Calling all MC’s!
i made this track recently with aspirations to complete it with some dope rhymes, and then i thought i’d love to hear other folks have at it as well!
listen here: www.jonsteinmeier.com (it’s called “the old times”)
so, if anyone wants to try it, you can record your fresh poetry over it (streaming on my site), and send it to me!
HOW ABOUT THAT?!?!!
drop me a line at jonsteinmeier@gmail.com
i’ll be making my own in the meantime.
love,
j
i’m sad to say that there was a point at which Maplewood was sad. but here’s to a full life!
“Maplewood is Sad” features my basic track again (same formula as the others) and melody and text by Ben Miranda (Detholz, Tiny Tron).
The reading was performed by Ben’s friend Ola, who translated it into Polish from this (or something like this):
There is a squirrel in the backyard.
He is looking at a nut.
Is it truly a nut or his soul?
Does he long for the retreat from this earth?
blah blah blah
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TEAMWORK!
makes us sad…
this was inspired by a student of mine, who apparently has a keyboard with a unicorn “sound.” i asked if it just sounded like a horse, and she said something to the effect of, “like a horse, but you know, sparklier.”
this made perfect sense. but having not heard said sample, i curiously went about creating my own.
if you attend Maplewood’s Halloween Party TOMORROW NIGHT and use my bathroom, you will here the following recording on loop. if you do not attend Maplewood’s Halloween Party TOMORROW NIGHT you will not experience the visual accompaniment to this piece. BUT you’re welcome to download this and use it as a loop in your own bathroom(s) anytime.
happy halloween
for an excerpt visit www.jonsteinmeier.com
for the entire track click here: BATMAN (mp3)
hi friends,
for this year’s “do it yourself” party theme, we made a video invite!
thanks to all the Maplewood crew for your awesomeness making this thing:
Ben Miranda
Drew Durepos
Jon Steinmeier
Lara Shortridge
Rick Franklin
SandraTilmon
Steve Brackett
Steve Niketopoulos
Maplewood is Angry (click carefully)
this is dope jam number two from the “Maplewood Is” series.
it again features Steve Niketopoulos, Lena Yohey, and myself.
a year (or two?) ago, team maple home team made some dope jams for our myspace page.
remember myspace?
it made us really angry
j
p.s. listen to this on the streaming steiny music box here: www.jonsteinmeier.com
Maplewood is Happy!! (click it!)
a year (or two?) ago, team maple home team made some dope jams for our myspace page. remember myspace?
the first one is called “maplewood is happy” and features the voices of Steve Niketopoulos and Lena Yohey, over my “happy” music. happiness is so satsifying!
lena even makes a really good joke in this one. prepare to laugh!! haha!
j
find this and other tracks here – www.jonsteinmeier.com
www.youtube.com/johnnyamazingrocks
this is a new video series created by my dear friend Andrew Wonacott. it stars me as Johnny Amazing, a washed up rocker that’s decided to make a buck selling guitar teaching videos. we shot a lot of material early this summer, and will post new shorts weekly (or nearly weekly) for a while, so stay tuned! right now, i think we’re up to 4 episodes.
hope you enjoy them, and hope you learn something!
-J.A.
THIS is a birthday song i wrote last year for Benjamin Brooks, friend and hubby of our dear pal Stephanie Larson Brooks.
Knowing Ben far better than i, stephanie gave me lots of lyrical material, which i then mixed in with my own nonsense.
listen back to this track now, i’m pretty happy with the harmonic/melodic material. it’s a fun suprise to listen back to something you wrote a year or two ago and dig it! also, if you listen long enough you’ll hear a GUITAR SOLO! it’s pretty.
hope you dig it too.
thanks for listening, and happy birthday (observed) ben!
p.s. Detholz in Indianapolis tomorrow night (friday 9/25)
p.p.s. Yard Sale at Maplewood Saturday (9/26) 10 to 4
p.p.p.s.p.p.
listen HERE: www.jonsteinmeier.com
get yer fingers warmed up for speedy time kids!
it’s “fast as you can” time!
etude number 8 works that right hand speed and dexterity to the max! it’s a shorty though, so take your time learning the parts and finding a good fingering and you’ll be performing it in no time (if you’re awesome).
GO!
and stay tuned for another “from the archives” post soon!
j
