Songwriting

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New Recordings

New Recordings thumbnail There are two new recordings on our MySpace page: “Cartoon Hero”, a new song. A Reduced Power version of “Reach Out”, which we’ve been playing at our shows. This one’s got a different time signature and lead guitar part. So go check ‘em out! We’ll have MP3 files up on the Audio page of vodamusic.com soon.

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Reduced Power

Reduced Power thumbnail We’ve got a new project going on that we’re calling “Reduced Power.” It’s a series of recordings (and eventually shows, too) using cleaner instrumentation, simplified arrangements, and low-key performances. The first two are available on our MySpace page and on the Audio page here at vodamusic.com. There will be more of them to come later. We hope you enjoy the music. Thanks for listening

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A Robot in Your Room

A Robot in Your Room thumbnail It kept piling up, like I said. So I got so I thought about it all the time. I hated myself more and more, thinking of all the wrong I’d done to the sweetest woman in the world who loved me so much.

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News Update: Jan. 20th, 2008

News Update: Jan. 20th, 2008 thumbnail So, it’s been about six weeks since our last show. Since then, it’s been a little quiet around here in terms of real news.  So here’s what we’ve been up to: We’ve put a considerable amount of time and energy into enhancing

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News Roundup: 2007/09/18

News Roundup: 2007/09/18 thumbnail Here’s what’s happening lately: We have acquired some new recording equipment to allow us to produce new demos. There’s still some stuff left to buy, but we’re making progress on it. Andrew has a new Fender Blues DeVille amplifier.

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Songwriting Update, July 25

Songwriting Update, July 25 thumbnail On July 25th, we made a nice little bit of progress for ourselves after a few real world-induced weeks off. In addition to the usual rehearsal, we rearranged the order of songs for the setlist and made serious headway on two new/old songs:

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The Warm Jets

The Warm Jets thumbnail BRIAN ENO… BRIAN ENO, BRIAN ENO… BRIAN ENO…BRIAN ENO… OH… BRIAN ENO… BRIAN ENO, BRIAN ENO… BRIAN ENO…BRIAN ENO.

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Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer thumbnail On the evening of May 3, we got together and made significant progress on “Bobby Fischer.”  It’s definitely starting to resemble a song.  It’s still got a long way to go, but things are going well with it.  Hopefully most of the spy music

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Songwriting Update, April 12

Songwriting Update, April 12 thumbnail On April 12, we had another songwriting session, minus Dave, who was having car troubles.  Matt “filled in” on drums quite admirably on the still-evolving “Call Me Doctor”.  It’s looking more and more like it will actually keep that name. We also ran through

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Songwriting Update: April 5, 2007

Songwriting Update: April 5, 2007 thumbnail With Wednesday’s practice cancelled due to incliment weather, we all got together at Decent Rita last night and ran through the usual roster of songs.  We also got started on a new one, which is tentatively titled “Bobby Fischer”, which may well feature two

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