Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans?
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila Definitely. I know a very talented singer-songwriter in the Washington DC area who has released 3 CDs and has a devoted but very small following. Her last CD was probably 9 years ago and it's still one of my favorites.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
I have found random gems of music through these obscure artists that never gained any traction for whatever reason. Most music is born from spontaneity in the moment and only it's memory remains.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila One of my favourite Christmas songs was one I found while compiling a Christmas Music for the Apocalypse blog series: 'A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas' by Art Elliot.
I think it's genuinely beautiful, but it still only has 2.5k views on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JlJ8OTxALv4?si=4InrDNmV9Txj4Mm4
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila
There was this Latvian (I think) folk-rock-electro artist from the late 90s, I can't remember her name or the album name. Just that it had a portrait of her in front of a wall covered in climbing vines. She was really ahead of her time. -
Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila My favourite such is a San Francisco duo called M-1 Alternative. Three perfect albums between ‘88 and ‘92 and then kaput. (One member has been releasing their demos on BC, but it’s slow going.)
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila Also: Human Radio - one album on Epic or Columbia in 1990. Fairly perfect pop. Found the CD on Discogs a couple of years ago to my joy. The whole album is on YT - my fave track is My First Million.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP-LgxRc_GDzU9uOin-LAD8MGH2WS4SxK
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@dilmandila One of my favourite Christmas songs was one I found while compiling a Christmas Music for the Apocalypse blog series: 'A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas' by Art Elliot.
I think it's genuinely beautiful, but it still only has 2.5k views on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JlJ8OTxALv4?si=4InrDNmV9Txj4Mm4
@rubyjones Its a sweet song
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila YES! Well, had. I remember hearing a song on a guitar mag cover CD a very long time ago (20-30 years). Might have been Total Guitar. I've never been able to track down the band or anything else they ever did.
Song was called Chicken, and I think the band was called Sault St(e?) Marie, which is practically un-Googleable because it's the name of at least 2 towns where other bands have come from. -
Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila I got some CD like those too!
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila I have some songs from the old Limewire days from a band out of Kansas (I think?) called Samsell. I know nothing about them, and google has never helped me much, but damn I love their music. Every time I hear one of their songs I wish I had more.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
Have the mp3s from a ripped demo cd of this acoustic guitarist Katie Yearick who used to play coffee shops and small venues in upstate New York in the late 90’s. Have transferred those files from multiple laptops, pcs and mp3 players over the years.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila @oldredsubby Brenda Weiler of Fargo, ND.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila I got a rip of a folk rock CD from the early aughts, courtesy of some family member (forgot who). The band used to have a website, which has long gone offline, they have a singular Discogs entry, and aren't on any streaming platforms.
Pity, because the songs are bangers, too.
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@dilmandila I got a rip of a folk rock CD from the early aughts, courtesy of some family member (forgot who). The band used to have a website, which has long gone offline, they have a singular Discogs entry, and aren't on any streaming platforms.
Pity, because the songs are bangers, too.
@dilmandila and until recently, one of my favourite nu metal bands, LeVeL, was basically a "everyone in this niche heard of them, nobody outside ever has, they put out one CD in 2005 and vanished" type deal. Couple years back they reformed though and went on Spotify and such.
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@dilmandila and until recently, one of my favourite nu metal bands, LeVeL, was basically a "everyone in this niche heard of them, nobody outside ever has, they put out one CD in 2005 and vanished" type deal. Couple years back they reformed though and went on Spotify and such.
@dilmandila (a band called "Level" with an album called "Level", you can imagine how ungoogleable they were)
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila I still have songs from my brother's old bands stuck in my head.
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila Totally. There’s a guy named Steven Emerson I used to see perform with his band pretty often in the SF Bay Area 25 years ago or so, and while he put out a couple of albums, I’ve never met anyone outside of one of his shows who knows who he is. Great crooner.
Cool thing is it’s so easy now to get on streaming, and he’s there, so anyone can find him.
Also, I had a band back in college, and our demo tapes are on streaming. I hope that we are that band for some folks…
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Does anyone else have songs from artists who perhaps never made it beyond a handful of fans? I have some songs I treasure, got the CDs from the musicians or friends over 10yrs ago, but they've dropped out of the radar and I can't find them anywhere. Just their voice haunting my speakers like a sweet ghost. There's also an mp3 I got off a yahoo group, around 2005. I like the song, but it has no artist name, no title, just a voice and a guitar, perhaps home recorded.
@dilmandila Yeah, I have loved and appreciated many small artists, some now well forgotten, or who've withdrawn early works from distribution.
I'm archiving their work from time to time, although I'm lagging behind about it.
Here's a favourite:
The October Country - Clean Kills and Other Trophies
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@dilmandila (a band called "Level" with an album called "Level", you can imagine how ungoogleable they were)
@amberage
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@dilmandila Yeah, I have loved and appreciated many small artists, some now well forgotten, or who've withdrawn early works from distribution.
I'm archiving their work from time to time, although I'm lagging behind about it.
Here's a favourite:
The October Country - Clean Kills and Other Trophies
https://archive.org/details/the-october-country-clean-kills-and-other-trophies@HauntedOwlbear This is cool! Though I wonder about copyrights, if they would mind....?
