I’ve been listening to and playing Loudon Wainwright songs pretty much since I first started playing guitar, some 30 odd years ago – the lyrics are so clever, poignant or funny and the tunes are powerful yet straightforward enough to learn, and in some quantity it turns out. Wondering hpw to mark out tonight’s podcast, which is at episode 4 already, I decided to feature my own interpretations of mostly Loudon Wainwright songs and in the end as it turned out, nothing but Loudon Wainwright songs except for a couple of bonus tracks on the live Ustream after the recording had been switched off.

So here is the podcast player and download link:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 27.4Mb in size and 29 minutes 55 seconds in duration from this link

04 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 4.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 4 Video

Podcast Episode 4 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 4 published on July 27th 2010.

First two songs on 12 string acoustic, remainder on 6 string guitar

All songs music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright interpreted and arranged by Andy Roberts

1. Muse Blues
2. Drinking Song
3. Be Careful There’s a Baby in the House
4. Down Drinking at the Bar
5. Thankyou Mister Hubble
6. Motel Blues
7. Unrequited to the nth degree
8. Dead Skunk
9. Say That You Love Me

Loudon Wainwright

I went along to Havering Folk Club last Wednesday after a week away on holiday and tried to do a version of one of the new songs I haven’t finished yet. I know It didn’t work out very well, partly because I don’t have the lyrics memorised yet and I tried reading from a crib sheet on the music stand, which has never worked out for me in past and probably never will. I can sing and play at the same time, sometimes I can sing, play and read at the same time, but not it seems in front of an audience, standing up and without reading glasses. So I’ve uploaded the podcast versions of the unfinished songs to youTube instead. The one called “Untitled 1″ in the episode 3 shownotes is provisionally called “Trevellas” now, and unfinished 2 is called “Summerhouse” but I also have a plan for combining the two songs into one single work that would be longer and more complex. We’ll have to see.

Sitting On The Bank

To recompose my composure, finding myself with a capo on fret 4 I decided on the spur of the moment to sing “Sitting on the Bank” which is a simple song I wrote when I was about 15 or 16 and thinking about leaving home soon. While uploading I noticed that the melody is developing slightly even now, I’m not sure it’s correct to call it a revival though, as it’s never really been out of the repertoire.

The Mighty Quinn

After the break and with the list of floor singers completed there was a little time left and Pep kindly asked me to do another, so after 3 pints I decided to do a singalong that everybody knows though it turned out not everybody at Havering Folk Club knows that the Mighty Quinn was a Bob Dylan song. The Manfred Mann cover version was better known in the UK in 1960s and afterwards.

Here’s the online podcast player for listening to Episode 3:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 27.4Mb in size and 29 minutes 54 seconds in duration from this link

03 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 3.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 3 Video

Podcast Episode 3 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 3 published on July 20th 2010.

All songs were recorded using a 6 string acoustic Ibanez guitar

1) The Last Nail

Title: “The Last Nail”

Just a brief excerpt from the song, here played more slowly and in a higher key than the full song.

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Title song for the forthcoming Album provisionally called “The Last Nail” as well.

2) Untitled 1

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

This song depicts a coastal path walk in Cornwall. There are some images to go with the song:

3) Untitled 2

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Something about taking shelter from the rain in a wooden summer house.

4) Now That I’m Living Here

Title: “Now That I’m Living Here”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

First published on The Andy Roberts Tapes

5) Redemption Song

Music and Lyrics by Bob Marley

6) Puddles

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

First published on The Andy Roberts Tapes

7) When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease

Music and Lyrics by Roy Harper

Here’s the online podcast player for listening to Episode 2:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 27Mb in size and just under 30 minutes in duration from this link

02 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 2.mp3

If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 2 Video

Podcast Episode 2 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 2 published on broadcast July 13th and recorded on July 11th 2010.

There were 4 songs recorded during this show, 2 using a 12string acoustic guitar, one on the Chines 6 string and one tune on the Turkish Saz.

Mondura Dam

Title: “Mondura Dam”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Mozambique – Bob Dylan

Title: Mozambique
Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan and Jaques Levy, interpreted by Andy Roberts

Yellow Boat

Title: “Yellow Boat”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Sitting On The Bank

Title: “Sitting On The Bank”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Istankoy

Title: “Istankoy”

Music by Andy Roberts

Here’s the podcast player for listening online to the opening Episode 1:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 24Mb in size and just under 26minutes in duration from this link

01 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 1.mp3

If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 1 Video

Podcast Episode 1 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 1 broadcast and recorded on July 6th 2010.

There were 4 songs recorded during this show, 3 using the vintage 12string acoustic guitar and one on the 6 string in dropped D tuning.

