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Kick Drum Heart
Posted: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 15:16
so a few weeks ago they used the demo version of this song as the background music to the bonarroo levitation video, then it was used as the password for some ticket presale or something (i don't know, it didn't apply to us northwesterners), and then of course they used this song as the intro for the pilot episode of the new nbc drama last night.
So am I the only one thinking this will be released as a single to radio and with a video and so forth in the not too distant future. Just a hunch. If so I hope they do something cool with the video. maybe they'll do a video sometime that consists of nothing but artwork Scott has created for it. I guess we'll wait and see.
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I hope not. I'm just a little selfish sometimes, i'm scared they will get HUGE and FAMOUS and start letting producers and other people write their songs! just my opinion!
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Then you should say 'Well it might be
If folks like you would let it be"
I don't think they'll ever let producers write their songs. We are talking about The Avett bros right?
Northbound... have you forgot about this...
http://www.theavettbrothers.com/forums/nice-interview-bob-about-not-sell...
Kick Drum Heart video and Radio release!!!!! BRING IT!!!!!
Dfrench. I remember, but you never know. Money plays roles differently on people. I have a very very close friend of mine who is a singer/songwriter and was approached by Universal. He said ok, like he finally was going to get his stuff out there. He played lo-key type stuff aka City and Colour sound and was very very good. He flew to New York to meet some folks and everything was going good. Until one day they gave him a checklist for being on their label. Shave his face, start working out, cover his tattoos, staart wearing certain clothing, and finally wanting to add more instruments around him like drums and such with random people. They offered him two albums for some good cash, he thought about it and turned it down. So now he is still playing solo shows around town and is happier than ever. He saw things going on around him that he didn't like so he said "no". Deep down I feel that Scott and Seth are the same way, but you never know. That's why I love so much to find these unground artists that do what they love and don't care about being famous. They make some of the best music ever. That's how the Avett's were when I first heard of the. Not many people had heard of them before. And, for some reason I felt more connected to them than if they were big and famous. I'm along for the ride, we'll see where this train takes us.
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So if ever someone one says to you,
Life isn't fair, get used to it
Then you should say 'Well it might be
If folks like you would let it be"
I hear ya northbound... so I'll stand by ya and cross my fingers and pray the monster doesn't eat them too!
One of the main draws of the Avett Brothers for most people is their songwriting. And, as much as we may bash on Rick Rubin, he does seem to have a respect for their song writing (there are several very unorthadox songs on I and Love and You that he certainly let slide.) I think that even if the Avett Brothers become giant sell outs and start fine tuning their music for the masses, they'll still be writing their own music. And they'd probably be writing some of the best mainstream, commercial music we've heard in a long time. I just hope that it doesn't come to that, and that they can stay in touch with their indie roots, as many other indie artists who have struck it big have managed to do.
Just saw TAB for 1st time in Ithaca, a show I thought was excellent - mix of songs from last 2 albums, plus older, plus traditional b'grass. Thought it was very nervy of them to play their "hit" as final encore, delighted that "Head Full of Doubt" opened the set. I only learned about TAB a year ago, when they played SXSW as opener for Decemberists live Hazards of Love show. Then came the NPR buildup - Tiny Desk Concert, World Cafe - and the new album, and the tv appearances (Sony/Columbia tie-in helps), and finally Austin City Limits. This kind of success worries some longtime fans, who feel great about having been there first. Consider the stark difference between the Paste review and the Pitchfork review of I and Love and You, for example. Looking back a few decades, Talking Heads went from small-club minimalist new wave sets to big-arena world music shows, adding extra players and singers and new sounds along the way. But I don't think they sold out, they just changed. That's what I expect from TAB, and I see some positive evidence in Seth's recent interview in the Ithaca Times: www.ithacatimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=63&ArticleID=11165...
It's nice to see TAB fans warming to Low Anthem - they really suffered from bad sound mix in Ithaca.
Thanks BillNRoc! Possible Rare and Outakes album in the future. Good news
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So if ever someone one says to you,
Life isn't fair, get used to it
Then you should say 'Well it might be
If folks like you would let it be"
The Columbia deal was not the first one offered to the Brothers. They took their time and waited for a situation they would be comfortable with. I'm pretty confident hey are doing it their own sweet way.
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"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid”
Frank Zappa