Zapruder Point

So last Wednesday I packed up French Excellence Studios again and headed to the lovely West Town abode of one Liam Davis, Chicago singer-songwriter-producer of note — and a helluva guy in general. Liam was kind enough to lend his dulcet tones to “The Oldies Station,” and after some scheduling difficulties, it was finally on. [...]

Tuesday night I packed up the studio (French Excellence) and drove up to Lakeview to record Elizabeth from Canasta, who was kind enough to agree to play on “The Shape of the Machinery,” one of the trio songs. Almost from the moment I came up with the chords for that thing, I’ve pictured a stabbing, [...]

While in Cleveland, I met a friend of a friend who was, like me, visiting from Chicago. Sneza said she was in a pair of bands, one of which had a standing gig every other Thursday at a coffee shop in Pilsen. Since I’m of course always whoring myself out for gigs, I asked if [...]

As both of my regular blog readers already know, the Chicago Public Library has organized a contest looking for the best “Chicago song” written and performed by a local artist. I’ve entered a song called “Steps from the Lake,” and if you have a moment, I’d appreciate your voting for it at the contest site [...]

We sure had fun making this sucker. The voting will start in a few days, and I’ll be bugging everyone about it liberally. Until then, here’s a look-see at the ZP submission for the Chicago Public Library’s “Sound Off” contest… Zapruder Point: “Steps from the Lake” from Zapruder Point on Vimeo. On the technical aside [...]