NEWS
A new year, a new chance to
focus on your music. With the new year we're branching out to producing
podcasts for other people along with our own two montly podcasts we
produce for Apocalypse Cow (one for the bands
we record and one for
the songs
we write). We're also making friends on MySpace (so please
be our friend if you're not already: myspace.com/callthecow).
What are you doing for your music? Are you playing more shows, writing
new songs, upgrading gear or (our favorite) recording an album? We'd
love to hear what you're up to and help you achieve your goals, so please
write us.
We
have a very special
poll this month for all of you. If you fill out our poll completely
you will get a Cow Bucks gift
certificate for $20, that's a half hour of free
recording studio time! There are just a few questions
about mp3 players and podcasts. Pretty
easy to fill out and then we will mail you the Cow Bucks. Ain't life
grand? Click
here to take the poll.
I just noticed that we're
celebrating the 5th year of these email newsletters. With any luck
at least some of you still read them. And on that note we're approaching
our 8th year of business. (Only two more years until we can have a
giant 10th anniversary bash!) Thanks to all of you who have been with
us through the years and watching us grow.
And finally, the first Apocalypse Cow Podcast of 2007 is up and active
with new music for you to hear played by some of the fabulous bands who
have been into the studio. This month listen for music performed by Roughly
Enforcing Nostalgia, Kevin
Singer, Courtney Jay, Gary
Landess, Lisa Matthews, Vital Kin and Tub
Ring
WHO’S in the RECORDING STUDIO
Kevin Singer, recently of the Naperville modern rock quartet Ditch Abby, visited us here at the Cow to record a new acoustic tune he wrote entitled “Stand Beside Your Love” (which can be heard on this month’s Apocalypse Cow Bandcast, by the way). Kevin is a very talented songwriter/singer (no pun intended) who’s firmly rooted in the tradition of intelligent lyricism (think Ben Folds and M Doughty for the Christian rock set). He’s also one of the most impressive doublers (or quadruplers, in this case) for acoustic guitar that we’ve ever run across here at The Cow, though he’s far too modest to brag about it. If you wanna hear some other recent compositions by Kevin, check out his Pure Volume page at www.purevolume.com/kevinsinger.
Longtime Cow favorite Gary Landess made two stops into the studio last month and has been working on a cover of the Jim Croce tune “Rapid Roy”. Incidentally, Gary’s version is notably less rapid, bringing down the tempo to create a more blues shuffley feel. Gary played guitar, drums, harmonica and sang, and, on his second session for “Rapid Roy”, brought in expert bassist Kevin Mayes to provide low-end. Kevin’s been playing bass for several decades now, performing with the likes of the Artist Everybody Still Calls Prince and many more. To learn more about Gary’s music, or to check out some of his most choice cover art, go to www.garylandess.com.
For more information on any
of these artists, contact us at news@callthecow.com
WHAT'S IN THE COW CD PLAYER
There's
so much great music out these days we love to listen to it all (and
we suggest you do the same)! Here's a few ideas to get you started.
John Vanderslice – “Cellar Door” & “MGM
Endings”
Bruce Cockburn – “Sunwheel Dance”
Matmos – “The Civil War”
Solid Eye – “Fruits Of Automation”
Neil Young – “Rust Never Sleeps”
Twink – “The Broken Record”
Buck 65 – “Secret House Against The World”
Head Automatica – “Popaganda”
Matthew Herbert – “Plat Du Jour”
Muse – “Black Holes & Revelations”
Kronos Quartet – “Black Angels”
Kelly Clarkson – “Breakaway”
Baader Meinhof – “Baader Meinhof”
The Dismemberment Plan – “Emergency & I”
Troy Sterling Nies – “The Ethereal Plane”
”Fast Food Nation Soundtrack”
Sam Phillips – “Omnipop”
Clouseaux – “Beyond Good & Evil”
Blue October – “Foiled”
Sound Of Animals Fighting – “Lover The Lord Has Left Us”
My Chemical Romance – “The Black Parade”
Bill Frisell – “Unspeakable”
The Killers – “Sam’s Town”
JOKE OF THE MONTH
A city man was tooling down a country road when his car sputtered to a complete stop near a field filled with cows. The driver, getting out to see what was the matter, noticed one of the cows looking at him. "I believe it's your radiator," said the cow.
The man nearly jumped right out of his city slicker britches! He ran to the nearest farmhouse and knocked on the door. "A cow just gave me advice about my car!" he shouted, waving his arms franticly back toward the field.
The farmer nonchalantly leaned out beyond the door frame to glance down the field. "The cow with two big black spots on it?" the farmer asked slowly.
"Yes! Yes! That's the one!" the excited man replied.
"Oh. Well, that's Ethel," the farmer said, turning back to the man. "Don't pay any attention to her. She doesn't know a thing about cars."
Send
in your favorite (clean) cow joke to news@callthecow.com
and if we use it we'll link to you.
CONTACT
INFO
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new sampler CD, or anything else, contact us at.
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www.callthecow.com
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