by 3 Sum

leon jamison - flugelhorn, electric bass

jeremy cox - synthesizer, percussion, drum programming

produced by jeremy

my neck, my back (khia cover)

16 years ago, when Ellen and I had just started dating, we heard this song on the radio and she mentioned she really liked it.  So, as our first Valentine's day approached, I gathered my friends and worked up the entire thing.  We surprised her with it at the campus cafeteria.  I finally transferred from the cassette recording, so apologies for all the noise and blurriness.   

"For The Longest Time" by Billy Joel

in front of crowds it stands to state it's case
each word a hollow promise filled with fear
for if they knew the truth behind it's face
it's only hope for life would disappear
a life built by delusions gold and grand
skyscrapers of the self in shining steel
but as the dirt below turns into sand
our mother earth begins her final meal
impossible to see without eyes closed
impossible to hear from any sound
our wisdom lies beneath the statue posed
our wisdom grows from seeds below the ground
the ides of march have come but are not gone
to bring the waves that crash into the dawn

prompt:  Write a sad song.  A song that makes you cry...a song that makes your heart hurt...a song you want to listen to over and over...

(I cheated a bit on this one too.... pulled this from a song I wrote in march... sometimes you just can't write an entire song every day!) :)

Ides Of March - Day 23 of NaSoWriMo

imaschine exprimentations

no prompt, just getting the wheels moving for NaSoWriMo!

MayDay! Day 1 of NaSoWriMo

a short tango clip inspired by tosca tango orchestra

Prompt:  Write a song about your spirit animal. 
Many of us have an animal that speaks to us or that we have had meaningful encounters with. Let your inner animal out.

El Corazon del Leon - Day 2 of NaSoWriMo

A dark country take on "the Sound of Music" for National Songwriting Month 2016 Day #5

Lyrics:
Sent out of the convent for being a problem
Assigned to a militant home where the whistle's used to keep things in line

You climb every mountain, ford every stream
The Captain of the house has caught your eye 
and you heart, and you retreat without goodbye

Bringing joy and a song isn't terribly wrong, in fact it's one of your favorite things
So you dress up in curtains and climb up a tree and suffer   the wrath   that it brings

You climb every mountain, ford every stream
and the brook trips and falls over rocks on its way
and the folks in that quite remote town have someting to say

Totally unprepared to face a world of men 
Regretfully they tell us and firmly they compel us to go

You climb every mountain, ford every stream
slip out the back 'fore the festival's done
and "fa" is a long long way to run


Maria's Song (demo) NaSoWriMo 2016 Day 5

For National Songwriting Month 2016 Day 9 (I missed days 7 & 8  - too lazy)

Pretend (demo) NaSoWriMo 2016 Day 9

Triangles

Love Electrons

I spent a few days in the woods, and without expectation, came away with a rough little album of sorts, recorded on my iphone.  Aside from a couple of original blips, the songs are from Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" album, a childhood favorite I decided to revisit.   As I mentioned before, the tracks are rough, unpolished, and unrehearsed, but I think that fits the environment pretty well.  And hey, those little iphone mics aren't too shabby!

Nobody Knows You (Jimmy Cox)

Pennies From Heaven

Jamison Sevits is a songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville.  Thanks for listening!

Ides Of March - Day 23 of NaSoWriMo

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