tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26611269527866655202024-03-05T06:24:38.280-08:00Pawn’s Logic ™Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-10745561164683543822016-07-09T23:24:00.001-07:002016-07-09T23:24:37.269-07:00Video: Hard Times (Shining: Part 2) - Pawn's Logic <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2KKashBoCzc" width="480"></iframe>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-89773510625913154832016-07-09T10:04:00.000-07:002016-07-09T10:04:10.745-07:00LegendI said at one point "Legend" would get the Pawn's Logic treatment. Here it is:<br />
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Hey son - let me tell you 'bout a hero.<br />
He is just a guy, wears jeans,<br />
Like me and you.<br />
And he'll polish up right nice<br />
If the reason calls him to it,<br />
But I knew him best<br />
In his cap and vest<br />
And the dog he drove around.<br />
He made his mom and daddy proud<br />
As he eased his father's burden<br />
And he never quit, not once.<br />
Oh son, you must believe he's a man<br />
And not a legend.<br />
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Hey girls - let me tell you 'bout my hero.<br />
And if you think he's good looking,<br />
Should've seen him back in the day!<br />
For those of us who've known him<br />
He never ceases to amaze us -<br />
In his cap and vest<br />
Or his Sunday best:<br />
Your grandma by his side.<br />
He made his wife and family proud<br />
As he lived the good example<br />
And he never quit - not once.<br />
Oh girls, you must believe he's a man<br />
And not a legend<br />
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My dearest grandchildren,<br />
Let me tell you about a great man<br />
He was born in a time and place,<br />
So far away.<br />
In a house built out of hand-hewn logs,<br />
And yes, that's where he raised me.<br />
And this old vest<br />
I wear on my chest?<br />
Well it keeps me close to him.<br />
I am but a minstrel<br />
So proud to bear his legacy.<br />
So do you're gramps a favor:<br />
Little ones, keep the story alive<br />
Of a man, not a legend.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-89227431070510640232016-04-20T05:54:00.000-07:002016-04-21T06:38:59.941-07:00Under the Mountain: The Complete MetaballadYour new favorite record.<br />
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-45520207795518204152015-10-12T06:49:00.001-07:002016-07-09T09:46:42.738-07:00Album Production ResumesProduction of <i>Under the Mountain</i> resumed October 3, resulting in an unscheduled demo, "The Little Tree," a short appendage to the "Needle's Eye" thread. Yesterday, we released a rough demo for "Hard Times (Shining: Part 2)." We're not prepared to call the songs finished yet, but we're off to an auspicious start. We will begin production on the second version of "Needle's Eye (Christian & Dorothy)" and its dependent, "The Pall Bearer," by the end of the month.<br />Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-20150317974294033952014-02-04T14:12:00.001-08:002014-02-04T14:12:16.660-08:00Plans for 2014I decided last year during the Guitar Center Singer Songwriter contest that I've been doing stuff ass-backwards. Instead of writing songs and releasing them with all the bells and whistles under the name of Pawn's Logic ™, the plan is to work through an acoustic version and release a rough demo under my own name. "Big War" is my first, purely solo effort since "Legend." It's available for download for a limited time only from my ReverbNation solo page. You can stream "Big War" and other stories, below. Look for "Needle's Eye" in March, or thereabouts. "Dirty" is still being written, so I don't expect to have it ready for Pawn's Logic ™ before May. I have at least one new instrumental planned for this year, and expect a re-release of "In the Dark" with Bethannie on vox.<br />
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The finalists for the Singer Songwriter contest all had professional grade videos and professional-sounding songs. Several videos that I had personally dismissed as contenders for the finals--because I thought they were <i>too</i> polished--made it in. "All We Got" is a good contender soundwise, it's just a matter of making a professional-looking video. There's 7 months to perfect the four remaining tracks and tape and edit videos for all five. After trying to cram the taping and recording three live videos and a doing a lousy job of getting 3 more videos from previously recorded works--all in six weeks--this is not as much time as you'd think.<br />
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Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661126952786665520.post-640563316876110942013-11-10T14:22:00.001-08:002016-03-19T09:38:36.984-07:00Explaining Pawn’s Logic ™Essentially, Pawn’s Logic ™ was formed in the Nielsen living room, shortly after Chris Oakley proposed to our daughter, Bethannie.<br />
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When Bethannie was a girl, I used to play "Time in a Bottle" on the guitar and she would sing. We never played shows, so I never concerned myself with the limited sound my guitar could produce. After Chris proposed, Bethannie asked me to accompany her on guitar so she could sing "Time in a Bottle" for Chris at their wedding. I recruited my son, John Edward, on nylon string acoustic guitar to fill out the sound. We practiced for the better part of a year and made our debut at Bethannie and Chris's wedding.<br />
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It was our one and only gig.<br />
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Since then, John Edward has only picked up the guitar a few times, though he has jammed with me on trombone. At the time of this writing, Bethannie has recorded several covers, including "Time in a Bottle", and has even started laying down vocal tracks for our original song, "In the Dark." When she and Chris decided to have a child, they wisely agreed that their family would always come first, so music tends to move at a snails pace for us. Our granddaughter is the best thing to happen to us since our own children and we wouldn't have it any other way.<br />
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The original music recorded, ostensibly under the Pawn’s Logic ™ banner, is layered from music written on my guitar(s), often includes some electric guitar, and from time to time, some electric bass (always MIDI instrumentation). When I entered the Guitar Center Singer Songwriter 3 with Don Was contest, I realized I've been doing everything back-assward: I've been releasing all of my work under the Pawn’s Logic ™ banner, without ever recording a simple demo. Hearing "Under the Mountain", "In the Dark" and "So Free" stripped down to just me and a single guitar has made me cringe on some occasions, while making me proud at other times. Putting "Legend" into the world under my own name was terrifying, but it's a story I wanted the world to hear, even if it's not fully fleshed-out yet.<br />
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"Legend" begs for the Pawn’s Logic ™ treatment, if only to emphasize the melody and dynamic structures, but it won't happen any time soon. Other songs are in the works, to be sure, but before adding the additional thoughts in my head, the guitar and the voice will stand alone, as they do with "Legend":<br />
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<b><i><u>UPDATE - 19 March, 2016:
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We have a winner! Our new Pawn’s Logic ™ version of "Legend:"
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Because we are not a professional band, we've dispensed with the formalities, such as expensive domain names and elaborate websites. Don't worry--you'll find everything you want here, from links to our self-produced EP, complete with a discussion on the music on it, to lyrics, videos and more. Please visit us on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/pawnslogic">SoundCloud</a>, <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/pawnslogic">ReverbNation</a> and <a href="https://www.twitmusic.com/pawns_logic">TwitMusic</a>.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645275009532730770noreply@blogger.com