Should Be Famous--cool original music by people who don't do music for a living

Episode 11: Courtney Atack, Gravity, and Acceleration

cdpixton — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:38:06 +0000

Pretty exciting. This is the very first video podcast of the Should Be Famous Podcast. Boy are you in for a treat! (hee hee hee, ha ha ha, Oh HO HO HO!!!) Ok I can’t lie. You’re not really. But it does help me to explain gravity and acceleration (they’re the same thing).

And I threw in some other stuff as I played back some hot new recordings by my phenomenon of a sister, singer-songwriter/vocalist extraordinaire Courtney Atack.

The podcast is available in plain mp3 format as well (no video).

Episode 10.5: I Try

cdpixton — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:01:53 +0000

Heard of a guy who records a running podcast–while running. Never thought I’d actually do something similar!

Well I’m still alive, as you can see. Talk a little about the Mormon Potluck Podcast, TheMitchCast, creative outlets, a hymn I’m arranging called “Prayer is the Soul’s Sincere Desire”, a song I wrote called “I Try”, and the equivalence theory of gravity and acceleration. Soak it all in, and enjoy!

Thanks for your recent feedback, by the way, we’ll get to that!

Episode 10: LDS Music–Burn it or Build it?

cdpixton — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:24:58 +0000

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.

Episode 9.5: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Love Story, Abraham’s Blood, Thanksgiving Song I, and The Fox

cdpixton — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:57:55 +0000

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: Bob Walkenhorst

cdpixton — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:09:14 +0000

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.

Episode 8.5:

cdpixton — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:05 +0000

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.)

Episode 8: Fiddlesticks!

cdpixton — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:17:18 +0000

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.

Episode 7: R Ahrens

cdpixton — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:25:50 +0000

R Ahrens, currently a family man and an attorney living in New Jersey, had a band in college called the Ahrens Band. As it turns out, he’s the brother of my wife’s former missionary companion, so I feel we’re pretty close. Seriously, we’ve enjoyed his CD for many years and I regard him as a great songwriter. And very funny. See if you hear what I hear.

Episode 6.85: Tape Saturation

cdpixton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:22:25 +0000

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.

Ahem…uh, while we’re waiting…

cdpixton — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:30:40 +0000

…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!