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Reduced Slogginess

Hey hey, the slog is becoming less sloggy, and the end is in sight. Word. So now I have to start thinking about how to release it. I’ve been toying with the idea of posting mp3s of the album on Actdead and encouraging people to get the actual CD by putting all sorts of extra stuff on the data portion of the CD. Stuff like mp3s of outtakes, remixes, and acoustic versions of the songs. Hopefully also some video, animation, and extra artwork as well. The major problem with this idea is that I won’t have anything left for the 10th Anniversary Special Edition “Divider” with Bonus Disc.

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5 Responses to “Reduced Slogginess”

  1. mo Says:
    April 26th, 2004 at 11:46 pm

    that’s an awesome idea. if current marketing is any guide though, you don’t have to put more than, say, half a shitload of goodies on there to get people to buy it. plus if you’re playing more live shows, people will want CDs anyway.

    besides, aren’t you about ready to issue a “greatest hits” album?

  2. Yook Says:
    April 28th, 2004 at 5:30 pm

    I don’t care WHAT you do, as long as I can A) get the mp3s and then B) give you money. I AM EASY!

    But, still, extra stuff would be super awesome. Perhaps some art by your bro, as well, he is quite good.

    -Y

  3. peter Says:
    April 29th, 2004 at 1:50 pm

    Fellow slogger Scott Andrew came up with a good distribution method. Without rehashing his entire page, he included high quality MP3 files of both the songs from the album, and songs from a previous release.

    In your case, perhaps you could include audio of orphaned SF songs & acoustic demos. Sure, we can download most of it online, but it’s nice to have it in a single physical place.

  4. prayformojo Says:
    May 6th, 2004 at 6:30 am

    Music videos. We should make music videos. We should quit our jobs and dedicae several weeks of our lives to making music videos. Then we can meet Carson Daily. *sigh*

    …or just stick ‘em on yer website/CD

  5. Yook Says:
    May 6th, 2004 at 9:35 pm

    No no no no, you were right the first time.

    Music. Videos.

    We don’t need to quit our jobs, we can do it in one long weekend. Three days. Filming. The ADD Music Video Collection. 6 awesome songs. 6 awesome visions. Lots and lots of booze.

    Seriously.

    -Yook

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Music

The Weak Moment

1. I Know My Rights
2. I’m Having Trouble Concentrating
3. One Less
4. We Have the Technology
5. I’m Going Away for a While
6. Chance
7. Method of Delivery
8. Boundaries

[Artwork]

Started as a “mini-album,” I started it in Feb.2006, finished recording in July, and posted the final songs in December. The gimmick here is that I recorded myself playing the songs in order and in one session, and those tracks (lead vocal/rhythm guitar) became the basis for the final versions. I wrote the songs in order as well. They’re all from Song Fight titles. So I’d play through a song I’d written, and when it was over, I’d pick a new title to go with and see what kind of song should come next.

Divider Why Are You Doing This?

1. You’re a True Believer
2. It’s Always Something
3. Let It All Burn
4. It Won’t Last
5. Flagwavers
THE ECHO CHAMBER
7. Don’t Be Afraid
8. Uniter
9. Divider
10. Open Your Eyes

[Artwork]

You can buy Divider at CD Baby.

Started in 2003. Intended to be done in 2003. Instead, I finally tore myself away from the last mix in October 2004. I had to post it on the web just to keep myself from messing with it into infinity. Delays continued, and I finally received my box of CDs for selling in late January 2005, about a week after the inauguration of the original Divider.

It’s a semi-political album… but hopefully more to me than to anybody else. Personally political. I wouldn’t really want it to be specific about that stuff lest the life get sucked out of the music once the national tide turns.

The CD has the video for “Let It All Burn” on it as well as some extra mp3s:
Cold Sweat
Complaining
Don’t Be Afraid (acoustic)
Don’t Let the Waiting Wear You Out
It Comes and It Goes
It Won’t Last (alternate)
Sad Saints
They Will Sing
Voices Constantly
Your God Is an Idol
Your God Is an Idol (Acoustic)

Add Covers Achtung Baby

1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing
3. One
4. Until the End of the World
5. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. So Cruel
7. The Fly
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World
10. Ultraviolet
11. Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness

Songs written by U2
Produced/performed by Jeff Fal

I needed to work, and I needed to work fast. So I ditched the burden of writing songs. We were listening to this album on a roadtrip to and from California. It was speaking to me.

[Artwork]

Please Let Your Faith and Patience Be Mine

1. Scared to Death
2. Locked Box
3. Towering Inferno
4. What’s Happening to Me?
5. Shades of Black
6. New York
7. Good Morning!
8. Coming Dear
9. Red
10. When Have I Been Wrong?
11. Air Traffic
12. Maybe So

Songs made by Jeff Fal

Made in late 2002 and early 2003, this was an unrealistic project undertaken by me and some of my Song Fight friends. We came up with 12 titles by secret ritual and then attempted to each write and record songs for all 12 titles within a month. We gave up that deadline in favor of making more polished work, which I think is for the better. The companion albums for this are Frankie Big Face’s Smile If You Absolutely Have To and John Benjamin’s Feel Things Deeply.

You can order it here.

Dirty Water

1. Back Like This
2. A Reason to Stay
3. Choose My Battles
4. Dirty Water
5. Alone
6. Carrying On
7. Exactly the Same
8. I Know Better
9. Wears on Me
10. Let It Go
11. I Feel Bad
12. The Smile on Your Face
13. I Know Better

Songs made by Jeff Fal

This album took me all of 2002 to make. Ok, That’s not completely true. Probably 80% of the work got done in the summer. There are a couple of songs from before then, and I did a lot of mixing and remixing afterwards. But all in all, I’d say it’s a summer document. Something about summers… They just get me working.

[Artwork]

Songfight Songs: Feb 2001-Feb 2002

1. Midnight Rendezvous
2. Don’t Dance
3. Shipwreck
4. On a Line
5. Black Hole
6. Dad, I’m Changing
7. Listen Close
8. It’s Invisible
9. Been to China
10. A Thousand Swords
11. I Can See You
12. Do It for Captain
13. Red Robot
14. Birds of Our Own
15. Firecrackers
16. Acid Mouth
17. Experimental Fashion
18. Secrets
19. Hotel

Bad Guy

1. I Won’t Be There
2. Hard Enough
3. Fall Apart
4. Five o’Clock
5. Guess You’re on a Plane
6. I Know This Won’t Solve My Problems
7. Maddie
8. Bad Guy
9. Quit Breaking My Heart
10. Tell You Today

Songs made by Jeff Fal

This is an album I recorded in the summer of 2001. It’s actually the third or fourth album I made, but this was the first one after people other than me and my brother began to listen to my music. Which is fine, because those others weren’t great, and Bad Guy was really the first time I succeeded at recording an album of songs that all belonged together that were also all good songs. Of course, to accomplish that, I had to set myself the modest goal of 25 minutes. Actually, my goal was 30 minutes, but you take what you can get.

[Artwork]