Out of a Hat

Hey All,

The BSS crew was busy this week and we actually took part in 3 different songs in the current Songfight.

1. Berkelyn Social Scene - Our good friend Roymond was in Oakland for business and we were able to collaborate with him again. We put together a fun song with Glen and Roy on guitar, Martyr on bass, Ken on drums, Sam on rhodes, and Erin singing.

2. Merijamby - JB, the Fightmaster Jr. himself, was also in town on business and stopped by Erin and Sam's house for a visit. They put together this song in a night which also features Amy.

3. Zinkline - Power trio action at it's best with Glen, Martyr, and Ken writing a recording this quick song in a few hours the night before the deadline.

Thanks for listening, and if you are so inclined to vote, do it!

Next week... Has Been For Years

The Only French I Know

Hey All,

We are in this week's fight The Only French I Know.

This is a one Tuesday song. Glen came up with the chord pattern while waiting for the rest of the guys to show up. This time we had Berminator X on lead guitar. Glen played his 11 string guitar (the 2nd G always breaks) through his amp even though he kinda hates that sound and intended to redo the 11 string straight to a mic, but ran out of time. Berminator has some sweet guitar parts on this guy. Ken steals the show with the synth lead. It was Sunday night before the deadline when Glen finally had time (not without marital bargaining) to lay down some vocals. This was particularly tough since we had no lyrics in this 11th hour. So he made them up as he was recording. That was kind of fun for him, because he didn’t know where the song was going. Anyway, we love the song. Glen wishes the vocals and lyrics were stronger, and he could re-record the rhythm guitar, but all the other guys did awesome stuff, especially Ken! Martin played some sweet bass too, and he championed my weird time changes. Hopefully you all will like the way it came to together as well.

BSS

Glen made a super sweet video for out current song, Your New Dress. Sam helped us write the parts, and Glen and I did the arranging/recording/editing/mixing. The song is in the current fight, so if you want to check out the other songs and vote, please do!

Here is a high resolution version:

http://www.vimeo.com/7882879

It is also on You Tube, but it sounds and looks horrible, we highly recommend the Vimeo version.

http://www.youtube.com/user/glenartrock

Enjoy!