That is the question we seek to answer in this episode. We also try a little to get at the essence of LDS Music (music with an LDS (Mormon) theme, or even just any music by an LDS artist). We play some unfiltered examples. Joining our discussion as an expert on the subject is Cherie Call, a popular and very involved LDS artist and all-around cool gal with some cool music herself. Her child also appears at moments, whining in the background (we think it’s charming). For your benefit, here are some of Cherie’s recommendations, which you might check out if you’re interested, and which we may ourselves in a future podcast: Christian artists–Sara Groves, Nichole Nordeman, and Chris Rice. LDS artists–Scott Wiley hymn arrangements (esp ‘Nearer’), Michael McLean (Forgotten Carols), Kenneth Cope, Mindy Gledhill, EFY CDs, Dan Beck.

 

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Tags: cherie call, Clayton Pixton, lds music, mormon

I’m too generous.  I really shouldn’t be giving you all this great music for free.  I don’t know how to justify it, except maybe that it’s Thanksgiving and the recordings are pretty much one-takers.  (All done in one take.) 

Five fun recordings here:  Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Love Story (Taylor Swift), Abraham’s Blood (by me), Thanksgiving Song I (by Skye, Courtney, Me and cousin Gabe), and The Fox (a rockin’ arrangement inspired by Nickel Creek.) 

And for the 1st time:  Listener Mail.

 

 Episode 9.5: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Love Story, Abraham's Blood, Thanksgiving Song I, and The Fox: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (202)

Tags: Abraham's Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Covers, music, Taylor Swift, The Fox

Front man to the famed 80’s/90’s band The Rainmakers, Bob is still a musical and creative genius pumping out catchy rootsy rock songs. He lives here in Kansas City and is an active performer and has a new album. Also has a lot of very loyal fans and friends. Get ready for some really catchy music and insightful comments from a guy who has experienced a great deal of success as a musician.

 

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Tags: music, rainmakers, rock, walkenhorst

Very possibly our most controversial and divisive podcast yet, we explore what to some (if there are any others like me) is beautiful and cool and to others may be absolutely hideous garbage: music played backwards and/or sped up just for the fun of it.

I specifically request your opinion on this one, so please leave a comment! And don’t just respond if you agree with me! My wife will be your friend if you don’t. (I will too, I promise.)

 

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No, I’m not mad. I’m talking about the celtic-american-folk family group. I spoke with Dad Marco and one of the three daughters, Liz. Very interesting family and they’ve done some great things musically. And they’re actually pretty good about getting their music out there (unlike some people I know). Listen to this stuff. If you like, go to www.fiddle-sticks.com. They’re also on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and Deseret Book. At the very end that’s me imitating a song of theirs on piano.

 

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Tags: cello, celtic, Clayton Pixton, davis family, fiddlesticks, folk, hymns, liz davis maxfield, music

Me playing with a cassette tape deck, seeing what it does to the sound to overdrive it.  Some of the distortion is from overdriving the input, probably, and some from analog tape saturation.  Either way, it sounds coooool!  I explain what’s going on in dumb-person terms.

I really do have some real podcast episodes coming up.

 

 SBF Episode 6.85: Tape Saturation [8:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (286)

Tags: Clayton Pixton, distortion, guitar, so fine, tape saturation

…for a real episode, here’s a spontaneous recording of So Fine, an old Sibling Revelry classic, and one of the first songs I wrote, in a different feel than the original, which only exists on our first album, which was a tape, and which is a little hard to come by.  Enjoy!

 

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It’s been a little while but it’s good to be back! This is another in-between episode where I basically play some neat music while playing with a toy I’m borrowing from the custodial manager guy I know from work called an Aural Exciter. I forgot to mention that plugin versions of exiters exist, some of them free (the free ones don’t sound as good as this hardware one, however–the non-free ones probably sound quite good, including one I’ve demo-ed, “Character”, by TC Electronics.) I also play a new recording of one of my songs. Enjoy!

 

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On this day of love, we explore some great love songs, some well-known and some never before heard until today!  Have a great Valentine’s Day!

 

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