Brent Goodman reads the 4th chapter “Ice” from Stephen Kuusisto's 2005 memoir of blindness and listening titled "Eavesdropping: a Life by Ear."

For more information about Stephen Kuusisto, please listen to this PBS News Hour Interview with the poet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6FXkCDaAE&t=394s

CH 4: "Ice" from Eavesdropping by Stephen Kuusisto

I've felt inspired by some of the great live performances on SoundCloud recently, and I was working on a track that I ended up overcooking. So I thought I'd share a nice simple one mic recording instead, just me, guitar and a sleeping dog. Also added this one to my One mic recordings playlist on my profile.

https://on.soundcloud.com/r5Xy5

Thanks for listening and inspiring as always greatly appreciated.

lyrics

You made a vow to try to bring me down
worked for about an hour or two
quit pushing pulling me around
been a little while I'll figure out what I can do

nothing comes from hate they say
nothing much I know
but I'm ploughing my own fields to today
sitting back I'm gonna watch them grow

up through the sky
up through the sky

dawn it breaks
birdsong please sing me something new
don't follow the road
they lay down in front of you

march out a beat to your own blues
march out a beat to your own blues

and when that rain it falls
it don't bother me at all
now that I'm just a prisoner
in the storm

You made a vow to try to bring me down
and it worked for about an hour or two

Beat To Your Own Blues

Botermarkt Boyz

Live rehearsal cover board mix by Brent Goodman on Strat and Vocals. One  mic pointed at my Fender Twin Reverb, another pointed at my face. Mixed and Mastered  in Ableton Live at Whole Self Studios 2024.

Cover Art: https://www.jackmagurany.com/warehouse-open-edition-prints/art_print_products/john-lennon-3-ueiiwy7rla4

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Beatles Cover LIVE 2024

Original music by Brent Goodman on guitars and breakbeats FEAT lyrics, vocals, keys by John Boudreau. Unreleased Special Deluxe demo recorded and produced by JB in 2000ISH and remastered at Whole Self Studios by BG in 2024

https://www.youtube.com/@TheJbou70

"Gare Du Nord" 2000 Unreleased Demo [FEAT John Boudreau]

Jazz funk ensemble Special Deluxe LIVE 2001 at The King Club in Madison cover "Universal Congress Of" song  from their 1992 album "Eleventh Hour shine On." Remastered by Brent Goodman at Whole Self Studios 2024.

John Boudreau - Guitar, Vocals https://www.youtube.com/@TheJbou70
Brent Goodman - Lead Guitar
Jim Roof - Bass
Chris Mel - Drums

"Full-Bodied Naked Hug" Universal Congress Of COVER by Special Deluxe LIVE 2001  @ The King Club

Late 90's bedroom acid jazz demo mashing up a sample of Allen Ginsberg reading "A Mad Gleem" with the melody of "Well You Needn't" by Thelonious Monk remixed over live synth bass and mallets, break beats, and other sample flips. Originally composed/performed by Brent Goodman on Boss SP-202 and Roland XP-10. Remastered 2024 at Whole Self Studios in Ableton Live.

A Mad Gleem 
by Allen Ginsberg 

Go back to Egypt and the Greeks,
Where the wizard understood
The spectre haunted where man seeks
And spoke to ghosts that stood in blood.
Go back, go back to the old legend;
The soul remembers, and is true:
What has been most and least imagined,
No other, there is nothing new.
The giant Phantom is ascending
Toward its coronation, gowned
With music unheard, yet unending:
Follow the flower to the ground.

from Holy Soul Jelly Roll, 1994

"A Mad Gleem" Allen Ginsberg/Thelonious Monk Acid Jazz Mashup 1998 Demo [2024 REMASTER]

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Indie music demos, original poetry,  audiobook readings, podcasts & more by multi-instrumentalist creator Brent Goodman, currently producing tracks in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, USA. Contact for collaboration: WholeSelfStudios.gmail.com

CH 4: "Ice" from Eavesdropping by Stephen Kuusisto

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