I've seen that Jan 4th is David Berman day (on account of it being his birthday). Looks like there have been events on / off over the years. Does anyone fancy trying to do one in London? Could try and get some musicians together?
Let me know if anyone thinks this is a good idea you fancy getting involved in.
Just seen there's a new Silver Jews Podcast starting on 24th July. The pics from this insta post alone are beautiful so am excited: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_NncDEYqO/?igsh=MTdqMngwdmt6cWRrMA==
If you love Pavement (Which you should) and you haven't heard Silver Jews yet then you're very lucky. I find it wild that Pavement has around 2 million monthly Spotify listeners and Silver Jews are in the 200k range. Both bands are so good but also so linked.
So if you love Pavement but are new to the Silver Jews then go to your streaming service of choice now and stick on 'Trains Across the Sea'. You're welcome.
Just seen that a new podcast on Silver Jews is starting on 24th July... looks very exciting. Just the pics from this Insta post alone are beautiful: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_NncDEYqO/?igsh=MTdqMngwdmt6cWRrMA==
This is a long shot but any Wilco fans in North London who fancy playing music?
I put out a solo album last year and I play in a great band called Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY). GAWTMY all live in other countries so playing live together isn't feasible very often.
I've been offered a London solo gig in October and wondered if there was a rhythm section and another guitarist in North London who fancied an adventure.
This is me covering Wilco while fronting GAWTMY: https://youtu.be/l2Ejy2uPaeE?is=6r2GVqVkaCa9341T
Anyway long shot and hope it's ok on this page. I love Wilco and Jeff's solo stuff a lot and figure if you're a musician and a Wilco fan there's a strong chance we'd hit it off.
I know it's the most obvious of his songs you can cover but I've really been enjoying playing and singing this one. Using my Epiphone Casino with bigsby through a fender gtx100 emulating a 1965 twin
Never heard this one. Came on shuffle after inside the golden days of missing you and let's move to the country by smog. What a brilliant song
Can't stop listening to and playing this one
Hi everyone - I played my first gig with a band in almost two decades the other night. And I did it using two Epiphones. The Casino is a 1997 Korean model I picked up around that time. I took off the pickguard and got a bigsby added to it. It's been so much fun playing it again and getting reaquainted. I'm playing it through a Fender Mustang GTX100 mainly set to an early 1960s Twin sound. The Epiphone IBG J45 I picked up last year when I was trying out some of the Gibsons in the Gibson Garage and then comparing it to the Epiphone and it really didn't feel or sound like that much difference.
Anyway, I'm very much in love with these guitars and thought some members of this wonderful Subreddit might enjoy seeing them in action (if you want to see one of the few guitar solos then skip to 01:12:40 !!): https://youtu.be/T4scjqRNUP8?si=jMCnbEjpKbv9ZqWa
Hi everyone. I've been a huge Leonard Cohen fan since I was around eighteen. My father was in a band with the late Matt Caspi who accompanied Leonard on guitar during his tour of Israel playing for soldiers in 1973 and we named my son Leonard - he's always been a big deal in my family.
I used to play in a band called Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY) in Beijing about seventeen years ago and then gave up music for a long time. We reunited last week for a show in London. Despite the rest of the band suggesting we have one up our sleeves we didn't have a sing as an encore. The wonderful crowd insisted on one. With nothing ready to go I started playing one of the songs I know by heart and was very touched by how everyone joined in - both the rest of the band and the audience singalong.
I thought that members of this wonderful subreddit might appreciate the footage of this moment. What a song. What a man.
Hi all. I used to play in a band in Beijing called Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY) in 2008/09. We reformed in London recently after seventeen years apart. Our violinist Kirsten has an absolutely beautiful voice and we were thinking of a song that would give the audience something to really enjoy (especially those unfamiliar with our original songs). Anyway we chose Landslide and it went down really well. I thought this sub Reddit crew might enjoy the video!
Here it is:
I used to play in a band called Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY) when I lived in Beijing in 2008/09. We had violins and other instruments. After we left Beijing I discovered and got big big into Wilco. I was listening to Jesus Etc once and my wife said it reminded her of GAWTMY.
