Monthly Archives: November 2009

New Song: “Bury the Lead” One-Miker

Posted on 11/24/2009 by danzp

Bury The Lead [One Mike Demo] This is a song I’ve been chipping away at for what seems like forever but is probably more like a year. I definitely pictured it as a grand recording, with an anthemic twin-guitar outro, … Continue reading →

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New Song: “Everybody Looks Like Somebody Else”

Posted on 11/19/2009 by danzp

EverybodyLooksLikeSomebodyElse Not a whole lot to this one, but it’s fun. You wouldn’t believe how many takes I needed to get the dumb little gentle guitar line. Lyrically, I imagine this phrase morphing in meaning from comfort to terror and … Continue reading →

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John Aselin, Ever Near the Distance

Posted on 11/15/2009 by danzp

Shortly after moving to Chicago, I realized I couldn’t swing an apartment by myself, and so was looking for a roommate. Mutual friends hooked me up with Tom, future drummer for the “classic trio” version of Zapruder Point. Getting to … Continue reading →

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Drudgery & Strategy

Posted on 11/13/2009 by danzp

I’ve known for a few weeks — more like months, really — that there was a period of time looming where my job was going to be, for a few months or so, brain-crushingly tedious and boring. Until this recent … Continue reading →

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Notes on a Pause

Posted on 11/07/2009 by danzp

So I went straight from that mid-October show into a two week period of intense “what-I-get-paid-to-do” type work, during which I pretty much didn’t touch the guitar at all. And now I am paying the price. In the fading of … Continue reading →

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