Jeff MacDougall

It's that time again. I have entered the Masters Of Song Fu #2 competition and the first round has begun. Please take a second to go and listen to some new music and cast your vote. Thanks for listening!

The second installment of Masters Of Song Fu has begun and once again, I am attempting to earn the title of "Master". If victorious, I would join the ranks of other masters including Jonathan Coulton. This first challenge is really a simple one: Write a song about the moon. That's it. The song must be delivered by Wednesday the 20th so I better get to work.

So, today I got an e-mail from a vendor telling me that I need to get my stuff on Napster. That if I didn't, it was like throwing money away. Needless to say, I'm a little skeptical. I was wondering what everyone else thought. I haven't even glanced at Napster since it was a legitimate, illegitimate service. What about you? Do you or anyone you know use Napster to buy your music?

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... I am starting to go through my closet and dig out some old demos. This one is something I wrote trying to capture that retro vibe (ala "That Thing You Do"). My buddy, Craig (Mazin) had just put a recording studio into his house and we were breaking it in. Craig handled all the drums and percussion, I played the rest and Scott (Tomlinson) sang the lead. C and myself sang the backups. Sick and Tired was recorded around '99-2000. It's over on the right. Enjoy!

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So, a lot has gone on since my last post. I've lost in the finals of the Masters Of Song Fu competition. Although, I got 44% of the vote (which is really more than I expected going up against Jonathan Coulton), I'm definitely happy with the outcome and I want to thank everyone who took the time to vote for me. Turns out, the Masters of Song Fu #2 starts on August 5th--I am going to take another run at the title, so keep on listening!

In other news, I am currently working on several songs... some for an EP I will be releasing soon. Also (after being inspired by the Song Fu contest) I'm toying with the idea of having fans (all three) enter to be the subject and inspiration of a new song...the song would be dedicated to the winner (and of course get a free copy of whichever album it ends up on) It would be something I would do on a regular basis (ala JoCo's Thing A Week) and all ideas are absolutely welcome.

Regarding my Almost Live Request Thursdays... I've had to put that on hold as trying to learn new cover songs just takes up time that I could be recording new material. I will, however, be shooting videos of live versions of some of my new songs, so check back soon!

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