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Oort Cloud
Performed By
Oort Cloud
Album UPC
888174156521
CD Baby Track ID
12336075
Label
Green Tongue Music
Released
2013-07-22
BPM
93
Rated
0
ISRC
ushm81308487
Year
2013
Spotify Plays
64
Writers
Writer
John Brian Mulhearn
Pub Co
Green Tongue Music
Writer
Jason Mulhearn
Pub Co
Green Tongue Music
Composer
Jason Mulhearn, John Brian Mulhearn
ClearanceFacebook Sync License,Traditional Sync,YouTube Sync ServiceEasy Clear
Rights Controlled
Master
Rights
Easy Clear: Master
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - Tennessee
Description
The Oort Cloud is alternative music written and performed in the same vein as Daniel Johnston, Syd Barrett, and Robyn Hitchcock, both eclectic and unpolished, with thoughtful lyrics (or occasionally silly ones).
Notes
The Oort Cloud is a project me and my brother started years ago, writing music in college in Louisiana and afterwards over many years that turned out to be a pretty eclectic mix. The songs are unintentionally similar to Robyn Hitchcock, Daniel Johnston, and Syd Barrett.
My brother passed away just over a year ago and probably would have loved that description! I finished the songs, leaving most songs as we recorded them, added a few things to just a few of the songs, and am releasing this for me, my family, and our friends. Most of the music was recorded on an old four-track, but a handful were recorded on better equipment, whenever we had the opportunity. The keyboard was an old Ensoniq SQ-80, and the guitars were a hodgepodge of Takamine acoustics, Fender electrics, cheaper guitars we had to fight to play, old tube amps, and an occasional new, slick sounding direct guitar or bass. The drums were either the SQ-80 or an old set recorded in the house. My son helped with the drums. The keyboard was my brother's favorite instrument, and mine was the guitar, but we traded off frequently when writing and even when recording, so each track is different, and this tends to add some tension to the music, whether we wanted it or not. The recordings are not slick. They're honest, and the words are even more so.
My brother struggled for many years with conditions similar to Daniel Johnston and Syd Barrett, and for many years music was a great outlet for him. I didn't know this until after he died, but he was doing missionary work on the sly, tended to give away most of the material things he owned, was practically living like a monk and was telling us he was taking occasional vacations. The lyrics come from someone who practiced what they preach, and I had only a little to do with them. Here are four lines he kept on his apartment wall that sum up how he lived:
Speak the truth
Tell the truth
Think the truth
Live the truth
He would probably not want me to post that, but then again, he would like the message to get out there and would love the idea of releasing the music, so here it is. Twenty-seven songs on one CD! I hope you like it and much as we loved writing and recording it! -- Brian
My brother passed away just over a year ago and probably would have loved that description! I finished the songs, leaving most songs as we recorded them, added a few things to just a few of the songs, and am releasing this for me, my family, and our friends. Most of the music was recorded on an old four-track, but a handful were recorded on better equipment, whenever we had the opportunity. The keyboard was an old Ensoniq SQ-80, and the guitars were a hodgepodge of Takamine acoustics, Fender electrics, cheaper guitars we had to fight to play, old tube amps, and an occasional new, slick sounding direct guitar or bass. The drums were either the SQ-80 or an old set recorded in the house. My son helped with the drums. The keyboard was my brother's favorite instrument, and mine was the guitar, but we traded off frequently when writing and even when recording, so each track is different, and this tends to add some tension to the music, whether we wanted it or not. The recordings are not slick. They're honest, and the words are even more so.
My brother struggled for many years with conditions similar to Daniel Johnston and Syd Barrett, and for many years music was a great outlet for him. I didn't know this until after he died, but he was doing missionary work on the sly, tended to give away most of the material things he owned, was practically living like a monk and was telling us he was taking occasional vacations. The lyrics come from someone who practiced what they preach, and I had only a little to do with them. Here are four lines he kept on his apartment wall that sum up how he lived:
Speak the truth
Tell the truth
Think the truth
Live the truth
He would probably not want me to post that, but then again, he would like the message to get out there and would love the idea of releasing the music, so here it is. Twenty-seven songs on one CD! I hope you like it and much as we loved writing and recording it! -- Brian
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