So when we reformed last week for our first show in 17 years I suggested to the band we cover this song. They'd never heard it before but fell in love (how could you not?). Anyway, I thought the Wilco reddit crew might appreciate hearing us play it.
I made a video of us playing it in rehearsals the day before the show. It went down well - you could see the two or three Wilco fans in our audience singing along.
Anyway here it is and if you like it please check out other GAWTMY tracks.
https://youtu.be/l2Ejy2uPaeE?si=6vBA90_yj5V-ob20
The photo above shows GAWTMY on the stage where we played Wilco Etc. I told the crowd Jeff Tweedy was practically my kid's babysitter (not sure if anyone got the reference)
Thanks for the encouragement to get myself a copy...
I'm going in...
Hello. I'm an amateur singer songwriter and I've never had proper training. I tend to sing on the edge of my vocal range and it's always fine but then I arrange these ambitious things. Last year it was recording an album in one day. The recording went well but I rehearsed a lot in the run up and it hurt when I was singing so much so I basically stopped for a week before the day.
This time I'm reforming a band who said coming from all over the world. We have two days of rehearsals and the show.
Last night my voice started hurting again... Mainly in the throat.
I'm 42 and wondering if perhaps my higher range is just going. Also wondering if I'm partly psyching myself out or perhaps I've just got poor technique and don't take warming up seriously for hour long practice sessions at home. Or maybe all of these things?
Any advice appreciated!
Hi all, I've recently begun the journey into the world of David Berman. I've been a Pavement fan for years and have recently been listening to them more. I always thought Silver Jews were a side-project of theirs or something but Spotify shuffle kept offering up things like Random Rules and I'd say this was the week I really started to get hooked. Listened to the first two albums all the way through today and have been doing the 'This is Silver Jews' playlist for the 'hits'. Then dug a bit deeper and read about purple mountains and it's very heart-breaking. Expect this is an obvious point but the lyrics are just wonderful. Funny, sad, poignant, funny and clever.
I've seen Actual Air on bookstores sites and wondered if it's worth it. Curious what people get from that book.
Favourite lyric so far is from the first record when he uses the line about drinking 50,000 beers that wash against him like the sea. Genius. And tragic that it was all too much for him.
Any other advice for things to watch/read to go deeper?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello Wilco fans who are guitarists. I've gotten great advice on here for making music. I'm playing a gig next month and it's the first gig I've done in a while with an amp. I've got an epiphone casino going into a fender Mustang gtx100. I've found pretty good settings to capture something of the Jeff Tweedy sound (using an emulation of a 1957 tweed) but for the songs where I'm using my j45... Would you go into the sound desk or use the amp? Wondering what Jeff does when he's switching because it looks like he uses the same guitar lead. Any advice appreciated.
And if of interest the band I'm playing in got some airtime on BBC 6 music yesterday ahead of our show (any London based Wilco fans are welcome. We may well cover Jesus Etc because we have a violinist!). The radio playvery exciting. You can check it out here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWTwNQUiHuF/?igsh=MWNkNWR0aDM5cjMxNw==
Thanks in advance for any guitar sound advice
Hi everyone,
Long-time listener, first-time poster here. I wanted to share a bit of a surreal full-circle moment we’re having.
Back in 2008, a few of us formed a band in Beijing called Girls Are Waiting To Meet You (GAWTMY). We had a wild year, released an album, made a DIY video for our song 'Zombie Girl' that did some numbers back then, and then... life happened. We scattered across the globe—London, LA, Germany, Shenzhen—and haven't played together in over 15 years.
Fast forward to now: we’ve decided to fly everyone into London for a one-night-only reunion on May 15th.
The reason I'm posting here specifically is that Amy Lamé just played 'Zombie Girl' on her 6 Music show! For an independent, DIY project that started in a basement in China nearly two decades ago, hearing it on 6 Music was pretty special.
If you’re into art-punk, cinematic violin, or just love a good "band getting back together for the hell of it" story, we’d love for you to check us out.
It’s going to be a bit chaotic, very loud, and possibly the only time this line-up will ever be in the same room again.
Would love to see some of the 6 Music family there!
Cheers,
GAWTMY