Girl for Samson 2016 Journal

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01/01/16 - Now entering our 17th year of operation.

01/14/16 - Most played songs (starting with the highest) on the website since December:

Delirious (12)
The Great John Doe (Sleepnovox)
12 (12)
Little Joe and Rosalie (12)
Marbeck (Sleepnovox)
Spider's Last Stand (Sleepnovox)
MPC (Sleepnovox)
Brother John (Sleepnovox)
Wrong Star (Harriet)
Harriet (Harriet)

Songs from "12" still seem to get the most streams around the web just because it's been around so long.

01/26/16 - Our first mostly-full session in a long time. There were some technical challenges straight away but Patrick and Thomas eventually got everything sounding nice and we made it through most of the set.

02/02/16 - First night going through every song on drums. It went as well as can be expected. Maybe weller.

02/09/16 - Second session going through the whole album with drums.

02/12/16 - Welcome to the world, Juice!

04/12/16 - First session in a few weeks. Ran through everything. Talked again about recording acoustic drums vs triggers.

04/30/16 - Paris and I picked up a Roland e-kit to play with on Tuesday.

05/01/16 - What if we went one better and actually deleted all of our accounts? Would that incent you to listen to Harriet?

05/24/16 - Finally had a session after missing several weeks. Began the evening with the discovery of a dead hard drive. As an organization, we have had a long and mottled history with disk drive failures. Dr. Brown is taking it to the doctor this week.

07/07/16 - Thanks to DJ Joelle St Pierre for giving Brother John a spin on WTUL 91.5 FM in New Orleans.

07/26/16 - Another successful romp through the set. Going to start practicing to a click track next week.

08/02/16 - Patrick has been using a vintage 12 string during rehearsals.

08/04/16 - Replinishing sales sites with physical CDs of "Harriet" and Johnny Marie & the Lonesome Petunias' "juiceboxberries".

08/11/16 - Harriet CDs have now been sprayed around the US.

08/16/16 - Reps. Explained to Paris what George Benson is about.

08/17/16 - Decided to put some of the GFS side project CDs links (Hotel Radio, Johnny Marie) up on the Sounds section.

08/24/16 - According to Pandora, similar artists include:

Elephant Stone
Sam Forrest
The Sheepdogs
Thomas McConnell

"To start things off, we'll play a song that exemplifies the musical style of Girl for Samson which features new age influences, disco influences, a subtle use of vocal counterpoint, a subtle use of vocal harmony and mild rhythmic syncopation."

09/06/16 - First session with a click track. It's actually more of harsh chirp than a click.

11/08/16 - We actually recorded drums for the first song tonight! Tracked parts for Bossa Nova. Will try to knock off another at the next session.

11/22/16 - Recorded a few takes of drums for The Wall.

12/03/16 - Fun to watch the Pandora "Similar Artists" list change as we add albums:

Similar Artists

Eyelids
Hoggboy
Liam Hayes
The Narwhals
Eastern Midwestern

12/06/16 - Recorded 6 takes of drums for Miss Majesty.

12/10/16 - Sleepnovox now on Pandora

12/12/16 - "12" submitted to Pandora

12/20/16 - First Anual Girls Movie Night. Watched The Room and ate pizza. Don't worry about it.

12/25/16 - Similar artists on iHeart Radio: The Sonics, Love & Vanilla Fudge. I like it!

12/26/16 - "Sleepnovox" now available at Walmart.com. I know.

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