"Windman" Live in a Living Room

Nick Borges, director, teamed up with The Wild Maps, general rabble rousers to bring you this video. It was a lot of fun to make, and I hope you enjoy it!

Nate Miller: Like This One

Making full-length albums is hard. It always takes more time and effort than I initally plan for. And it inevitably goes through phases of being creatively draining.

For about past 3 months, Sean Pawling and I have been hard at work on tracking for his full-length album. But after we got my piano tuned for his sessions, I took advantage of the window of in-tune opportunity and managed to squeeze in a video session with Nate Miller. It was really refreshing to tackle something simple that we could complete in a few days.

Nate and I actually recorded 4 new songs of his, which we plan to release as an EP. We also shot the following video. The session was a lot of fun, and I got to use my Pentax K01 digital camera. The Pentax has been a lot of fun to have around, and it was a pleasure to get to know it a bit better.

Here's the result. Enjoy!

How Far Does This Highway Go?

Here's a video I recorded last year with Anna Su and Rachel Vaughan.  Enjoy!


How Far Does this Highway Go? from Secret Moustache on Vimeo.

The Making of Howling Tree

Some shots from the making of Anna Su's "Howling Tree"!

Looking Ahead with Nate Miller

Now that work is complete on Anna Su's album, I am very excited to begin working with Nate Miller on a new project.  Nate has a unique approach to music, and this approach makes for some very creative and personal results. Recently, while trying out a new mic/preamp combination on my 1917 Ivers and Pond piano, I put him on the spot by asking him to sing something. Here's what resulted:

Even in an impromptu recording, his talent is undeniable.  He is a true pleasure to work with, and I'm excited to see where this project goes.  More to come!

Anna Su: Howling Tree

As some of you may know, I have been working for a number of months producing a friend's first album.  Anna Su is a gifted songwriter and singer with a truly unique ability to bring people together around her music.  Her music has been described as "gypsy folk", but it's really just music that brings together all the things she loves—travel, love, and community.

I had the pleasure of working with Anna to bring her music to life through recordings.  We worked in a number of different locations and on different formats, from overdubbing piano parts at my house to recording live to tape at a friend's house.  The result is something we are proud of, and we sincerely hope you enjoy it.

 The album will be released 10/10/10 in physical form, but you can preview it online (and purchase it digitally) here.  One of the tracks, "Return to Me" is available as a free download for a limited time.  Please let us know what you think!

Also, there are some pictures of the recording sessions here and here.  

Thank you all for your support over the past 8 months.  We so appreciate all who encouraged us to pursue this project.  Feel free to comment here with your thoughts, or send us an e-mail.

Lyrics to "Monsters"

See the monsters tall
Holding that crystal ball
Letting their hair go grey
Just like my love for you

And see the smokestacks rise
The white clouds in the skies
Colliding sheets of air
Shaped like my love for you

Those nightmare winds that blew you 'round for years
They can't touch you here
Call it fate, call it what ever you please
Just stay right here with me

I bought up all your cars
Put all their keys in jars
Then paid off all your loans
Just to show my love for you

I threw your pictures out
Left you no room for doubt
Then filled my notebooks up
With all my love for you

Secret Moustache Videos

Back in April of this year, Anna Su, Rachel Vaughan and I got together to record videos of some of the songs we had written in recent months.  Will Gramling even dropped by to play some pump organ.  You can check out the complete set by following this link.  In the mean time, here is a video for your viewing pleasure:



Old Fashioned Remedy from Secret Moustache on Vimeo.

Recent Photos / Making Records

Over the past few months, I have been helping Anna Su produce an EP.  While working on the recordings, we have had many of our friends stop by to help us out.  Among them, Kris Karlsson, George Krikes, and Rachel Vaughan.  Here are a few photos from recent weeks...

Additional Gig!

Hey Friends,
I am pleased to announce the following additional gig:

Tuesday June 22, 2010
Anna Su feat. Secret Moustache
Molly Malone's
575 S Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles
$8

Rachel Vaughan will be joining the fun.  Come!

June means Rachel Vaughan

June means summer, and summer means the return of Rachel Vaughan. I am very excited to announce the following gigs:

Saturday, June 19 with Rachel Vaughan
Viento y Agua Coffeehouse
4007 E 4th St
Long Beach, CA
(free)

Saturday, June 26 with Secret Moustache
Genghis Cohen
740 N Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA
($7)

Monday, June 28 with Victoria Clemmons
Molly Malone's
545 S Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA
($7)

If you can make any of the above dates, please do. Each will be a unique night of love and music.

City Presbyterian Church

Lyrics to "Empire Builder"

you rolled into the room like a thundercloud on the plains

it was all shock and awe, I had it written all over my face

held my paper cup high to collect the pouring rain

second chances come seldom, my mother used to say

you're an empire builder, with two little hands made of steel

and your figure's like smoke drifting up from your chimney heels

when your fingers lock mine, I get turned up in your wheels

fell asleep in Madrid, never made it to Seville

make no moat for the castle you build across from mine

lay your stones and your mortar, but don't make them walls too high

hide what you have, but leave something for me to find

if lovers are given, then someone read my mind

there I was, made of money, in a three part circus act

and they would boil me and pluck me, and I would grow it all back

we'd spend it all on the weather, buying clouds and thunderclaps

don't chase second chances, but grab them if you can

and the hats are all blowing, and the leaves are all changing shapes

and your hair is a-dancing, making art out of your face

and Jupiter is spinning Saturn's rings into lace

come over tomorrow, we'll watch them from my place

December, 2009

Upcoming Shows

Uhh time I dusted off the old blog.

New shows:

February 26 with Still Watters Run Deep

Molly Malone's Irish Pub (575 S Fairfax)

I'll be singing one or two of my own at this one

March 3 with Celeigh Chapman

The Mint (6010 W Pico)

Just playing guitar...

Love,

Nate