tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34582514885069388772024-03-05T12:03:59.359-08:00Jet City CrawlVern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-17654685985928715012012-01-06T23:59:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:37:36.364-08:00New Album Release: "Another Shot"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UDt4YGZVf3qTYmjkBFSWhNr3cirk_5Ylj5gvtfJ_q5YJhCzDgcLjO3dXzVjniaQ_xCmXH5Ln0pE2C3a5L0qzTM884NTUTs2kbbMvlS9mOrR1GxQEs3Fy2WAKZ6Un3AUfBmm7O3l8-IoT/s1600/jccanothershot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UDt4YGZVf3qTYmjkBFSWhNr3cirk_5Ylj5gvtfJ_q5YJhCzDgcLjO3dXzVjniaQ_xCmXH5Ln0pE2C3a5L0qzTM884NTUTs2kbbMvlS9mOrR1GxQEs3Fy2WAKZ6Un3AUfBmm7O3l8-IoT/s320/jccanothershot.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />We've got a new album out! Released on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011, the new album <strong>"Another Shot" </strong>is an homage to our friends, our loves, current and past, and life moments both glorious and tragic. <br /><br />The cover art is a photo of Jet City Crawl member Vern Oldham circa 1980. In a flash of creativity, we decided to include an alternate album cover inside, featuring Jet City Crawl member Clare Meehan circa 1986. It's switchable, depending on your mood! The artwork on the back of the cd (also seen at the top of this entry) features Vern and Clare circa one month ago. We at Jet City Crawl put great stock in not only hard copy music, but also in the artwork that comes with it. There's nothing quite like holding a cd or record in your hand, playing it, and looking at the people who made it, or the artwork they chose for that specific record. It's personal. We hope you like it.<br /><br />We had a lot of great collaborators on this record: <a target="_blank" href="http://josefranco.org/">Jose Franco</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://visevirsa.com/">John Hartman</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://psound74.bandcamp.com/album/ultima-iv">Patrick Rost</a> all contributed their varied musical abilities to <strong>"Another Shot."</strong> We are so thankful for their friendship and their incredible talents! Also, we are thankful to our master graphic artist, Reagan Marshall, for his smashing Jet City Crawl logo design. We adore it! <br /><br />If you would like to listen to our music, you can hear both our current album, <strong>"Another Shot,"</strong> and our previous album, <strong>"Colorfornia,"</strong> <a href="http://jetcitycrawl.bandcamp.com/">here</a>. You can also purchase it, which would make us pleased as punch!<br /><br />We hope you love our music as much as we loved making it.<br /><br />Love to our Fans,<br />Vern and ClareClare Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02181562715104058892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-40810455132111617682011-03-17T15:05:00.000-07:002011-03-17T15:07:10.222-07:00Name ChangeRight before our record came out, we decided to change our name. We ditched LadyBoy because too many people were getting confused.Vern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-3792152266907609082010-06-01T09:01:00.000-07:002010-06-02T10:44:07.512-07:00Recording Notes (For the Sake of a Lion)We just finished recording a new song called "For the Sake of a Lion." We had a lot of fun working all day on it. As we were putting it together, it just started sounding better and better. We found that the recording sort of made itself. There are often some "go to" effects that people use that we had no need of. For instance, there is absolutely no reverb or delay in any part of the song. And for the recordists reading this, there is zero compression on the drums at the track level, only the mastering compressor is involved. <br /><br />We're proud of this one. Listen good.Vern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-20891599269291398782009-09-19T09:43:00.000-07:002009-09-19T09:46:39.237-07:00Writing the bridge for SummerWe love working with Patrick. Every time we get together, we get a little music lesson. He's really good at focusing and directing the music in a direction that seems obvious but we hadn't thought of.<br /><br />Patrick was using his iPhone to record our creative session while writing the song <em>Summer</em>.<br /><br />Here's a clip of the session. It's long but could be interesting.<br /><br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fladyboy%2Fwriting-the-bridge-for-summer"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fladyboy%2Fwriting-the-bridge-for-summer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ladyboy/writing-the-bridge-for-summer">Writing the bridge for "Summer"</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/ladyboy">LadyBoy</a></span>Vern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-68997562513971463712009-08-26T16:36:00.000-07:002009-08-26T16:55:38.345-07:00French Lyrics and English Translation of Le Petit ChatLadyBoy's new song, Le Petit Chat, is a song about a cat...in French (because everything sounds better in French)! If you're curious about the meaning, read on....<br /><br /><br />Le Petit Chat (French lyrics)<br /><br />Le petit chat<br />Mon chat<br />Il est bien<br />Il est bien<br />Mon chat<br /><br />Le petit chat,<br />Mon chat, marche sur les rues<br />de Paris de Paris de Paris<br /><br />Le petit chat<br />Est marveilleux<br />Il est jeune<br />Il a faim<br />Mon chat<br /><br />Le petit chat s’arrête au vieux café<br />Et attend un morceau de gâteau<br /><br />Comment mon petit chat obtenir ce qu’il veut?