Patrick is in the process of closing on his house today (huzzah) so for this month’s song we’re just uploading a little ditty (really… its less than a minute.  that Patrick recorded several months ago for fun.  Hope you’re all enjoying your summer!

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For this month’s song we did a lovely little lullaby.  And since its past my bedtime “Late Night Lullaby” seemed like a a fitting title.  Enjoy!

PS We added a neat little Facebook “like” button.  So if you like the tune then let Mark Zuckerberg know!

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For our fourth song of the month we covered “You Found Me” by the Fray.  Its another one take wonder by Patrick and he put down a great vocal.  I found this little blurb that supposedly is from the Fray’s blog that explains the meaning of “You Found Me” but couldn’t find it on the Fray’s site so take it with a grain of salt.

“You Found Me is a tough song for me. Its about the disappointment, the heart ache, the let down that comes with life. Sometimes you’re let down, sometimes you’re the one who lets someone else down. It gets hard to know who you can trust, who you can count on. This song came out of a tough time, and I’m still right in the thick of it. There’s some difficult circumstances my family and friends have been going through over the past year or so and can be overwhelming. It wears on me. It demands so much of my faith to keep believing, keep hoping in the unseen. Sometimes the tunnel has a light at the end, but usually they just look black as night. This song is about that feeling, and the hope that I still have, buried deep in my chest.”

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“You Found Me”
originally by Isaac Slade,  Joseph King, the Fray

I found God
On the corner of first and Amistad
Where the west was all but won
All alone, smoking his last cigarette
I Said where you been, he said ask anything
Where were you?
When everything was falling apart
All my days were spent by the telephone
It never rang
And all I needed was a call
That never came
To the corner of first and Amistad

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

In the end everyone ends up alone
Losing her, the only one who’s ever known
Who I am, who I’m not, who I want to be
No way to know how long she will be next to me

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Early morning, City breaks
I’ve been calling for years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never send me no letters
You got some kind of nerve, taking all I want

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Where were you where were you

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

Why’d you have to wait?
To find me, to find me

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This month we’re doing something a little different.  We mentioned earlier that we’re donating a song to the Songs for the Cure compilation for 2010.  So if you’d like to get our song for the month of March, you can go here.  Its an eclectic collection covering a bunch of different styles.  And everything goes to the American Cancer Society.  We’ll be back in April with more free music, but for now head on over to CancerDrive.org and donate to a good cause.

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Hellllo February.  I don’t know about you all but I’m ready to be done with winter.  One of my favorite things about Kansas is that we get all four seasons.  But winter this year has been brutal!  Like a lot of our songs this one is a little bit depressing and a little bit hopeful.  Its how we roll…

“Daybreak” has nice mix of electronic, effected, and natural sounds.  Makes kind of a neat soundscape.

Did you miss Daybreak when we released it in February?  No worries… you can buy it here.

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PS I’ll update the podcast Monday morning, so if you click subscribe and don’t see the song don’t panic.

“Daybreak”

lyrics by Tim Seley

I know its cloudy
the sky keeps on shouting
its over
but tomorrow’s a new day
and then the sky will say

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The week is up but you can still purchase the song online from various places.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day we decided to repost our song “I Have A Dream.”  I can think of few people that spoke with as much conviction, passion, and charisma as MLK Jr.  We used sound bytes from his “I Have A Dream” speech and that is really what makes this song so powerful.

For those of you that missed it the first time, we originally posted this in June of 2009. It was our 37th song out of the 52 songs in our song a week project.  You’ll be able to download it for free for the next week, and after that you’ll be able to purchase it from the usual places.

And… we’re back.  It was a nice break, but we’ve been itching to make some music.  If you forgot or if this is your first time here we’ll be writing, recording, and releasing a new song every month for 2010.  We’ll make the songs available the first Monday of every month.  After the first month the songs will be available for sale, and at the end of the year we’ll compile them all into an album.  If you like what you’re hearing then make sure and check out our store or itunes or amazon as we’ve got some fun songs from our song a week project.  So enough yakking…

Did you miss “Fell For You” when we released it in January?  No worries… you can buy it here.

