffels<br />Around town<br />While the sound guy's boom mike wilts into the shot<br /><br />And then you could be the maxed-out credit cards<br />Or the sadistic prison guard<br />Or the stretcher rolling into the emergency ward<br /><br />Let us overact<br />Let us speak abstractly straight into the lens<br />And let us all wear black<br />And let us simply lack an inkling of talent<br /><br />Let the grain show<br />On the grey snow<br />It'll be just like the movies<br />The B-movies<br /><br />Let's be on Sunday afternoon<br />On that channel you can never find<br />I think it's 39 on my TV<br /><br />Let's drag on for a hundred and twenty-eight minutes<br />And still wish for it to never finish<br />Let's strike a meaningful pose<br />All clumsy and underexposed<br /><br />And then you could be robot that can speak<br />Or the identity the protagonist seeks<br />Or the blatant disregard for technique<br /><br />Let's be out of sync<br /><br />Let us all be French<br />And get one final chance before the cops show up<br />And let's have epiphanies<br />In the pivotal scene where there's a thunderstorm<br /><br />Let's fall out<br />But overcome our doubts<br />Let's be shot on DV<br />And go straight to TV<br />Let's attain our goals<br />Right before the credits roll<br />And let the music swell<br />Over the wedding bells<br /><br />But let the grain show<br />On the grey snow<br />It'll be just like the movies<br />The B-movies<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://d11.yousendit.com/F/3FKEN87Y7EQPN1BLASB922VP1S/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Just%20Like%20the%20B%20Movies%20%20%28demo%202006-02-12%29.mp3">Alternate link<img class="TargetAlertIcon" src="chrome://targetalert/content/skin/sound.png" /></a><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - 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Last week I was playing around with some drum samples I sneakily made while recording Jałowski in September - while the band was having a break, I thought I would just record some separate drum hits to play around with. Among them was a toyish rototom loop which I ended up using as a rhythmic base for this writing demo.<br /><br />The song itself is a snide yet hopeful diatribe against a defecting band member, and in a more general sense, an expression of a surviving belief in rock & roll.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Words,%20Girls,%20Chords,%20Colours%20%28demo%202006-01-31%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Words, Girls, Chords, Colours</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (<span style="font-family:verdana;">5.2MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('61')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="61" style="display: none;">Well isn't it always something else<br />Put your pride back on the shelf<br />And if you'll say: "It'll always be this way"<br />I will not believe you<br /><br />Caution ain't the only thing<br />I've been known to throw to the wind<br />So if you believe in what we're trying to achieve<br />Then come make it so<br /><br />There are not enough words and girls in my head<br />To keep me entertained until I'm dead<br /><br />I wish I had a camera for each time<br />I suddenly, inexplicably feel alive<br />'Cause I feel old from all the souls I've sold<br />To get by<br /><br />There are not enough chords and colours in this world<br />But we haven't seen them all, so give it a whirl<br /><br />When all of this is over, who'll have won?<br />When everyone just wants their place in the sun<br />Internecine squabbles benefit none<br />One day I'll burn all my bridges, maybe after this one<br />Maybe after this song<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://d5.yousendit.com/E/36LONZHHI9JQH0ALTTK7NMHNIU/renamed_Wolkenvelden%20-%20Words%20Girls%20Chords%20Colours%20%28demo%202006-01-31%29.mp3">Alternate link</a><br /><br />Full disclosure: the working title, when I wasn't yet sure what the hell I was doing, was "MacGyver". Just so you know.<br /><input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1139363343323117962006-02-08T02:40:00.000+01:002006-02-08T02:53:49.336+01:00Last one for today, I swear.