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Stuart Razovsky Ross's avatar

Hey, Joe — That was pretty sublime. Gave me some peace on an anxiety-ridden morning. —Stuart Ross

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Joe Pernice's avatar

I’m glad it worked for you. These are strange days to say the least.

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Ed Elliott's avatar

Hi Joe- This is an excellent idea and I love song #1! EE

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Paul Hum's avatar

Nice song, Joe! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more great tunes from you in the months ahead.

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Cheers, Paul. Hopefully the guys get some baseball in this season.

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Paul Hum's avatar

Hi, Joe. Nice to hear from you. Things are looking good for a season of baseball at Christie Pits. Just uploaded 2022 registration information to the TP Baseball website and Twitter feed on Sunday. Stay safe and take good care.

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E-Dub's avatar

Thanks for commentary on process. Very helpful for your songwriter fans. Would you consider doing a Q&A on writing and recording?

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Joe Pernice's avatar

I would consider that. I’m not a tech wizard, so sorting out the how-to will be challenge #1. And I only claim to know anything about my process…which might mean something to very few people. But that said, I’m game.

Thanks for the interest.

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David Rubien's avatar

Lovely. Like the way you triangulated Prince ("America" "The Beautiful Ones") and

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JOHN R NORRIS's avatar

I'm not a Joe Pernice expert by any account, but I was supposin' that the song was a reference to David Berman.

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Joe Pernice's avatar

He’s in there.

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Joe Pernice's avatar

I did? (joking). Thanks for listening with “big” ears

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Lord Thomas Derby's avatar

Beautiful, JP!

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Thanks a lot. I have to say, this is extremely fun. As much as I love gigs, playing alone at home is when I’m most relaxed. Things can happen.

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Daniel Lewis's avatar

This is great. I look forward to future shares

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Thanks for listening. I’m glad you dig.

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Dave Orwell's avatar

Love it, you're proving that if the song is good enough you only need a 58 and a nylon string to make a great record. Production schmoduction!

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Franklin's avatar

Joe - a great idea to share some of your music as it develops. A super nice tune. Well done. And thanks for the additional information on the post. I hope you get some joy out of doing these posts. Franklin, West Des Moines, IA

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Thanks, Franklin. I’m loving this. Feels pretty freeing on this end. And I get to release songs when I want. Not a lot of analysis to gum up the process.

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TraceyB's avatar

The harmonica on He Ain't Heavy is beautiful. I hope your final recorded version does have harmonica, whoever plays it :)

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Even if it gets cut from final recording, I can post one here as a bonus. I can do whatever I want. Hahahahahahahahaha….!!

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Jeff Pearson's avatar

Great tune. And SM58's rule.

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Joe Pernice's avatar

Cheers, Jeff. Not sure if you’re a Scud Mountain Boys fan, but the record Pine Box was recorded live to four track using three SM58s. (Bass guitar went direct.)

Big fan of the SM58

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Jeff Pearson's avatar

Big fan since discovering SMB back in '96. Lucky enough to see you guys twice - once at the Troubadour and another time at the Backstage (Seattle). Thanks for the little info. Going to listen to that one today.

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E-Dub's avatar

For some reason I talked myself out of recording guitar with an SM58 despite those being the only mics I own.

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Joe Pernice's avatar

See above.

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Jeff Pearson's avatar

For Shure.

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