July 2011
2 posts
It's really been a whole year?
I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since I posted last. Much has happened including the birth of my twin babies. But now that they are here and things have settled down a bit, I’m ready to get back into the music. In the coming week I hope to upload some more tunes that Brian Bowe and I recorded. And if time allows (which tends to be rare with newborn babies), I hope to...
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
4 posts
Joleen and I worked on a new song tonight....
This is a song I recorded today with guitarist...
Shoegazer jam session today! Hope to post some video or soundbytes.
April 2010
21 posts
Running in place
Listening to: Wilco, Summerteeth
I’m feeling a little discouraged tonight. I happened upon my copy of the Artist’s Way from about ten years ago. I flipped through the book and read some of my journal entries. The same themes stood out then as do today. I work too much. I do not spend enough time making music. I want to be a rock star when I grow up. Nothing has changed really. Not...
Before there was the Icicles, there was the...
Flip cam yay!
Just got the flip cam in. Hoping to post a video this weekend!
Alright by Gretchen DeVault. copyright 2006.
This...
“Posting all these tour pictures makes me miss life on the road!”
The Danelectros
When we (the Icicles) went to Europe to tour in 2007, Rebecca and I left our guitars at home figuring it would be quite difficult to travel with them. At first we just borrowed guitars from whoever we were playing with. That proved difficult, never know exactly what kind of ax we’d be playing. So, we thought it would be good to buy guitars while in Europe. Copenhagen to be exact. We bought a...
A New Year by Gretchen DeVault c. 2010
So, this...
Rock n’ Roll Girl (The Icicles, from the...
“When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the...”
– The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The pressure of the first post
Currently listening to: Bread, Anthology
My truest love is music. It has always been. As far back as I can remember, music has been my constant. When I think back to memories, most of them are accompanied by music. This past week I took a trip down memory lane by rocking out to some tunes from early college (House of Love, The Ocean Blue, Opal, The Verve, The Judybats). I am still amazed at how...