Furniture Music, by Danny Paul Grody

Furniture Music

by Danny Paul Grody

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Charlie Moonbeam More woodworked guitar loveliness from Grody

Wendy Gao How does it have the power to calm the agitated and restless minds? I don't know, I do consider myself lucky to have encountered it.

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1.	In This House 04:52	buy track
2.	Yesterday, Without End 03:47	buy track
3.	Along the Coast 03:20	buy track
4.	For Lou & Bill 02:55	buy track
5.	Eli & the Sparrow 04:04	buy track
6.	The Sitting Tree 05:40	buy track
7.	Echo Summit 04:06	buy track
8.	Eye Beams 02:40	buy track
9.	Half Memories 05:00	buy track
10.	The Present 02:08	buy track

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This album collects some of my earliest works for solo acoustic guitar written between 2005 and 2007. In the beginning of 2014, I was given a wonderful opportunity to do a residency at Harrison House Music & Arts in Joshua Tree. Leading up to my stay there, I decided to go back and revisit these songs so that I could record them in that beautiful room you see in the cover photo. I wrote a few new pieces in the same spirit during the visit that found their way onto the album as well.

The album title is inspired by Erik Satie's concept of "musique d'ameublement" (furnishing music), which is background music originally intended to be played by live performers. I love the idea that music/sound can be engaged on many different levels, and in many different contexts. My hope is that these tunes can similarly slide between spaces and be listened to in multiple settings over time.

A special thanks goes to the gracious Eva Soltes for generously hosting me at the Harrison House. It was an incredible setting to create music. I also want to thank those in my life that have encouraged me to keep this particular music alive.

Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

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released November 6, 2014

All songs recorded in January of 2014 at Harrison House Music & Arts in Joshua Tree California. Mixed and mastered at home in San Francisco in the Fall of 2014.

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Danny Paul Grody San Francisco, California

Danny Paul Grody is a founding member of both San Francisco based bands Tarentel & The Drift. He is a self taught guitarist, and the melodies at the core of Danny’s songwriting bring to mind his love of West African kora, Takoma style fingerpicking and all things minimal, repetitive & hypnotic. ... more

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