Since this month's release is comprised of all cover tunes, instead of songwriting, I'm going to talk just a little bit about the creative and production process. And I'm glad to have the opportunity to do this because many of the tracks were part of our Chillodesiac Lounge album and I've never told that story. We were originally going to only release the brand new track Our Love Is Here to Stay for February in honor of Valentine's Day in our Year of the Groove, but as we formulated the release schedule, it seemed like we might as well throw the other jazz standards on the release since many people may not have been familiar with our previous releases and it makes sense to have them all together in one place...
The Story Behind Glitter & Bliss.
Glitter & Bliss is one of those tracks that had a rather unorthodox path to the final version you hear. Most of the tracks we are releasing during our Year of the Groove have come about in one of two ways. Either it was a track Kurt started and then I wrote the lyric and melody over the top [which in songwriting is called "top lining"], or I write the song on my own and then do a rough demo and then present it to Kurt...
Our Christmas Song And The Six Month Debrief...
This whole "Year of the Groove" is certainly giving us a run for our money and this last month is no exception. Can we just debrief for a moment?
Our September release "The Legend of the Fall" ended up being used to help promote awareness about the labeling initiative for genetically modified foods. This happened after we were contacted by the Oregon Right to Know organization before the November election. I hadn't planned on any of that happening but was extremely happy to use our song for an issue that was so important for me, so I put a lot of time into creating WGC branded social media content for both Oregon Right to Know and Right to Know Colorado. That took me right up to when I was also working on the video for Supermodel Astronaut...
Bad translation hilariously butchers our Huff Post article.
Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you.
The Story Behind The Legend of the Fall
Anyone who has known me for any length of time most likely knows that I am staunchly opposed to the practice of putting genetically modified food into the mainstream food supply without the consumer's knowledge. I'm so passionate about it, at the advice of a friend, I started a Facebook page called "Don't Put That In Your Mouth" where I had a place to channel my righteous anger over the situation. [I've not been nearly as attentive to that page since the Year of the Groove has started simply due to limited time, but my heart is still very much in this topic.]