Back In The Field

Title: “Back In The Field”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Isis – Bob Dylan

Title: Isis

Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan and Jaques Levy, interpreted by Andy Roberts

I’ll See You Again – Roy Harper

Title: “I’ll See You Again”

Music and Lyrics by Roy Harper, interpretation by Andy Roberts

Wonderwall – Oasis

Title: “Wonderwall”

Music and Lyrics by Oasis, interpreted by Andy Roberts

Bonus Track Live

A Day In The Life – Lennon / McCartney

Live show only, Not recorded

Feeding BritCaster.com

Podcast Launch

Building the Opening Night

It would be nice to have a bit of a crowd along for the opening night just to get the regular weekly podcasting off to a good start so I’ve created a facebook Event for this particular show which you can invite people to. I’ll also be making a post over on my long established blog site at DARnet Andy Roberts and one or two other places if I can think of them.

The podcast opening night will also be part of the Cafe Noodle July Ustream Festival, a great music community organised by Matt Stevens Loop.

I think it should be possible to embed the ustream show here on this site – so that’s something I’ll be having a go at too.

Anyway, here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 4:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 25Mb in size and just under 29minutes in duration from this link

Andy Roberts Podcast Prototype 4.mp3

If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 4 Video

Podcast Prototype 4 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 4 broadcast and recorded on June 29th 2010.

There were 3 songs performed during this show, two using the plain 12string acoustic guitar and the others on the Chinese Lute or Ruan.

The Dream Is Over

Title: “The Dream is Over”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Here’s the same song performed last week at Havering Folk Club

Mike Silver – Lady You’re On Fire

Title: Not really sure about this
Music and Lyrics by Mike Silver, badly remembered and interpreted by Andy Roberts

Yangtse Gorges

Title: “Yangtse Gorges”
Chinese Lute Music by Andy Roberts

Big Eyed Beans From Venus – Captain Beefheart

Title: “Big Eyed Beans From Venus”
Music and Lyrics by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), loosely interpreted by Andy Roberts on the Chinese Lute

Chinese Lute Picture

Chinese Lute or Ruan

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 24Mb in size and just under 26 minutes in duration from this link

Podcast Prototype 3.mp3

The full video file of the show is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 3 Video

Podcast Prototype 3 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 3 broadcast and recorded on June 22nd 2010.

There were five songs performed during this show, one using the archtop acoustic guitar and the others on a standard 6 string.

Memphis Tennessee

Title: “Memphis, Tennessee”
Music and Lyrics by Chuck Berry, interpretation Andy Roberts

The Dream is Over

Title: “The Dream is Over”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Here’s the same song performed next day at Havering Folk Club

Standing By

Title: “Standing By”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts

Don’t You Grieve

Title: “Don’t You Grievel”
Music and Lyrics by Roy Harper, interpretation Andy Roberts

The War is Over

Title: “The War Is Over”

Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Here’s the same song performed next day at Havering Folk Club

Subscribe in iTunes to the podcast feed using the url

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Here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 2:

You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 26Mb in size and just under 30 minutes in duration from this link

AndyRobertsPodcastprototype2.mp3

The full video file of the show is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Podcast Prototype No 2 Video

Podcast Prototype 2 Show Notes

Show notes and information for prototype 2 broadcast and recorded on June 15th 2010.

There were five songs performed during this show, including one instrumental, all using the 12 string guitar.

Waiting

Title: “Waiting”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

The Nutmeg Tree

Title: “The Nutmeg Tree”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on Album 1

Mazet

Title: “Mazet”
Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

Instrumental

Title: “Intrumental”
Music by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes

I Shall Be Released

Title: “I Shall Be Released”

Song and Lyrics by Bob Dylan 1967

Interpretation Andy Roberts

I had an idea about turning the Weekly Ustream.tv show into a podcast and started putting it into practice.

So last Tuesday instead of just recording some of the individual songs during the webcast for uploading to youTube, I recorded the whole half an hour or so of the show, songs and talking, and saved it using the ustream record system. I was fairly happy with the way that went from a performance point of view, it worked better for me than premeditated songs and faffing about with song tit;es description and tags in the middle of a broadcast. The experiment was to see what I could do with the resulting file. I downloaded it to my Mac – ustream provides a file in .flv format (Flash) and when I clicked on the downloaded file it opened an application I’d never seen before! Mpeg-streamclip was able to export in various formats including quicktime, Mpeg4, and audio only. So far so good. The quicktime version allowed me to quickly edit out the five songs from within the video and save them individually as .mov , all ready for uploading to youtube.

So this meant that with a small amount of effort I can use ustream for the live streaming show, record it all in one go, and still have the songs available in youtube for embedding elsewhere and so on.

But what about the podcast?

Ah, well I went away for a few days, so now I’m getting around to it.

The audio podcast is here:

http://andyroberts.me/wp-content/podcast/Podcast-prototype-1.mp3

with an RSS feed here:

http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast

and the video podcast is is still hosted on ustream at

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7526414

also embedded below

But this still doesn’t count as a podcast yet until I have it set up as a series you can subscribe to in iTunes or the audio player of your choice. Fortunately I still the rest of the month of June to get that boxed off, since this is still the prototyping period, and I’ve set the goal of getting started for real in July.

Here we go again:

Songs in this podcast:

The Wreckers Prayer

People Are Strange

Cormorants underneath London Bridge

Here Comes The Sun