Tale of the Tunes
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Jonathan Brader's songwriting diary.
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First Take Friday - Episode 43 FREAKY Written By Jonathan Brader Tale of the Tune: I wrote this song back in early June one night when I was sitting out by the bonfire. It actually started out as a totally different tune, but I thought it would be more fun to write a song about a freaky-scary lady as opposed to a lady who is a freak. So it became a bit of a ghost story. Admittedly, it needs some editing and is still a work in progress. I had a busy week and was doing some traveling so it was a bit difficult to polish this one up as much as I’d like, but there have already been some edits made. Stay tuned for the studio version.
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First Take Friday - Episode #43 Dance the Night Away Written by Jonathan Brader Tale of the Tune: I wrote this song back in 2003 about a girl that I met at a wedding. We danced like crazy. All night long. All night. All night. It was a lot of fun. The funny thing about this song is that I haven’t played it in years. A few weeks ago I was playing a show in Kentucky with my buddy Tony. Tony and I have been playing together for years and years. He is the reason I play the guitar at all today because he had a steady gig at the Holts Summit Winery (now the Canterbury Hill Winery) that he invited me to join him on. It was amazing! Thanks, T! Anyway, Tony's cousin, John, told me that he likes this song a lot. I hadn’t thought of or played this song in so long, I couldn’t remember all the verses, but I played as much as I could recall at the time and then forgot about it. Last night, I practiced this tune and it reminded me of the reason for writing it, but it also reminds me of my wife. We danced all night at out wedding. Well, I did. She did a lot of talking to our guests (sorry guys). I was having a grand old time with everybody who was dancing! Don't you just love music? I do! Especially when you hear a song and it reminds you of a specific time & place in your life (or multiple times and places). It is truly amazing! Peace and love, JB First Take Friday - Episode 41 Show me you Koozie! Written by Jonathan Brader Tale of the Tune: This one is pretty self explanatory, but you have to listen to the lyrics to get it. I was a pool party on the 4th of July, my beer was warm, my mouth was dry. I realized I was missing my Koozie and then I wrote this song. #showmeyourkoozie First Take Friday - Episode 40 Freedom! (America, Yeah!) Written by Jonathan Brader Tale of the Tune: I was trying to write a nice patriotic song last week, but I think I fell short of what I was going for before I ran out of time and Friday was on the horizon, so I recorded "We the People". I came up with the, "America, yeah" portion of this tune while I was at the gym this morning. From there it just flowed out of me, so I decided to release this week's song a bit earlier than usual. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Independence Day! |
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