Holy hell! I just heard 4 new Muses songs! Damn. Rizzo sent them to me instead of to Dave (I'm not supposed to hear 'em yet, since they're only K on guitar) but hey all's fair in love of Muses, right?
I got 'em around midnight last night and sat listening over and over...I am blown away. Even the titles were cool: Sunray Venus, Terra Nova, Milan, Swollen. I wish I could share 'em with you...really, I do. Kristin's killing it right now.
You tease, Billy
Thank goodness for monthly CASH tracks. We certainly can't complain about a lack of new music :) Can't wait to hear the new Muses stuff, I can't believe it's been almost 7 years already since the last record!
First the sewer backup gets fixed, now this. New Muses stuff. Sunday doesn't get much better than that. Updates indicate perhaps a special whip-round for recording with the boys...?
OK, I just got goose bumps.
"Sunray Venus"? That has got to be the best song title I've heard in years.
oh billy, if you're this excited, they must really be good.
any chance we might get downloads of the acoustic versions in the future? i absolutely love hearing kris play muses songs solo-acoustic. it's one of my all-time favorite things.
oh something else - whatever happened with those songs, i'm thinking of a specific group of them that included "Lemon Tree" and "Clarke's Nutcracker," and i think there were others too - last thing i remember, Kris hadn't recorded studio versions of them... do you happen to know what the fate of them might be? perhaps Muses songs?
Kristin did play Lemon Tree at one stop during her UK tour last year. It was a special occasion because the name of the venue was The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen Scotland :)
the latest from Kristin on twitter:
"recorded 6 new TM songs yesterday, acoustic demo-style, so the other Muses can learn them...i'll post the ones that sound Not Stupid"
BillyO, any idea of how will they be posted or when? i mean, will it be something spontaneous, or made available through CASH, or... (i know, we get so anxious and overexcited and literal about every tiny bit of news)
i'd be happy if we could just listen to a little preview, really :)
she's posting them!? she's posting them!!!! oh that just made my day. a perfect way to wake up in the morning
They'll be posted in Kristin's CASH project...kind of like a very fancy WIP.
@halfbornhalfmade: Those other songs are still in the mix. Kristin plays "Lemon Tree" fairly often, usually in her Shady Circle sets. I'd imagine it'll end up somewhere, eventually.
"Clark's Nutcracker" & "Palm" are being worked on in this batch of Muses songs. I'm looking forward to hearing them, for sure.
Thx for remembering those...I was just thinking about them myself, asked Kristin and got the answer above.
All I can say is, "Holy Sh__! New Muses?" I am feeling fairly sick today, but this brightens my day. Very Cool.
It's sunny here in L.A., but now it feels sunnier thanks to this.
holy freaking god i can't wait
(and thanks for the answer B - i was hoping some of them would end up as Muses songs!)
yay! "palm" sounded like a TM song even on the acoustic, but it's a nice surprise to see that "clarke's nutcracker" will *possibly* be too; it makes me imagine a cleaner, more produced sound for the next TM record after the rawness of the self-titled...
@Silverfrown: what a nice phrase: "the next TM record"
Is a full blown new Muses cd in the cards?
Is Tanya going to be involved at all?
Sorry if Im a bit late in the game on this :)
studio again...recording throwing muses songs, solo acoustic (very lonely!)...if i can raise the dough, i'll get the muses to play them next
i hope it's just as raw as the self-titled
hmmm, in a way i hope it's not... nothing wrong with that raw approach but i would love to hear more details; but i'm not thinking of "external details", just something closer to "Limbo", with different guitar textures, a mixture of clean and distorted instead of a homogeneous sound
guess that's the answer... there might be a Muses CD if there is money to make it.
hm, maybe it won't be a 'record that love built' (i have no idea how much it costs to make a record), but we could at least try a 'TM-recording-session that love built'.
...i guess i'm just too easily excited...
Haven't heard the songs, but maybe a live recording? Tips, Blue Nile, Mother-in-law lounge? A little essence of K-Doe always delivers the funk.
Maybe, the new TM record will be next year's CASH project as funded by the Strange Angels. That makes the most sense. This year's set of songs is already almost complete, and we are a steady flow of imcome for K.
Oh I'm all for that.(See above). Maybe it costs a little more to get the three of them in the studio though? (and perhaps still lawyers to be asnwered to?). Maybe Strange Angles plus a little bonus whip-round? SA for recording, something extra to get a nicely mixed record? Just musing. Sorry.
One of my friends is fortunate enough to have recently become a film investor. He explained how it works to me and I wondered if the same principle could be applied to expand the Cash scheme a little.
Basically, as a film investor, he invests money to a chosen film/s and has no say in the production. When it comes to release I think the first percentage of profit comes back to the investors once the costs have been covered. After production he obviously has an interest in the promotion of the film and does all he can to help secure the film with distributors.
If this was applied to Cash, those who were able to could invest a sizable chunk in a specific project (such as a new muses album) which would then be returned if/when the project covered costs along with a small percentage of any profit (after K had more than been looked after, obviously). If it doesn't make money, they share the shortfall too.
I know people here may be willing to invest without financial return (Strange Angels acknowledged), but I wonder if that incentive would help push things further and include more people. Imagine if there were funds for not only production but a physical release (if considered appropriate) and then also a video/promotion and distribution. Could a scheme like this provide more of a backbone for the music that a label would have provided?
Just to make clear, the thinking here isn't to make fast money off the back of Kristin, but an idea as to how the music can exist securely, and be pushed/promoted further so it gets heard more widespread and then generates more money itself to secure future projects (I'm aware there's a separate argument as to whether that's even necessary).
Rob
Exciting! I'd definitely be willing to chip in some extra cash on top of my SA subscription if that would mean another TM album.
I totally agree about the 'whip round' idea and would gladly pay over and above the Strange Angels subscription if it meant a new Muses album!
This raises several questions in my mind one of which is: how many Strange Angels are there? Do we know where all the SA's are in the world? Also, can we help somehow to spread the word to try to scoop up more fans who may not be aware of the project? If so how? Are there other, less tangible, ways that we as an army can help CASH Music in general and K in particular?
I wonder how the investment idea would work in creating, selling and distributing this music too. Intriguing idea Petrolboy.
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