Cubicle Songs Episode 1!
Tune in every Wednesday at 1pm for more guests, more tunes, and general office shenanigans.
New Web TV Show!
Sorry for not writing to you for a little while. It’s been a busy bunch of weeks here, but full of good things. Writing new songs, booking gigs (Rockwood Music Hall on July 29th is up next) and planning a wedding. Yup. I’m getting married this fall! So, like I said, busy bunch of weeks…
And I am really pleased to announce the debut of one of the new projects I’ve been working on. It’s a Web TV show and the debut episode is TODAY:
Cubicle Songs
The World’s Smallest Office-Based Music Talk Show
When: Today at 1pm EDT
Where: http://www.cubiclesongs.com
Special Guest: Bucky Hayes
What?!: Cubicle Songs is your official lunch-break music talk show. Each week, I play a song and then invite a different singer/songwriter to share a song of theirs. We do a mini talk show style interview, play a cover song together, and then it’s time to get back to work. Best of all, we shoot the show live in an actual office space because, let’s face it, most office cubicles could use a little more creativity!
Our first guest is the one and only Bucky Hayes and, in addition to the musical highlights, you can learn more about the intimate relationship between Bob Dylan and cheese. Tune in at 1pm EDT at http://www.cubiclesongs.com to find out what the heck I’m talking about. The show airs every week at 1pm EDT on Wednesdays and we’ll archive the shows on Friday.
Tell your friends and give us your feedback. Guests you’d like to see? Songs you want to hear? Hit us up!
http://twitter.com/cubiclesongs
Love,
Matt Lenny / The Elm City Council
Some awesome photos from last night’s show courtesy of our dear friend and fabulous photographer, Adam Lerner.
“The Voice of My Heart” from Spike Hill on 4/3/11.
If you haven’t downloaded the studio version yet, you should! Grab it here.
“A Little Bit Flying, A Little Bit Falling” from Spike Hill. Thanks to Josh Cary for the video.
“Jacob” from Spike Hill. This is actually a pretty old song of mine and was actually recorded in ages past on my first “solo” CD. But we’ve re-imagined it a bit and it’s a lot of fun to be playing it again.
I originally wrote this song as part of songwriting challenge/recommendation from Ryan Adams. It’s a long, involved story, but he was working with Minnie Driver (the actress) on her record and he told her that one of the best things a songwriter can do is to try and write a two-chord song. She told me he had said that and so I decided I’d give it a whirl. “Jacob” is the result of that. And I gotta say…I think it was pretty damn good advice! When you’re locked into two chords, you’ve got to make sure the lyrics and the melody are really telling a story, otherwise you don’t have much to go on…
Anyway, sorry for the name dropping, but that’s the 100% true story of how this song came into existence.
Hope you dig it!
-ML
Live recording of our song, “The Big Rebirth” from Spike Hill on 4/3/2011.
We had a friggin’ blast at this show. Huge thanks to family and friends who came out to see us.
More video from the show coming soon.
“Evelyn” from Pete’s Candy Store show on Sat, 3/5/11.
Huge thanks to everyone who came out!
“Some People Said” - Acoustic version of another new tune. Recorded at my rehearsal space on 2/6/2011. Believe it or not, this song was inspired by reading a biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt. I blogged about it earlier, but one of the things that really struck me was how people living at that time (late 1700s to the mid/late 1800s) lived at a time of PROFOUND change when the old ways of living and working were evaporating and the new ones were not yet solidified. This really resonated with me because I think we’re kind of living in a time like that now with computers/internet/mobile computing/social media changing the ways we work and live. Anyway, I decided to tell a story set in the mid 1800s…hope you dig it…
Another show booked!
- Pete’s Candy Store - “Afternoon Delight” -4:30pm, Sat, 3/5 - FREE (Facebook Event)
- Spike Hill - “Sunday Sinners Show” - 7pm, Sun, 4/3 - FREE
