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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Happy New Year

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Here's a note of thanks for the year just past. Thanks for a son who is insatiably curious and who has a fantastic sense of humor. Thank...
Monday, November 23, 2009

My Romantic Tendencies

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I have always been a closet romantic. I enjoy the sentimental side of things. As a pre-teen, listening to my little panasonic transistor r...
Monday, November 16, 2009

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World LIVES!

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It's been a few years since The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World was produced. The legal problems which held it back were recently lifted...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Recording Bandon at Skywalker (video)

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Here's another video taken from the recording session for "Two Hands". It's not the take that is on the CD (that take was ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Our Amazing Brains (aka My Sony Tape Deck)

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When I was 15, a friend and I worked most of the summer painting my family's house. With the money I earned I bought a reel to reel tape...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

All in Three Quarter Time

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Here's something you might not have noticed: All the music on "Two Hands" is in 3/4 time. I didn't really plan it that w...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Desert Rocks and Gunnar - the Connection?

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Rob Jenkins - master of the lens. None of us involved in putting "Two Hands" together can explain why Rob's photo (of the m...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Marie Antoinette & Gunnar - The connection?

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I've known Kent Sparling, the producer of "Two Hands", since he was a young man. I've known his music since he was a teena...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Miles Davis and Gunnar - What's the connection?

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Janet Boye Jenkins is the creator of the glorious design for Two Hands. It is by no means her first CD cover. Straight out of Pratt Institut...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Recording Nino and Me (video)

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I did not wish a camera crew to intrude on the intimate, sequestered recording process of "Two Hands", but we did set up a station...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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A solo piano recording? From the singer Gunnar Madsen? Piano is really my main instrument. I taught myself guitar and piano from the age of ...
Monday, September 7, 2009

Apologies for CD Baby problems

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Some of you have had problems trying to order from CDBaby this summer - they're the company that have, for years, provided such excellen...
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Friday, August 7, 2009

Jobs I've Had

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I find it reassuring when I read of someone successful that I admire, and find that they've had a series of 'normal' jobs and li...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Best $10 I Ever Spent

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There are things, little things, little manufactured things, that I am grateful for every day. They are, like, miracles. They make life so m...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Dads in Uniforms

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Coming from the library the other day I passed by our local uniform store. Pleated, boring cotton/poly blend workclothes and uniforms were a...
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Gunnar Madsen
SF bay area
Composer, singer, actor, VO artist, writer, future philanthropist
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