Green Coat Face News

2 Songs to be included in ‘Occupy Music Brooklyn, first installation’

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:00:48 +0000

The time is still here, to stand up against Social and Economic inequality and corporate greed.. Old Solar and Green Coat Face have submitted a song each to ‘Occupy Music Brooklyn’ number one, the first in a series that will, hopefully, be a continued source of income for the movement. The project is being organized by Chris Butler, of Chris Butler Sound in Bushwick, Brooklyn and is a joint collaboration with the Occupied Wall Street Journal, due to be released by the end of 2012…

Music By Color “Cinder Orange” and “Gray Blue”

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:38:58 +0000

Two new songs have been posted to the “Music By Color” play list. ” Cinder Orange song was written and tracked with acoustic guitar, through a combination of analog pedals and varying acoustic environments. I wanted the composition to pay homage to early Blac Ocean, one of the first bands I feel very fortunate to have been part of. The name comes from a memories of being a teenager, sitting in our friends pitch black attic listening to a cassette tapes of Pablo Honey and the faint orange glow of an inhaled cigarette or the crack of a floorboard, as someone leaned back in their chair. “Composition Gray Blue” is a musical assemblage, each piece composed on three separate occasions. The first guitar part was written for a short, several years back. It never made the cut and, in turn, was filed away with all of the other bits and pieces of obscure song ideas I’ve had over the years. I was reminded of it while out on the fire escape one evening, listening to random play lists off of an old USB drive. I wrote and tracked a second part that same night. The Rhodes part was added a few evenings later and the whole thing came glued together. The song is unedited, and totally imperfect. All of the parts were tracked in 1 take, including the portions I would have changed, if I hadn’t made a conscious effort to preserve the original performance. I hope you enjoy them.

In Memory of Reverend Victor Smith

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:55:01 +0000

Reverend Victor Smith passed away on May 4th, 2010 at the age of 87. He served his family, friends and church as a true example of faith and humility. We will miss him deeply.

Song For Reverend Victor Smith (lyrics)

He said, Do you seek your father’s God, Do you see rest in freedom, Do you walk the straight and narrow, Can you rest assured you give enough of your love, Will you rise even if you fall, Would you die if the people you cared for turned their backs and walked away, Make your way home, No fear of the day you close your eyes.

Architect

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:30 +0000

Green Coat Face album 2, will be titled “Architect”. Stay tuned for 3 new songs. I’ll be adding them a few at a time until the album is finished and available on Itunes. Also, 2 new compositions are ready to be posted to “Music by Color”

Old Solar Album 2

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:15:37 +0000

A dedicated site for Old Solar is in the works. For those of you who have never heard, Old Solar is a joint collaboration between myself, ‘Matthew Geldof’ of Green Coat Face and Jonah Byrd of Jigsaw Soul. The first Old Solar project was finished in 2002 while I was am member of Blac Ocean and Jonah of Ampersand. As with the first album, we invite guest musicians to participate and are always looking for new and creative people to collaborate with. Expect to see this available early 2012.

Music By Color

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:14:35 +0000

Three songs have been posted in the Compositions section of the Green Coat Face website (Green, White and Yellow). They are the first in a series of recordings that have been specifically written for projects that I have been asked to collaborate on over the last year. The series will serve as a home and ongoing compilation of orchestrated works by Green Coat Face. Please check in regularly for new additions.

Recording

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:54:06 +0000

A few weeks back I spent some time recording with Laurence Pangaro, who specializes in Viola da Gamba and Hawaiian Lap Steel. The parts were written several months ago in anticipation of Laurence’s return from a tour of Italy. I am excited to be working with him again. The direction I have been taking with the new recordings is a definite departure from the produced sound of Turnstile. I hope to present an album with a nostalgic quality, free of copy and pasting, looping, cropping and fixing. Fingers on strings, the absence of perfect metronomically defined rhythms and deep breaths before crescendo’s are to be expected.

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admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:13:06 +0000

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Here we are in a friends bathroom recording the guitar and vocal parts for, ‘Girl in The Wall’. The video was shot on Carol’s point and shoot, we don’t expect it to win any awards, but it captures the moment just fine. The final version will be on our next release.

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admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:33:19 +0000

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Musical composition by Green Coat Face for the 2010 New York State Census

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admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:20:54 +0000

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Green Coat Face is proud to have written an original score for Closer To God a documentary film by Matthew Kulvicki and Andrew Brennan.

A caravan of strangers bands together on a journey across the country — experiencing joy, pain, and betrayal on their mission to Washington, D.C. to end the AIDS epidemic.