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| 03.10.05 (6:16 am) [edit] |
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I think the thing that bugs me the most is people who do not reply to your emails, who never acknowlege your emails and seem to have a complete misunderstanding of the function of email.
Al
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| Where's my Blog? |
| 11.03.04 (3:14 am) [edit] |
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Where are my previous bloggs. Jeez I hate computers
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| Recording at Glen Murlene Studios |
| 03.19.04 (11:17 am) [edit] |
Well that was a great weekend session indeed. We all pitched at Glen Murlene on Friday afternoon in high spirits, looking forward to some solid playing and loafing around. The two, it turns out are not mutually exclusive. After the engineers sorted out the recording gear from their navels. We were under way.
The creative muse hit with the force of a Super Nova, though Mat claims the beer was spiked with something, I disavow all knowledge of that. It felt like a natural high pulling chords and riffs and words outta the air. I think our planets were aligned or something. Can you tell I'm JAZZED!!!
We layed down tracks for 3 new tunes. We have "I Suck", "If I Had My Time Back" and "Children of the Sea". The first one is really a ball of fluff, with a great catchy tune that will stick in your head much the same way as velcro to wool, or egg to plates, or price tags to, well everything, man I hate price tags that leave gummy gluey crap behind.
A writing credit should go to Jacky A. for donating the title and first 4 chords, not to mention the inspiration for the song. We luv ya Jacks, keep plucking you'll get there some day.
My favourite line from the tune (we'll post soon to the website, after we find our webmaster, haven't seen her have you?) is "I'm like a bottom dwelling filter fish sucking sludge" Al Aims And Achieves Aliteration.....
"If I had my Time Back" started off life as a kick ass riff from the ever so nimble, though gnarled, fingers of Mat Shoal. Delivered, as usual, via voicemail. "Hey Al, put lyrics to this." Al, of course, graciously obliges after few libations and a walk around the park with the riff copied to his i-pod. The words usually come pretty quickly. I think they were completed as CNN explored the depths of the Enron and Worldcom scandals so there may be a wiff of that.
"Children of the Sea" is a "different kettle of fish" as the locals say here on the east coast of Canada, no Idea where it comes from but I like the line all the same. Look for some east coast music influence on this one. I actually borrowed a famous fiddle called the "Lady Bluenose" to capture the "kitchen party" spirit, called ceilidh, pronouned "kaylee" You've got to attend one some day. I highly reccommend it. People here party like the liquor stores are closing for good.
Before I go I must tell you about Jessie. You cannot record at Glen Murlene without experiencing Jessie. He's the owners dog and seems to be on guard duty 24/7. You cannot play an E chord, crack a Guinness or take a dump without Jessie "supervising" your every move. He's damn cute though. There's a picture of him in my photo album at TALHSOMA. http://www.talhsoma.com/als_a...
Groove on Kids!!
Al
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| Back in the Studio |
| 03.11.04 (8:48 am) [edit] |
Hey Talhsoma Fans. Mat and I wil be in the studio at Glen Murlene laying down tracks for our new album. We've been on hiatus for a while and I, for one, will be glad to get back in the studio and do some work. All these ideas swirling around my head makes it difficult to sleep at night. Then again that might also be the partying.
Keep an eye out on our website www.talhsoma.com for a sample of some new tunes. BTW for those of you who have written and complained about our website we forwarded your ideas onto our webmaster. In response she says TALHSOMA.
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| Mat is up and running too |
| 02.18.04 (9:21 am) [edit] |
Feel free to check out the TBLOG of the other member of TALHSOMA [b]Mat Shoal[/b] at matshoal.tblog.com
Cheers
Al
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| Welcome to TALHSOMA |
| 02.18.04 (7:50 am) [edit] |
Greetings from Al Thomas, Singer, Guitarist and Lyricist for TALHSOMA.
Cheers
Al
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