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This month’s song is called “Fell for You”.  Some of the instrumentation used: acoustic guitar, canvas sack, napkin, spray bottle, coins… you get the idea.  Hope you like it and we’re really excited to see what comes out of us in 2010.  Happy New Music Monday!“Fell For You”

lyrics by Tim Seley

I wouldn’t say that I need you, but I do
I shouldn’t say that I’ve fallen, but I fell for you

I didn’t say what I wanted, but did you?
I couldn’t say what I was feeling, but you knew
The words are hard to come by, but if you
would stay

And the things that I don’t say
Are what’s keeping you away, from me
And the things that stay unspoken
Are the things that make us broken

Are there things that you won’t say to me
Unspoken words
Unspoken things
Are they the same things that I won’t say to you
Unspoken hurts
Unspoken need

I need you
Do you need me?
Do you feel the same as I do
I can’t imagine life without you

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I don’t know what we expected when we first started up this song a week thing.  Our “side project” to Moving Rushmore quickly became the “main project”.  Now 52 songs later here we are.  Its been an awesome experience and its really neat to look back over the past year and see/hear the progression of our music.  Although there was the occasional mediocre song, for the majority of the time we put out some pretty cool stuff.  I know that I can look back with a sense of pride over what we’ve accomplished in the past year.

We’re really grateful to all of you that have told your friends about us, bought our music, blogged about us, came to our shows, and enjoyed our music.  Just because we’re done with the song a week doesn’t mean that we’re done making music. You could say that we’ve only just begun…

You’ll especially want to check back next week as we’ve got something special brewing.

If you’ve enjoyed this song a week project and want to keep up with us, this would be a great time to sign up for our e-mail list, follow us on twitter, sign up for our podcast and/or friend us on facebook.  We’re still going to be active so if you want to know what we’re up to then those are some good ways to keep in touch.

This song ended up sounding a little like Owl City (check them out if you haven’t already).  As I wrote this song I was thinking about a friend of mine who is experiencing a heart wrenching break-up and these are some of the questions he’s asking.  I’m reminded that to love deeply puts you at risk of hurting deeply.  Is it worth it?  What do you think?

Worth the While

Lyrics by Patrick Largen

is this really going to end?
right here and right now?
come hell or high water
you’ll float or you’ll drown

is it worth it

and I wonder all the time
if you’ve had it all figured out
and if all this is something
worth the while

and this is really going to end right now

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Quick note: Next week is our LAST song in our song a week project!  Stay tuned!

This last week I was listening to science Friday on NPR and there was a professor being interviewed about his idea to send astronauts on a one-way mission to mars.  He was talking about how much money we would save if we didn’t have to worry about the trip back home.  He said, “To boldly go where no one has gone before does not require coming home again.”

This got me thinking.  Can you imagine what Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were thinking being the very first people to step foot on the moon.  Outside of educated guesses they had no idea what would come of them when they opened that hatch.

As I searched the web for some audio clips to use for this song, I came across this speech that was revealed in 1999.  It was to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the astronauts on the moon.

Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.

These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.

These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding.

They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown.

In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man.

In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.

Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

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Well here we are #50!  Pretty crazy!  We only have 2 more songs to go before we have done this song a week thing for a whole stinkin’ year!  We’re pretty stoked.  We set out to do this for 6 months but kept going.

Tim sent over the keyboard and rhythm tracks and I went to work Saturday putting words and a melody to it.  It was a lot of fun to write lyrically.  What do you think it’s about?

PS Today is the last day to try to win a free Tee.

“Oblivious”

lyrics by Patrick Largen

The morning is gone
But I have not moved on
And if all this is important to you

I will bring you a song
I wrote before the dawn
When all were oblivious to

Like a whisper in the ear
your reflection in the mirror
your presence is over due

The words hit like a drum
Like a wave the melody comes
All happening on cue

Black notes on a page
With ink you can’t erase
The chorus is painted blue

The evening has come
And taken the son
We all were oblivious too

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