Hey, Ylle and everyone - I have been away all weekend, at a reunion of the house I lived in at college - an event that itself could not possibly be a better, more serendipitous fit for the "Like It Was" theme. I recorded two songs there, both with classmates collaborators, that fit both themes.
I planned to post both before the deadline, but I don't think I'm going to be able to get either one off my phone in the next two hours. I'm having technical difficulties ... plus it's after 4am, and I've just arrived home from a 4-hour drive and an hour of wrestling with phone and computers trying to get these vids to you.
So I'm going to go get a bit of sleep and try again in the morning. They'll be late, but I hope it's still okay with you. Both were recorded yesterday (Sunday), and I'm quite eager to share them and hope folks will take a minute to come see them.
One was my original, contest-winning entry to a story slam about memories of our college home - to the tune of a familiar Charlie song, performed live and unrehearsed minutes after I wrote it with a banjo-playing classmate. Everyone loved it, and sang along, and the judges awarded it the first of two special mentions, after declaring us all winners.
The second was also a perfect fit for both themes. There was one beloved classmate in attendance named Charlie, so I told him about the Charlie theme and asked to do a song with him. He came up with this inspired song choice. Our alma mater (MIT) and the house (Pika) are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, across the river from Boston. The river that separates Cambridge from Boston is, of course ... the Charles River! And there's a kickass song from that era about the Charles River ... so a group of us, led by classmate Charlie, recorded the song together on Pika's beautiful rooftop deck yesterday afternoon.
Eventually I'll get these uploaded to share with you all ... I hope some of you will come back and check them out when I do, because they are super fun!
Thanks, Ylle, for this perfect theme and its serendipitous timing, and everyone for your excellent contributions and warm welcome back after my long absence. Of course I have wonderful warm memories of how much fun it is to be a regular Seasons participant, and I plan to be much more involved again now. I've really missed you!
Gonna go get some sleep now.......
Sweet dreams and much love, Seasons friends!
