It's Tuesday again, no surprise, and it's time for me to share with you a band that is new to me and maybe new to you. Her name is Marnie Stern. She's an american guitarist that has an unique style known as finger tapping. Her music is so different it's hard to describe, but i'm going to anyway. It's almost like a mental exercise if you actually follow the words. It is a song though trust me it just starts out slow and eventually builds up. One of my favorite songs is "Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling". I'm going to try and find most of my songs now on Youtube for your listening pleasure because I've had a few people not be able to play it when I use playlist.com. You can find this song on there though if you want to listen to a studio version instead of live.
Song Lyrics...
I am not looking to find a pot of gold
I will paint you a picture that's inside my head
First I must carve out a place
Picture yourself carving out a place in a room
Now look up there's the diamond ceiling
Look up now, this is what it sounds like
Around you is a solitude trilogy
And glass slippers are on your feet
When I say go
You'll here the solitude trilogy come in clearly
Go
Now look down the glass slippers are on your feet
This is what they sound like as they meet
Now walk in the self-eaters
Their sound is much clearer
Here
So you sit down and start to think of ideas of the north
But in walk the latecomers
They back shuffle forwards
Their sound is weird
I am not looking to find a pot of gold
The picture in my head is my reward
Go
Around you is a solitude trilogy
And glass slippers are on your feet
When I say go
You'll here the solitude trilogy come in clearly
Go
Now look down the glass slippers are on your feet
This is what they sound like as they meet
Now walk in the self-eaters
Their sound is much clearer
Here
So you sit down and start to think of ideas of the north
But in walk the latecomers
They back shuffle forwards
Their sound is weird
See how easy to dream a scheme of sounds in your head
We must dream on. We must dream on
You see the pieces fall away from the outer shell
We must dream on. We must dream on
So you see, I am not looking to find a pot of gold
The picture in my head is my reward
The picture in my head is my reward
Go
It's quite blues-y. She is a talented guitarist! i suck at finger tapping...but it is easier on an electric guitar.
ReplyDeleteI love that you have such diverse taste, Steph!
A lot of people won't budge out of their "scene", and they are missing out on so much!
aw thank you, I am pretty open when it comes to styles except country....I usually don't like country as a rule but if someone asks me to listen to it I will.
ReplyDeletethere was this guy in a speech class I took. He could finger tap and he was admit tingly good but he was a douche so I never complimented him to his face about it. bad Stephanie bad!