The Fond Farewells have completed recording.
Yesterday, Adam and I completed the vocals for our CD. We've been recording off and on for over a year. Shortly, we will have to start shopping it around to labels. We're hoping that someone bites....
View ArticleA song for you: Floor of chairs.
Here's something you don't hear too often - a song about public speaking. It's called "Floor of chairs". Somewhat inspired by Dennis Miller (back when he was funny). Song title is sort-of They Might Be...
View ArticleThe new Fond Farewells band page.
Ad just refurbished it - go here and see what you think. We have a new biography up. I thought it was pretty entertaining. A damn sight better than my aborted "history of TFF" posts - I will finish...
View ArticlePart 3 of The Fond Farewells Story: Asshole in front - Welcome Mat plays live.
As you may recall, Welcome Mat began rehearsing in the fall of 1987. Most everyone was new to their instrument. We started working on some of my songs through the fall and winter. I think Adam may have...
View ArticleWe're sending some demos out.
Ad did some research and found a few labels for us to try and convince them to release Don't get up. He asked me to put together a cover letter - here it is:The Fond FarewellsDon’t get upHello, we’re...
View ArticleThe Fond Farewells - the unheard music.
We sent some CDs out to various and sundry indie labels. Not a peep. I bet we end up releasing this thing ourselves somehow. I was so sure that someone would bite.
View ArticleLyrics: How things work
The first song I ever wrote that was worth a damn. It sounds like a song written by a friendless nerd who was unsuccessful with the ladies, which it was. Very new-wavy, like a lot of my songs.How...
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Track 01 - The Nice Channel
Since there's nothing new to say about the band, I decided to throw a song a week from Don't get up on this blog. One song at a time for a limited time. If you like what you hear and you want your own...
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Track 02 - Breeding ground zero
"Breeding" is another one of the very early songs, written in June of 1987. It attempted to nail down some of the social issues of the era: love and loneliness, caring for the elderly, latchkey kids....
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Track 03 - Beverly Hills
Not the Weezer song.Written in July 1987, this is song #83. This was written while Welcome Mat was still around, but I'm not sure this one ever made it to rehearsals. It was probably too refined for...
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