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Observational%20Comedy%20%28demo%202006-02-01%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Observational Comedy</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (<span style="font-family:verdana;">4.3MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('63')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="63" style="display: none;">New round, new chances, I say<br />So I'll impose some new rules on this game<br />I'll adhere to geometry from now on<br /><br />I'll live in squares<br />Love in triangles<br />Run in circles alone<br /><br />But first here is a past I try to shake<br />Rearrange the world to which I wake<br /><br />Saramago on the boards next to the bed<br />Your name inside my head<br />Loving someone else instead<br />But I'm not bothered<br /><br />'Cause when the chords change it's all that does<br />And I'm happy just because<br /><br />You look like you're on holiday somewhere<br />And I'm crying on the train, I'm almost there<br /><br />I'll be teaching old tricks to new cats tonight<br />And if I do it right<br />I might just lose my mind<br />But it's no substitute<br /><br />For when the chords change it's all that does<br />And I'm happy just because<br /><br />So help me out of this observational comedy nightmare<br />We treat like it's some cure for all despair<br />If you joke about it, it doesn't make it go away<br />So, well - new round, new chances, I say.<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://d5.yousendit.com/E/0PFXIXOD6CR8817QUJDGA6JJ76/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Observational%20Comedy%20%28demo%202006-02-01%29.mp3">Alternate link</a><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1139359279481396462006-02-08T01:28:00.000+01:002006-02-08T01:42:41.103+01:00Another demo of a song I wrote recently. Enjoy!<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Home%20by%20the%20Sea%20%7bdemo%202006-02-01%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Home By the Sea</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="font-family:verdana;">3.4MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('60')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="60" style="display: none;">It always leaves the slightest bitter taste<br />Like walking into a room<br />Filled with the afterthoughts of sex<br /><br />But it's home<br />It's my home<br />I think I could die here<br /><br />The streetlights lay their blessings on the trams<br />The language here is simple<br />And best served in a glass<br /><br />That's why it's home<br />It's my home<br />I think I might die here<br /><br />I have so many footsteps on these streets<br />And there are so many people I still want to meet<br /><br />I have not many memories that stay<br />But it started here<br />Running in the rain<br /><br />That's why it's home<br />It's my home<br />I think I will die here<br /><br />I dread the day that I will not return.<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://d60.yousendit.com/C/3PHEPKAUG5EX61W633ZWU8RGU8/renamed_Wolkenvelden%20-%20Home%20by%20the%20Sea%20demo%202006-02-01%29.mp3">Alternate link</a><br /><br />Thanks for listening!<input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1136904990473389202006-01-10T15:34:00.000+01:002006-01-12T18:17:01.230+01:00Yeah, I ran out of web space, so I decided to run my own server. It's online, however I would consider it experimental for now - no guarantees.<br /><br />Still, I figure it's a good excuse to thrust yet another tasty demo upon thee, my kind, kind minions:<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20A%20Sincere%20Ballroom%20Song%20%28demo%202005-07-24%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - A Sincere Ballroom Song</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="font-family:verdana;">6.3MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('58')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="58" style="display: none;">It's not an awful life<br />With not an awful lot to do<br />But I think an awful lot<br />Of you<br /><br />I'll see you lying there<br />And there's just nothing on TV<br />But then I realise:<br />That's me<br /><br />I know if I wait<br />Something good that I've been wanting will come my way<br />But too late<br /><br />I've shed the irony<br />That used to colour every word<br />And now everything I say<br />Sounds absurd<br /><br />I know the day will pass<br />Whether I get drunk or not<br />But I just want for something<br />To hit the spot<br /><br />So world, just pay heed<br />You won't believe all the great things that will be coming from me<br />Some day<br /><br />So what can I do<br />Other than sing this song<br />One sad idiot<br />Can't be wrong<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;">I don't think I've shared this before, even though I recorded it last summer. By the way, if the above link doesn't work for whatever reason, let me know and try <a href="http://d45.yousendit.com/E/11WIC62Q3VIA02YWUA3XYQFWXO/Wolkenvelden%20-%20A%20Sincere%20Ballroom%20Song%20%28demo%202005-07-24%29.mp3">this one</a> as an alternative.<br /><br />Oh, and we're slated to start recordings for the new album this weekend, so wish us luck!