Finally, a new song. Here’s the backstory, loosely translated from 1 mot, 1 chanson: Word-wise, it was just a matter of documenting a topical issue. Music-wise, I felt a strong urge to compose. The only preconceived idea that I had was to use a new symphonic sound bank. I wanted delicate, subtle timbres and intertwining, counterpunctal melody lines.…
Catégorie : Songs
Round and Round
I badly needed a music-making mental health break. So I spent a chunk of my weekend writing and composing and recording and mixing this silly little song, which is a self-referential commentary on silly little songwriting, and the obvious motivations behind that crafty craft. The following official version of Round and Round is NSFW as…
1 mot, 1 chanson: Déboussolé
The last few months have been insane and I didn’t have time to think about music-making, let alone actually do some. I finally had time to sit down and start writing a new « one-word, one-song » song, but as I plodded laboriously along, I veered off-course into different, uncharted waters and ended up with something quite…
Animal Songs
I received this email from music-hosting site PurePlay yesterday: Subject: Vincent Knobil – You are on the playlist!!! You have made it onto the Pure Play Music Playlist We have chosen some of your tracks to play on our internet broadcasts. The tracks are currently on our automated playlist, so we cannot give accurate details…
Remote Possibility: Your Condition
Here’s the scoop: rad Bittinger in Alabama, Renz Marion in Cyprus, Mark Harms and Greg Meredyk in Minnesota, Ryan Ray in Seattle Washington, and Matt Love in Edmonton got together in cyberspace to create this cover for Maurice Ricard’s Jandek cover night in Pittsburgh I’m ashamed to say that I forgot to link to this…
Under Her Dress: The Music Video!
Vlogger Ruthie emailed me asking for my permission to use Under Her Dress, the song I wrote to Pamela‘s words, for a video project, of which she sent me a tantalizing sample. I said sure! But I don’t need to say any more, because Ruthie introduces the video, and the result speaks for itself. Many…
Remote Possibility: Canis Horribillis
Canis Horribillis is what happens when an early Remote Possibility song inspires lyrics by Icepac, goes through the hands of a few guest musicians, and gets real drums and a great mixdown by Harmsichord.
1 mot, 1 chanson: Canapé
1 mot, 1 chanson has a new contributor. My son Nicolas, 14, wrote the lyrics to Canapé, sang me the tune they should follow, and with great confidence and authority, told me what instruments and general vibe he wanted. Then all I had to do was to follow his orders, which I did with great…
1 mot, 1 chanson: Enfant
I just published a new song (in French) on 1 mot, 1 chanson. Enfant was inspired by a phone conversation with a Friend, and was written with his young daughter in mind (she seems to enjoy my songs). It also allowed me to relate a delightful moment I experienced with my son when he was…
1 mot, 1 chanson: Hedgehog
Hot on the heels of Minute, here comes Hedgehog, my first song in English for 1 mot, 1 chanson. I was reading Harper’s Weekly Review when I stumbled on this story of a new-zealander who was arrested for throwing a hedgehog at a 15 year-old boy. There was nothing I could do. I might just…