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2021 (Has Been So Fun) - Exclusive Listen
Happy Black Fraser Friday!Here's the final track on More Songs on the Computer: 2021 (Has Been So Fun)I'll make the video next week and release it next Friday alongside the vinyl campaign launch. Hope you like it!Lyrics: Bezos gone to outer spaceEpstein haunting Bill GatesElon’s on the internetWorking on his setTucker spent 10 nightsSpeculating prime timeThe vaccine’s tireless assault onNicki’s cousin’s friend’s ballsNiagra Falls raining hellTexas in a cold spellChaos in AfghanistanTucker sides with TalibanWe got Biden in the ...
More Songs on the Computer Vinyl Color
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'More Songs on the Computer' Sneak Peek
The 'More Songs On The Computer' vinyl campaign is nigh! If all goes according to plan, it will launch Friday, December 3rd on bandcamp (and should hit streaming services a few weeks later). Travis Knight has returned with some incredible artwork. This might not be the 100% finished product, but it's pretty dang close. Below is the track listing along with the different vinyl campaign tiers/perks. Again, a lot of this is subject to change. This is an exclusive patron sneak peek, so please don't share!Side A:1. 2021 (Is Gonna Be ...
Failed SNL Audition
Hello all,Today I'm sharing a secret tape I was asked to put together for SNL last year. They reached out a few days after I released "I Wanna Be At The RNC." It was only a month before the new season was starting and they basically needed something in like 3 days. They asked for something that was "shot live" and highlighted my characters and impressions. Since it was such short notice they said I could include some pre-taped stuff at the end. As many of you know, I'm a musician first and foremost. I've never had as...
Superior - Live at Chatt Library
Here's a live performance of Superior we did at Chatt Library sometime in 2017. This is pre-Cowboy Jon/Professor Hornsby. I'm pretty sure this was shot and recorded for a VaynerMedia podcast but I'm not sure whether it was ever released. I probably should have went into this when I shared the Live at the Library podcast, but Chattanooga Public Library has a state of the art recording studio on the 4th floor that is free to access with a library card. We tracked all (most?) of the horns, xylophone, strings and (real) drums there. Som...
Gremlins 3: Dawn of Desmond - Director's Cut
Okay so this isn't the G3:DoD we all anticipated. But it is 5 hours of me dressed as Desmond and talking to fans. To those of you who aren't aware, I released a vinyl campaign earlier this year and one of the tiers had a "Yup Its Gremlins Time Bundle" that included a personalized video message from Desmond. I shot over 300 in the span of a week. This should be most of them. I also accidentally included some outtakes. I didn't have time to watch most of them so hopefully nothing dangerous slipped in. I don't expect anyone...
'Gremlin Man' Behind the Scenes
Hey there!I hope you've seen the brand new 'Here Comes The Gremlin Man' song.Here's me rambling for a while with some ground breaking special features.
Streets - Alt Demo
Hola!Here is an alt version of streets I recorded on my phone. I wrote Streets on xylophone in 2017 or 2018. The song is meant to be a conversation between two people who are talking over each other through out. This demo is essentially my attempt at sitting down and seeing if I could play the song by myself on guitar. It took some reconfiguring, obviously. This demo has me reflecting on the "marching in the streets" motif that repeats throughout Swords. The first time I used it was Stairwell in late 2015. Critters sleeping in my shedCr...
'Leak Like Giuliani' Origins / Update
Hello everyone, Someone asked during the last zoom meeting whether I had any other repurposed Songs on the Computer a la 'The Irishman Theme Song.' This reminded me that 'Leak Like Giuliani' was initially a Tyrone Biggums mashup that Netflix commissioned for the release of Chappelle's Show. There ended up being some dumb drama where Chappelle got mad about Netflix streaming the show without him making any of the residuals or something. So Netflix ended up pulling the show (temporarily?) and the project was killed. I like ...
Happy Halloween #6
Let’s see those costumes! Here’s me and the family. Also me, Cowboy Jon (Olaf), and Greezy Rick (Bezos) with our daughters.
Halloween #6 Party
My apologies, due to technical difficulties we're gonna have to push the Halloween #6 Party back an hour (10 PM EST).UPDATE: Performance starts at 10:00 PM EST on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qdYeZsWVKrEAfter party zoom room is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83230086237?pwd=am93ekNrQXgrVUlidXdtNEJ0ZG83dz09Happy Halloween #6Nick
SWORDS: Live at Chatt Library Studio
Continuing SWORDS Week here on the Discovery Channel. Here is a live performance of (most of) Swords at the Chattanooga Library just a few weeks before it was released. I believe we play everything except Straitjacket and Salt. This is the first time we performed a lot of these songs outside of my basement. I talk a bit about the process creating and performing SWORDS around the 29:00 mark. Eric Parham - Bass / Keys / VocalsJacob Lutsko - Xylophone / Glockenspiel / VocalsJon Elliott - Alto & Bari SaxophoneAdam Brown - Drums / LoopsIf anyone is ...
'Carnival' - Unreleased SWORDS track
I gotta be honest, I was not expecting the outpouring of SWORDS love I received on Twitter yesterday. It had such a nebulous response initially. We spent years laboring over this thing, put it out into the world and then had no idea whether it was resonating with people or if they were even listening. The Spotify stats have always been decent but they're just metrics - no evidence that there's an actual person on the other end. It was so nice and almost overwhelming to hear all of the kind words.Today I'm sharing an unreleased SWORD...