<input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1136920693084806412006-01-10T20:11:00.000+01:002006-01-11T00:51:47.380+01:00What the heck - here's another. Same caution applies though - server might melt down any minute.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://wolkenvelden.mine.nu/wv/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Safe%20and%20Still%20Sorry%20%28demo%202005-07-25%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Safe and Still Sorry</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="font-family:verdana;">4.3MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('59')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="59" style="display: none;">I'm playing with fire<br />While running with scissors<br />In the rain with no shoes on<br />I believe one can be safe and still sorry<br /><br />Well come on now -<br />Gather round, boys and girls<br />I will tell you a story<br />Of how we came to be<br /><br />Summer's laughing in your face<br />You'd better take action<br />'Cause this life is all we have<br /><br />These wardrobe dilemmas:<br />I think today I'll wear my black lungs<br />We measure our time in songs<br />And see it go up in smoke<br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://d34.yousendit.com/F/3JL77T2DT3C0P3156JB4NW66WH/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Safe%20and%20Still%20Sorry%20%28demo%202005-07-25%29.mp3">Alternate link</a><br /><br />Thanks for listening!<input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1133724619074409512005-12-04T20:02:00.000+01:002006-01-11T00:50:37.496+01:00Welcome Metafilter users! I'm getting quite a bit of new visitors from the <a href="http://projects.metafilter.com/votes/79">Metafilter Projects</a> page, as well as from <a href="http://chasingdaisy.com/2005/12/04/apostrophes-and-catastrophes/">bloggers who've picked it up</a> there.<br /><br />As a special gift to my new audience I thought I'd share a demo of a new song I've written and recorded today.<br /><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/mp3/songs/Wolkenvelden%20-%20Requiem%20for%20the%20Living%20%28demo%29.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Wolkenvelden - Requiem for the Living</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="font-family:verdana;">6MB MP3</span>) (<a href="javascript:toggleList('57')">lyrics</a>)</span></p> </blockquote><span id="57" style="display: none;">Here I stand now: I am tired, broken and alone<br />I'm fifteen again and I'm camping out by the phone<br />I'll admit that I'm weak and if you ditch me you'll probably be right<br />But there's ghosts in my head and I just want to see you tonight<br /><br />Hell, I stumble through the evenings<br />And I laze away the days<br />I know that's not what life is for<br />But it helps evade the pain<br /><br />So let's drink to the things that died too soon<br />How I'd love to believe that they're hiding somewhere behind the moon<br />But I'm a big boy now<br />Too old for fairytales<br />Too young to know first hand<br />And happy as fuck<br /><br />At least I've a friend who likes to drink as much as I<br />We laugh at religion and marvel at the gift of life<br />We can argue at length or get stoned and be silent instead<br />But I can't see a light and I'd rather have you in my bed<br /><br />--------------<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"> <div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for stopping by!<input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"><br /></div> <form style="margin-bottom: 0px;" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but21.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" border="0" type="image"><br /></form> </div>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1130804047708851442005-11-01T01:05:00.000+01:002005-11-01T01:19:26.816+01:00Remember when I said I was recording a demo for my friends' band, <abbr title="It's pronounced 'yah-WOFF-skee'. It's a Polish thing.">Jałowski</abbr>? Well, we're pretty much done. Have a listen.<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.wolkenvelden.com/jalowski/mp3/Jalowski%20-%20I%20Want%20You%20To%20Cry.mp3"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jałowski - I Want You To Cry</span></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span style="font-family:verdana;">5.2MB MP3</span>)</span></p></blockquote>Paul Hunttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194204.post-1129136671290024312005-10-12T18:53:00.000+02:002005-10-12T19:07:09.596+02:00Whoa, one at a time please.<br /><br />Comments are now enabled. I though it was time. So, feel free to speak out, use your own language, but most importantly: be brutally honest.<br /><br />LovePaul Hunt