I’ve updated the site and built it around WordPress to make it easier to update and make posts from places other than my desktop. Hoping to make more frequent additions with the new setup.
Here’s an interview I did with Jeff over at Elitish.
NPR has taken notice with a little review of Planets.
Incidentally I noticed a couple comments on the Second Stage site about a similarity between my song “The Observatory” and a song by Sufjan Stevens called “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.” I was intrigued, as if there was a connection it was entirely by chance because I’ve never really listened to any of Sufjan’s music. So I did a quick search and found the song on YouTube, and sure enough, there is a five note pattern there that goes over the same “i – VII – III – VI” progression. The rest of the song is completely different, but it does go to show how writing these simple little songs can result in overlap, as I don’t think there are any chord progressions out there that haven’t been done already by someone.
Peter Adams is a musician in Cincinnati. He writes, performs, and produces music by playing every instrument. He also plays live with a band. He is influenced by lo-fi neo-psych folk-punk and hi-fi avant-garde post-minimalist music, and is always on the lookout for a new hyphenated style.
On January 19, 2009 at 4:49 pm, Martin wrote:
man i should hook you up with some of sufjan’s stuff. Some of it is really great. He’s an amazing composer and arranger; his lyrics don’t hit me as hard as his instrumental work does.
On January 21, 2009 at 11:37 am, Tony wrote:
On songs sharing chords: I just saw a thing on YouTube, done by a British band called The Axis of Awesome, where the took the chords from Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and sang lines from a bunch of different songs that share the same progression. Goes to show you how often that happens!