SWORDS Demos
Happy 2nd birthday to SWORDS! To celebrate, I'll be sharing behind-the-scenes stuff all week. First up is this collection of demos: Swords Demos They're a far cry from my SotC voice memo demos. They're essentially my rough mixes. I would fully compose the songs and use MIDI instruments for anything that I couldn't play (though I do play some rough xylophone on Sideshow and Streets). Most of the guitars, bass and vocals are final. We took these versions into a studio at the Chatt Library and added real xylophone, sax, drums, horn...
Vlog Update #UNO
Hello all,In this rambling message, I share my stunted ‘True Social . Com’ song, give a quick tour of my studio/rehearsal space/basement, and give an update on my ongoing battle with the dreaded rat. RIP my pet lizard 💔
Halloween EP (2013)
Gonna keep that sweet spooky content coming all year long. This collection of songs was written and recorded in a 2 week period before Halloween 2013. I'm not particularly proud of it, but it's fun to revisit. I had released Heart of Mold a couple weeks earlier and I guess I was trying to keep busy. 2013 was a weird year. I graduated in December 2012 and moved back home while I tried to figure out a game plan for this whole 'music career' thing. Of course, there was no plan. Just me throwing everything at the wall and seeing wha...
Town Hall (oween)
Town meeting! Town meeting!I'm thinking about hosting an event on Patreon for every Halloween (1/31, 3/31, 5/31, 7/31, 8/31, 10/31, & 12/31).We'll kick things off with this month's Halloween #6 and make it open to to the public. I think it'll be a mix of what we did last week - some performance & chatting with patrons but with more structure. Probably will try to pick a different topic/theme for each Halloween. My question for you all is if we move forward with this plan, would you rather celebrate on the 31st's (mostly week...
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Indie Folk Alex Jones - LIVE!
Digging through the archives and found something else you might enjoy. This is from a set of Super Deluxe Music that (a rare ungreezified) Eric and I did at Chattanooga’s Frightening Ass Film Festival in 2017.The production on this backing track was done by our drummer Adam Brown (you can check out his cover of Indie Folk Alex Jones here).-Nick
10.9.21 Zoom Hangout
What a night! Seriously had so much fun.Edit: Our beloved Woop saved the day and recorded the full meeting. This is probably the superior version as it also includes the chat. Apologies for poor internet connection and other technical difficulties. I'm clearly incompetent when it comes to running one of these things, but everyone was so helpful and respectful. Truly a lovely bunch. Let's do more soon!Nick
Zoom link!
See you guys at 10 pm EST! I'll be taking requests and chatting with whoever would like to for at least a couple hours. Should be fun!Nick
Irishman Theme Origin
I was looking through old files and found something that might be of interest to fans of The Irishman Theme Song:"The King" Netflix songI was tasked by Netflix to write a song for the Timothée Chalamet movie, The King. It was a really weird job. The gist was they wanted an angsty indie track with a medieval vibe as a promotional video to post on socials. They made it clear that they didn't want it lyrically to be a comedy song, which was odd because the premise was pretty comedic. I was asked to draw inspiration from the plot and t...
It’s happening
Apologies to Travis Knight for butchering his beautiful artwork. I’ll post the zoom link when I figure out how to! See you Saturday ✌️🤠✌️
Zoom hangout / Acoustic Performance - 10/9 @ 10PM EST
Hello patrons! My band and I would be performing in Chicago this weekend if it weren’t for Delta.I was thinking, maybe it could be fun to do a laidback acoustic performance / hangout on zoom for patrons and ticket holders?Roll call in the comments. If there’s enough interest, we’ll make it happen!-Nick
Give Me a Show on Netflix Jr
For those with young children (and/or young at heart), here is a playlist of songs I’ve made for Netflix Jr. Its no Nick Jr, of course. All of them are ‘works made for hire’ so my name isn’t connected to them in any official way. You can find them all on YouTube as well. “You’re a Star” is technically the most popular song I’ve ever written 🤷♀️ I hope to have some fun exclusive stuff for you all soon!Nick
This Is Halloween (Unreleased)
Hey!1. I believe everyone should have received a 'welcome message' with the link to stems, instrumentals, voice memo demos, SD music, etc. But I'm gonna leave it here too in case you missed it. 2. Here's some more spooky exclusive content I can share with you guys: This is Halloween The band and I started working on this pre-pandemic (and pre-songs on the computer) when we thought we might be doing The Nightmare Before Christmas live for Halloween. It's kind of confusing to explain, but I did a series of Nightmare Before Chr...
Spirit Halloween Planet - Voice Memo Demo
Here's a demo for the new Spirit song that I performed poorly on a badly tuned piano and recorded on my iPhone back in July. Spirit reached out last February asking if I had another song in me that could top last year. I was initially very hesitant as I worried it would be difficult writing a sequel to a sequel without getting too niche and meta. I decided early on that it would need to be more of a spiritual successor (pun intended) rather than a direct follow up to Unleash Your Spirit. I wanted to create something that didn't feel lik...
