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Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 7

Here's the last of the three songs I'm posting in honor of my son's 4th birthday, aptly titled Jonas.  This one has a contribution from my wife, as well as a nice little bit from an infant Jonas at the end.   Enjoy the sappiness :).

https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/jonas



-Brian

Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 6

This week I'm posting "Little Buddy", the second of three songs that kind of follow my entry into first-time parenthood, in honor of my first son's upcoming 4th birthday(they grow up waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too fast).  This one was written while my wife was still pregnant and, as the title kind of implies, we hadn't decided on our son's name just yet.  Enjoy!(or not)

https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/16-tr...

-Brian

Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 5

Since my oldest little guy turns 4 this month, I'm going to post 3 songs over the next three weeks that kind of follow my journey into first-time parenthood.
This first song (Welcome) was written before my wife and I even decided to have children.  Several of our friends had children around this time, however, and seeing the special love between them really struck me and inspired this song.
https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/welcome



-Brian

Jonas Reviews - Dungeon!

Check out Jonas's "review" of the updated Dungeon! board game :).

http://youtu.be/dVNBQAEqL4M


-Brian

Jonas Reviews - Mega Man 8

Jonas "reviews" one of his favorite Mega Man Games, Mega Man 8 while wearing his Mario costume :).

http://youtu.be/jAa1HS0ZXDA


-Brian

Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 4

My life stays pretty free of personal drama, so sometimes I have to turn to the drama of others when writing lyrics.  This song, for instance, is about a friend's divorce.

https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/anoth...


-Brian

On my lack of writing . . .

So, since making it to the quarter-way mark on the first draft of the last Korin's Journal a couple of weeks ago, I literally haven't written a word.

The reason?

Everyone(except my wife, that is) in this household has had one sickness or another to the point that I'm not sure who has what or where one illness ended and the next began.  I do know I got a cold-ish thing from my older son which turned into a sinus infection, and that I got pink eye from the other.  That makes 2 of us currently on oral antibiotics, 2 on antibiotic eye drops, not to mention the various cough medicines, fever reducers, etc.   Oh, and my youngest(7 months) spiked a temp of 103.9 today at daycare.  And, on top of that, just a couple weeks ago I was diagnosed with bilateral kidney stones and diverticulosis.

Long story short, we're a sickly bunch in this house, and writing will have to wait.  I doubt anything written while on all these meds would be worth much anyway . . .

Hope everyone else is happy and healthy out there!

-Brian

Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 3

A little song about not taking everything so seriously.  I remember just trying to shove as many vocal tracks onto it as I could.

https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/its-n...


Brian

Throwback Thursday - Like Father, Like Son

I know I have a picture of my son, Gavin, that matches my Throwback Thursday picture here, but you can still see the resemblance :)
Brian
Gavin
-Brian

Notes From a Crappy Musician Vol. 2

For this entry, I'm posting a song that's a bit older than last time, from 2006-ish, I believe.  It's a simple love song about my honeymoon.  And sappy.  Very sappy.  
https://soundcloud.com/bbeams32/dios-mio-mexico-es-muy-bueno

-Brian