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So, if you read the post I wrote pre-show that was a major spoiler as I quite clearly blew the secret that I would perform an Elliott Smith song.

And believe me I had every intention of recording the actual live performance but among all the moving parts of playing my show I forgot to press record. Alas. You had to be there.

So last night I figured I’d record the songs I played live since my camera crew (myself) blew it so bad. This way you can imagine I’m playing a huge arena… although a cozy brick walled room with loads of friends and listeners in the heart of Silver Lake was, I think, much better.

I’ll post more songs from the set in the coming little while, even trying to get them on the podcast first to give you subscribers your due priority!

Let me know what you think of the cover. It’s such a fine line with songs you love… you want to show your love, but you really don’t want to disrespect them by ruining them either.

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Wrote this song a few days ago. Been playing cello again a lot, and wanted to create something using this arpeggiating technique across the strings (string players… what is the technical term for this? Can’t remember!)

Lyrically it carries the same theme as the rest of “The Faraway”. Journeys, changes, destinations.

Funny how I thought that the lyrics for this were just absolutely impossible. I banged my head against my lyric book for a couple days, recorded several scratch tracks of improvised lyrics and then walked away. When I came back it wasn’t garbage anymore, at least not when stitched together.

The real reason I made this was because I wanted to test out my GoPro Jaws Flex Clamp. It’s so simple, yet super brilliant for capturing live music. It worked! Now I just need to get like five more and clamp them everywhere.

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Tonight:
Luke Janela & Dan Mele
Artshare LA, Downtown Los Angeles
321 S Hewitt, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Starts at 8pm, FREE.

This one is weird and fun. I’ll be playing a lot of old songs that I haven’t touched in ages. I was intending to play new songs but just wasn’t feeling confident that I would actually remember the lyrics. So, I’m dusting off some old stand-bys and that is really interesting for me personally. Hopefully for you.

Dan is a fantastic guitar player and singer, and he’ll have a very talented mandolin player with him.

It will be fun.

I’ll see you there or I’ll just have to tell you all about it after the fact.