Brent Goodman reads the 3rd chapter “Bird” 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 3: "Birds" from Eavesdropping by Stephen Kuusisto

Texte et mélodie Daniele Thoraval
Musique, arrangements et enregistrement Iain Dunnet
Un nouveau travail collaboratif 
Je ne trouvai pas d accompagnement qui me plaise pour ce morceau, Iain m’a proposé cette version que j adore

Pas à pas

The Everlonging End (WIP)

Watch a 3-min clip from the folk art documentary featuring this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oya4HYhstk

Original instrumental demo produced by Brent Goodman in the late 90's (bass, beats, guitars) featured in 2002 Wisconsin Film Fest winner Gretta Miller's "The Sid Boyum Sculpture Project" soundtrack, a documentary about preserving the outsider concrete folk art displayed around the east side Atwood neighborhood in Madison, WI. Remastered at Whole Self Studios in 2024 with Ableton Live.

"Negril" [LOST 2002 REGGAE DEMO - 2024 REMASTER]

New original 80s style beat written and produced in 2021 by Brent Goodman on synths, bass, guitars, drum programming. Remastered in 2024 at Whole Self Studios in Ableton Live.

"More" [80's Style Beat 2021 Demo - 2024 REMASTER]

Brent Goodman (guitar, vocals) rehearsing the classic 20-second "hidden track" ending the Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road.

"Her Majesty - Beatles Cover LIVE" - 2018 Rehearsal Demo

Live rehearsal cover take by Brent Goodman on piano and vocals. 

Cover art by https://pixels.com/featured/the-piano-has-been-drinking-jena-rockwood.html

Lyrics
The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep
And the combo went back to new york, the jukebox has to take a leak
And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break
And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make
And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye
And he can't see out of the other
And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother
And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
As the bouncer is a sumo wrestler cream-puff Casper milktoast
And the owner is a mental midget with the i.q. of a fence post
Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter
And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her
And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire
And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired
Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me

"The Piano Has Been Drinking - Tom Waits" LIVE Cover Rehearsal Take 2024

Live arrangement rehearsal take on vocals and acoustic guitar in DADGAD tuning.


Four and 20 years ago
I come into this life
The son of a woman and a man
Who lived in strife

He was tired of being poor
And he wasn't into selling door to door
And he worked like the devil to be more

A different kind of poverty now upsets my soul
Night after sleepless night
I walk the floor and I want to know

Why am I so alone?
Where is my woman? Can I bring her home?
Have I driven her away?
Is she gone?

Morning comes to sunrise
And I'm driven to my bed
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head

I embrace the many colored beast
I grow weary of the torment
Can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing
That my life would simply cease



"4+20 - Stephen Stills" Live Cover Rehearsal Take

Grey Old Me

Far Away

Written while I was in hospital fighting leukaemi. With enormous thanks to the incredible nurses and doctors on the 8th floor at Nantes Hospital, especially Elizabeth (of the pink shoes), Lydi, and Patrice.

Rien Du Tous.WAV

Indie music demos, poetry,  audiobook readings, podcasts & more by multi-instrumentalist creator Brent Goodman, currently producing tracks in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, USA.

CH 3: "Birds" from Eavesdropping by Stephen Kuusisto

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