Category Archives: Rock and/or Roll

Never Perfect

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Greg Scheer

“Never Perfect” is the second song in my One Long Year song cycle. This one, pretty obviously, corresponds with Valentine’s Day. I originally wrote a version of this last year as a quirky meditation on love. However, it’s been completely … Continue reading →

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I’m Almost Already Gone

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Greg Scheer

The third song in my One Long Year song cycle , this song accompanies Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday’s themes of mortality are amplified and seen through unbelieving eyes. Look out. It’s pretty depressing stuff. Take a listen: MP3. 1. Dust … Continue reading →

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This Night Will Never End

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Greg Scheer

Take a listen to the first song in the “One Long Year” song cycle: MP3. This is setting up the story–as the new year begins, the protagonist is fairly giddy with the positive prospects that a new year with his … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Greg Scheer

Listen to the MP3 while you read all about it below. You know about FAWM, right? During February Album Writing Month, thousands of songwriters across the globe commit to writing 14 songs in 28 days, congregating at FAWM.org to share … Continue reading →

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New Year’s listening

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Greg Scheer

Followers of this blog will have noticed a significant drop in posting frequency in the last few months. The sad truth is that I’ve been too busy to post much, or for that matter, write much. So while you’re waiting … Continue reading →

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Purgatorio

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Greg Scheer

This is going to get weird. “Purgatorio” started as a dream. I can’t remember the dream, but it must have been some kind of trippy, Bosch-esque thing, given all the hellish imagery that is in my rough draft. That draft … Continue reading →

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One Take Terror: T Bone Burnett

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Greg Scheer

Our final installment of the One Take Terrors is named after one of my heroes, T Bone Burnett. I’ve been following him since well before his Brother, Where Art Thou fame. But my digging deep into the Alpha Band catalog (on … Continue reading →

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One Take Terror: Maybe Fall Will Say

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Greg Scheer

I don’t know that you could classify me as a tree hugger, but I do have my moments of feeling connected to mother earth. In this song, nature takes on a playful persona. Anybody want to nominate this as Earth … Continue reading →

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One Take Terror: The Calm After the Storm

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Greg Scheer

This song is a biographical rumination about someone I worked with. They were what I describe as a “bulldog”–all of their communications were a pre-emptive strike on perceived attacks. I don’t know that it’s great psychoanalysis or great lyrics. But … Continue reading →

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One Take Terror: There Was Nothing There

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Greg Scheer

When I lived in Pittsburgh, I was part of a group called the Rascals, Rogues and Rapscallions. It was a men’s club (not that kind of men’s club) that convened to hear presentations on a variety of arcane topics, after which … Continue reading →

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