<br />Il ne demande pas beaucoup, que trés peu<br />J’ai beaucoup d’amour, mais pas d’argent<br />Un chat ne peut pas vivre sur l’amour<br /><br />Le petit chat<br />Mon chat<br />Je l’aime<br />Je l’aime<br />Mon chat<br /><br />Le petit chat,<br />Mon chat, marche sur les rues<br />de Paris de Paris de Paris<br /><br />Le petit chat,<br />Mon chat, marche sur les rues<br />de Paris de Paris de Paris<br />----------------<br /><br />Le Petit Chat (The Little Cat--English Translation)<br /><br />The little cat<br />My cat<br />He is good<br />He is good<br />My cat<br /><br />The little cat,<br />My cat, walks the streets<br />of Paris of Paris of Paris<br /><br />The little cat<br />Is marvelous<br />He is young<br />He is hungry<br />My cat<br /><br />The little cat stops at the old cafe<br />And waits for a piece of cake<br /><br />How does my little cat get what he wants?<br />He is not asking a lot, only very little<br />I have a lot of love, but no money<br />A cat cannot live on love<br /><br />The little cat<br />My cat<br />I love him<br />I love him<br />My cat<br /><br />The little cat,<br />My cat, walks the streets<br />of Paris of Paris of Paris<br /><br />The little cat,<br />My cat, walks the streets<br />of Paris of Paris of Paris<br /><br />-ClareVern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-11721725766316767962009-07-24T10:44:00.000-07:002009-07-24T10:55:12.910-07:00The Concept<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LadyBoy</span> has been a long talked about project. At first, the idea was to be an anonymous duo. Photographs would include masks or hair over faces etc.... The songs could have been silly. The idea was to create a band that did not care but maybe would dish out some catchy tunes once in a while. However, once we got started it all changed.<br /><br />We wrote a song together over a year ago. "Backtrack." It has been sitting around doing nothing even though we thought it was cool. Then, just a few weeks ago, we wrote a song with Patrick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rost</span> and figured we should record it and start <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LadyBoy</span>. The next song, "Someone Got the King" followed the next week and then we re-recorded "Backtrack." Pretty good start for three weeks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So the idea of the band is this.</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">LadyBoy</span> will write catchy songs that you will not be able to get out of your head. They could be corny, but they will always be good. As we write them and record them, we will share them for all fans to listen to. When there is enough material, a CD (album) will be released for purchase over the Internet. Then, we'll start all over again.<br /><br />We are looking forward to a good quantity of good quality tunes. We hope you are too.<br /><br />-VernVern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-54024411516801188852009-07-23T08:17:00.000-07:002009-07-24T10:55:59.927-07:00LadyBoy - Fan PaintingA fan submitted a great painting of LadyBoy yesterday. We love it. Her amazing work can be seen on her blog (<a href="http://slovly.wordpress.com/">slovly</a>). See it <a href="http://slovly.wordpress.com/">here</a>.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_j5hshNaj7q-TDLDf3G0A8wl1RYN0QBxEIryKLfd90Ufmb6ESmfEY-q7NfFIDbeI-w6mGzdsdzZB9jM1nBF2TaJeH8rli5-R4Hw4YD_Zrs-Kb-8SJmSriWQFI4YiGWf7iDd0e10n328/s1600-h/lbpainting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 233px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361676678659464946" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_j5hshNaj7q-TDLDf3G0A8wl1RYN0QBxEIryKLfd90Ufmb6ESmfEY-q7NfFIDbeI-w6mGzdsdzZB9jM1nBF2TaJeH8rli5-R4Hw4YD_Zrs-Kb-8SJmSriWQFI4YiGWf7iDd0e10n328/s320/lbpainting.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">click on the image to enlarge</span></em></p><p style="text-align: left;">-LadyBoy<br /></p>Vern Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560804746529919484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458251488506938877.post-12145442002458118282009-07-22T09:24:00.000-07:002009-07-24T10:55:35.032-07:00Recording "Summer"This song was entirely written and recorded on July 3rd, 2009. Vern started playing guitar and asked Patrick, a friend who was in town from Oakland, if he could think of some cool piano to go with it. Patrick proceeded to come up with the awesome keys section. Then Vern said “okay, Clare, you’re up.” I wrote the lyrics and Vern and I both wrote the vocals.<br /><br />Then we headed to the studio! We recorded drums first, then piano, guitar, bass, vocals, backup vocals, and the trumpet. I filmed the process and when my turn came up, Vern filmed me. The video came together from that footage.<br /><br />Vern–wrote and performed all drums, guitar, bass, trumpet and backup vocalsPatrick–wrote and performed all piano (on the Rhodes)Clare–wrote and performed all lyrics, vocals and backup vocalsVern and Patrick–recording engineers<br /><br />Vern edited the <a title="Summer Music Video" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv2UtJbuKZI" target="_blank">video footage </a>and made the video on July 5th.<br /><br />LadyBoy is born.<br /><br />-ClareUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1