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"CHAMPIONS 2008" In honor of the new baseball season, I'm reposting my baseball-themed tunes from years past. I grew up a huge Oakland Athletics baseball fan, and two years ago I recorded a musical tribute to the A's called "Underdog Revolution". The song got a nice reception on Athletics Nation, the popular A's fan website. Last year I recorded a new A's-themed song, which the team told me they would play in the stadium. I'm not sure if they ever in fact played the song, or if they did maybe it was just during post-game cleanup when 100 low-paid workers would pick up trash and hose the place down. But in any event, the song is called "Champions" (somewhat a nod to Glenn Dickey's book about the franchise). Here it is again for 2008, in all it's "pump you up after the A's big win or maybe before the A's take field" glory. You may need to upgrade your Windows Media Player to play it. If you're an A's fan, this song is (hopefully) for you. LISTEN TO "CHAMPIONS": DOWNLOAD AND PURCHASE "CHAMPIONS" AND "UNDERDOG REVOLUTION" (and sign up with Snocap):
Lyrics to "Champions"
LONG TIME NO POST: Sorry I haven't updated the website in a long time. I've been busy relocating from Santa Monica to San Francisco and haven't had much time to focus on other things. But my family and I are slowly getting settled in, and I'm looking forward to a new year with hopefully my third CD recorded by the end of this year. I've invested in an improved home recording studio setup, so I'm looking forward to putting that to work. In the meantime, please keep in touch and leave a message on the message board! I love hearing from everyone. MESSAGE AND THE BOTTLE VIDEO CLIP: My song "Message And The Bottle" from my newest CD Tales From California is featured in a new video clip from the "Escape Adulthood" couple from Wisconsin. Kim and Jason have been using my song "Coyote Sleeps" as the theme to their monthly podcast and have recently been branching out to produce video clips from their trips around the country. It's nice to see "Message" featured against the beautiful backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge from my home region. I'M ON TV, Y'ALL: After months of hoping it would come true, I've finally made my television debut on the local Japanese television station. As some of you may recall, I wrote the theme song to my friend Kenji Nimura's "Poquito Spanish" show. The show is a two minute weekly segment on the Los Angeles Japanese station that teaches Spanish to Japanese speakers. It has become wildly popular in the Japanese American community around here, with people recognizing Kenji in the street, writing tons of fan mail and clicking away at the link on the station website. Kenji asked me to participate in the next six episodes, after which they'll give away some of my autographed CDs. It was a lot of fun filming the episodes, and I look forward to filming future ones, perhaps at Dodger Stadium. To see the first episode (which includes a live version of the theme song and a little ditty I wrote for the various conjugations of "to be"), click on this link. The video player is on the right side of the page, amidst the Japanese writing, and you can hear the full audio version of the theme song on my downloads page. They'll add the new shows every week. And for those of you in LA, the show airs every Friday morning from 7 to 8am on Channel 18. Get your Tivo ready to record the whole show (the commentators who spoke before our segment aired liked the fact that my name, pronounced "E-San" in Japanese, means Mr. E). TALES FROM CALIFORNIA CD RELEASED: My second CD, "Tales From California," was released this past October and is now available for purchase here. You can also download songs individually on iTunes. The album has been four years in the making and features 14 original songs performed by yours truly. The acoustic guitar-based songs are inspired by California's native and European history, as well as by the hot springs, beaches and mountains of the west coast. I also throw in some personal stories and make use of varied musical styles, from a bit of Argentine Tango to Spanish flamenco and some Hawaiian Reggae style. DEBUT CD AVAILABLE: Not to be overlooked, my debut album, "A Locked Box of Treasure", is also available for purchase here. If you already have a copy, keep in mind all the friends and family you have who would love this CD as a gift, particularly with the holidays approaching. "COYOTE SLEEPS" DEBUTS AS A PODCAST THEME SONG: Last year, while ego-surfing (i.e., searching my own name on google), I came across a podcast that was playing my song "Children" from my last CD A Locked Box of Treasure. The podcasters had found the song on garageband.com, where I had posted it back in 1999 (literally, a millenium ago). I emailed them, and they turned out to be a really nice couple from Madison, Wisconsin, named Kim and Jason. They are bent on not becoming boring adults. Along these lines, their podcast is meant to help others "escape adulthood" -- and that's what they call their regular show. They recently asked to use "Coyote Sleeps" from my new CD Tales From California as the theme song for their show. Since Coyote Sleeps is all about childhood, I of course agreed and was very honored that they wanted to use it. So I now encourage all of you to listen to Kim and Jason's show, which can be found by clicking here, and hearing Coyote Sleeps start it off. It's a lot of fun and a great listen. Thanks Kim and Jason and keep up the good work! |
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