Beads in Space
by Seamus on March 15, 2012
in indoor, macro, Music, photography
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For those of you who live in Melbourne don’t forget I have a gig this Friday night at Seraphim (upstairs bar, over the cafe), 123 Smith St, Seraphim. It’s as part of the way cool Songwriters in the Round brought to you by Melting Pot.
It’s about the 10th one of these I have done and the final in this great venue – so come on down – I am on at about 9pm for around one and a half hours. I will be sharing the stage with John Fleming (ex-Scared Weird Little Guys) and Carly Rae.
Creatures from the Bog (Have Needs Too)
by Seamus Anthony on July 12, 2011
in Music
A new recording and youtube video by Seamus Anthony (err, as in, me)
I wrote “Creatures from the Bog” while driving in the country one day. My car radio wasn’t working so I just jammed the song up sans-axe, and then grabbed a guitar later and the chords were just there a-waitin’.
This actual version was recorded when I was visiting my birth town of Adelaide, Australia (I live in Melbourne). I popped in to catch up with my mate Barry “Spindickle” Cree at Nigel Koop’s flat. Nigel and Spinner are both really well known musicians in rAdelaide and before (Read more…)
Fame at Last?
by Seamus on February 25, 2011
in Gigs, Music, Music marketing
Actually no, and anway, would fame be good or would it suck? Probably both, but what would I know…
Anyway, point is, this week, me, Beat magazine interview:
Also gig tonight in Fitzroy, Melbourne – see below flyer…
New band – Zuiiza
Yes that’s right – the new band is called Zuiiza – an odd name for a bunch of odd fellows.
Zuiiza is a totally obscure Japanese Zen word I found which means to be off duty (literally: to sit as one pleases) except we decided to pronounce it differently than you are supposed to. It’s apparently really pronounced “zoo-ee-zah” but we say it “Zoo-zah” and we keep making up various fictitious definitions for it, so in short, it’s pretty much a made up word 
Click here to check out Zuiiza and have a listen to some work-in-progress music.
Glass and Blood and Leaves
by Seamus on July 13, 2010
in Meditation, Music
Depth and Focus
Just reading an awesome free E-book called “What Matters Now“, compiled by Seth Godin; love this quote:
what produces real work (and happiness for each of us,
in my opinion) is depth, focus, concentration and
commitment over time.
By one Steven Pressfield.
It’s not a very trendy thing to say but it is the truth. It’s why I don’t seem to use that Twitter account I briefly flirted with. It’s why I will pursue my music until my pursuing days are over.
Speaking of which, two advancements today in that area:
- An awesome new vision (virtually worthless until realised of course)
- A new iPhone sketch, and right on-message too:
An Interesting Life
New song flavoured with a genuine hangover, some minor stuff-ups and a hint of lawnmower in the background. The Scarab Bar is in Belgrave, Victoria but it could be any bar anywhere right?
If you like ze tune zen please download and/or use the share function to ping it around the world, around the world, around the world, around the world (repeat).
Are You Too Old To Be A Musician?
The answer is “no”.
You are never too old to be a musician.
Maybe you’re too old to be a pop star for the teenage market – but do you really want to be that?
Just make your music dude, and don’t worry about how old you are. Age is meaningless.
In Defiance of the Lizard Brain
I was sitting in my little office in the backyard at about 4:30pm yesterday thinking about wanting to record and that little chicken voice, the one Seth Godin calls the Lizard Brain, was giving me the usual crap:
but you need money; make money then you can relax and make music.
Suddenly I just took on board Godin’s whole message from “Linchpin” (brilliant book, read it). I reached for my iPhone, pressed a button and recorded this:
… and by the time I went to bed I had figured out how to convert the file into something usable and it was online and available worldwide.
OK so it took me about 10 minutes to make the cover, and it’s pretty lame – but I can come back and fix that later.
OK so it’s recorded in one take on a Dictaphone. OK so it’s technically sub-standard – but you know what? I don’t mind.
Listening back to it, I like the way it sounds; it reminds me of a Neil Young song recorded around a campfire back in the 70s. I even like the 20 seconds of nothing at the end (the world needs more quiet moments of nothing between stimuli). Polished recordings have their place but so do quick n’ dirty guerrilla recordings. And meanwhile, the lyrics are exactly perfect for the statement: it’s about contributing – now, while you have the chance – not passively consuming.
OK so just because it is available worldwide doesn’t mean the world cares, but that’s not the point.
The point is more people are going to care than if I don’t record it and, just as importantly, release it (Godin calls it “shipping”). Don’t record and release – move nobody. Record and release (however flawed) – move somebody, somewhere for sure. And as an artist, all I really care about is moving people with my art, making a difference.
So bugger off Lizard Brain, get thee to a nunnery and I’ll call you when I actually need you.
I’m going to record and release a whole album like this over the next week or two; the working title is “Recorded on my iPhone (in defiance of the Lizard Brain)’.
Thank you Seth, you moved me with your indispensable book.
Reckoning (My Old Band) Music Available Online
Hi just a quick note to plug the new website I have made for my old band from waaaaay back in the mid 90s, Reckoning:
You can follow the Music tab to the download page or just go straight to the reckoning music. Here’s a taste:
And here’s the very seldom seen video clip of one our most popular tracks “Weird Kids”
Listen, download and if you like it please do share it around – there’s a share function you can use to plug it on facebook, twitter etc.
The exciting news is that preparations are now underway for Peter Owen (the drummer from Reckoning) and myself to get together next year and begin to make music again.
