Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: Everyone rehearsing in my head. It rocked.

Spocon concert set list, some CD news.

My concert at Spocon was just incredible, due, largely, to my amazing assortment of backing musicians. With Brooke Lunderville on banjola, Mike Briggs on guitar, Desiree on violin, and Char MacKay on backing vocals, there was no chance of failure. I am so very grateful to have been their Music Guest of Honor. As is the standing tradition around here, I now present my concert set list, including annotation and lyric links, because that's what makes it useful.

The Spocon set list, with arrangement notes, was as follows:

1. "Counting Crows." (Seanan, vocals; Mike Briggs, guitar; Brooke Lunderville, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char MacKay, backing vocals.)
2. "Modern Mystic." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
3. "Last Call." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
4. "Cartography." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
5. "Oh, Michelle." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
6. "The Black Death." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
7. "Dear Gina." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
8. "Silent Hill." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
9. "Washington Rose." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
10. "Evil Laugh." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)
11. "Wicked Girls Saving Ourselves." (Seanan, vocals; Mike, guitar; Brooke, banjola; Desiree, violin; Char, backing vocals.)

The bridge for "Wicked Girls" was...

"Now Susan's a pirate, and Vixy's run off with the fairies,
And Tanya keeps careful account of the treasure she buries,
Char poses riddles, and Patty plays tricks,
While Brooke conjures music from wires and sticks,
And the rules that we live by are simple and clear..."

As always: "Modern Mystic" is on Pretty Little Dead Girl. "Counting Crows," "Cartography," and "Wicked Girls" will be on Wicked Girls. "Oh, Michelle," "The Black Death," "Dear Gina," and "Silent Hill" are on Red Roses and Dead Things. "Evil Laugh" is on Stars Fall Home.

Two quick CD notes: I am sending my last restock of Stars Fall Home to CD Baby. If you don't order it from them, you'll need to track down a friendly local filk dealer. If you don't have a friendly local filk dealer, you'll probably want to order a copy before they're all gone. Barring sudden discovery of a mis-shelved box, this is it.

I have the final cover art for Wicked Girls, and will be opening pre-orders soon. Because of postage costs, pre-order CDs will be $18 each; I'll see if there's a way for us to combine postage on multiple CD orders, but I don't yet know. International costs TBA. Watch this space for details.

See you next con!
Tags: brooke, concerts, filk, good things, i make music, post-con
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jeffreycwells

August 4 2010, 01:47:19 UTC 6 years ago

Ah, to wait on the possibility of combined shipping or to rush out and buy Stars Fall Home before it's potentially gone fer good...

I guess, tonight, in the state of mind I'm in, the question boils down to how many tracks on Stars... resemble "Causes and Effects" from Red Roses and Dead Things, because that song is like a great big splitting maul made of harmony to the head.

muddlewait

August 4 2010, 02:02:06 UTC 6 years ago

Harmony? Go to Seanan's site and listen to the sample of "This Is My Town." Then her "Catch the Tide" cover with Vixy. Go on, I dare you.

jeffreycwells

August 4 2010, 02:31:13 UTC 6 years ago

Hm. Those are good. Needle edging toward "purchase immediately" end of dial...

seanan_mcguire

August 4 2010, 13:41:52 UTC 6 years ago

Even if you wait on combined shipping, it won't help with Stars Fall Home, honey; I'm talking about "combined shipping on multiple copies of Wicked Girls," not "Wicked Girls plus other CDs." I don't do direct sales of anything once it leaves pre-orders.

If you're looking for harmony, "Sycamore Tree" is your cuddly loving brain parasite friend.

jeffreycwells

August 4 2010, 14:57:23 UTC 6 years ago

OIC. Thanks for the clarification.

seanan_mcguire

August 4 2010, 14:59:00 UTC 6 years ago

It's okay; I can totally see where the confusion comes in. But yeah, I don't really do shipping of anything but whatever's in pre-order. (Now, since you're coming to visit, we can also do the "buy from me directly" gig. I just plead for pre-orders, because it's what allows me to print.)