The Song Journal

Miscellaneous news and writing by Bob Franke, mostly about songs as a portable art form, and the process of creating them and enabling them to do their work in the world.

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from www.bobfranke.com: Bob Franke began his career as a singer-songwriter in 1965 while a student at the University of Michigan. Upon graduation in 1969 with an A.B. in English Literature, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has since made New England his home. Bob has appeared in concert at coffeehouses, colleges, festivals, bars, streets, homes and churches in 33 states, four Canadian provinces and England.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Welcome

Welcome to The Song Journal, perhaps more accurately at this point Bob's Song Journal, informal postings about how things are going in the world of this singer-songwriter, and occasionally, how things are going in the world. My personal goals here are to lower my obscurity quotient by opening up a dialogue with audience and colleagues.

Work on the new live album is going swimmingly; I'm looking forward to working with Andrew Calhoun on his Waterbug label. Thanks are due (and will be noted) to Rich Warren, Eric Arunas and WFMT-Chicago for recording the concert. The working title is The Other Evening In Chicago. I've been editing the recording on my old Compaq computer using Audacity running on the Mepis Linux operating system. Mel Green has agreed to do design. Our goal is to get the recording out by the end of June. Watch this space!

3 Comments:

Blogger Brian Sullivan said...

Bob (aka Maestro Franke),
Great idea for a Blog! Obscure? Say it ain't so! Obtuse, maybe...<;-).>
Does the title The Other Evening in Chicago indicate a live recording?
Brian

Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.

8:24 PM  
Blogger Bob Franke said...

Brian--The Other Evening In Chicago indeed indicates a live recording, recorded by the same guy that did the original, with better equipment. Jane--Good for you for using the web, and a great idea for anyone to make their work available. I remember that workshop with a great deal of affection, and I think of Pendle Hill as one of the holy places on the planet.

11:00 AM  
Blogger RuTemple said...

Welcome to the Blogosphere, Bob!
While I fondly recall performances you gave years ago at the Coffeehouse Extemporé in Minneapolis, one of my favorite, and alas most recent memories of you was at a small concert in the guitar shop in Santa Cruz where you sang a note and all the (well-tuned) guitars on the walls resounded it right on back to you.
Warm hellos from a singing fan.
-Ruth Temple

2:26 PM  

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