Update
Hey Everybody,
I know it has been a while since I posted a new song to this page. I apologize to all my subscribers for the hiccup. Tour took a lot more out of me than I had expected! It was a great journey through Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden), but to suddenly jump back into recording and producing a new song every week was fairly impossible. For those of you who are subscribed, I did recently create a new folder which contains 34 for of the 50 songs I promised to release this year. We also recorded 3 new ones in NYC right before we flew out of the country. So that puts me up to 37 so far this year! I’m working on 8 songs with my band 23 Psaegz, and the other 5 will be done in my home studio. My thought at this point is that it will probably all get done in January or maybe early February. I forgot to account for life and rest when I created the goal of 50 songs in a year. It’s quite a bit of work. I hope you’ll all be patient and realize I’m just one man!!
So, after I get the 50 done, you will still have the opportunity to vote for which songs you like best and what will go onto the final album, but I’m thinking it might end up being two albums, one for the 23 Psaegz and one of my solo work in the home studio. There’s so much good material, and it is all so varied in style and production! I plan on continuing this subscription project but expanding it. I’ll be opening it up to some other websites (although this one will always be my priority, releases etc. will be here first), and I’ll begin a year of video making. I plan on making music videos for the top 5 songs from this year’s productions and also begin work on my puppet rock opera, which will eventually be a full length movie, but I’ll be releasing it in short webisodes over the course of the year. So, please spread the word! This has been a great boon to my creativity and inspiration. I hope we can keep on with it and even make it grow!!
Here are some PHOTOS from the European tour, enjoy!!!
All the best,
Seth
Song #26 – Dumb Waiter
My good friend Gil Mortio from Brussels, Belgium put this song together from an a capella version I wrote. I really made it come to life in ways I never would have imagined. He seems to do that with all his work. He’s got a stellar band called Joy As A Toy, which I highly suggest checking out. The image which goes along with this track is by a friend from Portugal who lives in Morges, Switzerland named Ivo Emanuel Coelho Gonçalves. He’s done great poster designs for me two tours in a row now!
DUMB WAITER – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
A lion says you love me
Even in your secret whisper
Terror beckons forth love
Marriage is a worth pain
Buried in a turban
Carry me to the mocha flats
Where the mochachino healthy hats
Spring along fare oh well
Dingaling Fare thee well
Teleport my fridgerator
To the crater in the waves
Make sure they don’t take out my dumb waiter
Teleport my dumbwaiter instead
Dumb waiter, can I take your order
See you later, toodle-ooo toodle-ooo
See you later
Bank a ton on me
I bank your four eyes
Like to bank your four eyes
For these guys to my left
No big surprise, these guys
To my left
They’re in disguise
Like my dumbwaiter
Can I take your order
Dumbwaiter
Don’t make me see you later!
Can I make your order
Can I take your water
Can I drink the water from your table
I’ve made this my mask
Tell me if I’m a dumbwaiter or not
Just ask
If you haven’t got a clue
Just ask, ask
Would you like a word or two
Dumbwaiter, I’m braver
Made of flavors
See you later
I’m working
I have to go back to work now
goodbye, goodbye
See you later
I have to go back to my work now
Goodbye
Song #25 – Video Games With Real Guns **FREE SONG**
This is one of those songs that come out easy, and I don’t really give much thought to until I start playing it over and over again when suddenly I realize their true power to move me. I love this one a ton. That’s why I’m giving it away for free to the general public. I hope you will all enjoy it as much as I do! Special thanks to 23 Psaegz for all their work preparing the songs and recording them at Blackdog Recording Studios in Rochester, NY. There were seven songs in total we recorded during these sessions, and I’ll be releasing them over the course of the next few weeks. Enjoy!!
VIDEO GAMES WITH REAL GUNS – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
When the wrecking ball makes all come down
When you’re standing in your destroyed town
You take picture on your phone
Send it to the drones
Send it to the clones
Perhaps the pic will end up viral
Thousands will pretend they care
Your pain and grief will make you famous
But you’re still standing there, dust collecting in your hair
Till you finally start to walk away
Everywhere you go they think you’re homeless
That’s not exactly what you are though
Your home was destroyed, and now you’ve nowhere to go
Into the mountains where you’re looking down
See it’s happening to every town
People doing it are playing games
Video games with real guns, and don’t say it ain’t a shame
So you attempt to bring them back
To reality through desperation
They cannot see the lives they take
Sat at a desk with numbers spilling out of their hands
Your vision grows across the world
Finding its way to all the boys and girls
They spill into the streets in numbers too large to contain
But are they desperate as you?
It’s not the numbers but the drive inside
You’ve got to show them that the fight is alive
Got break the shell of protected ignorance
Expose the innocence and teach the clone how to cry.
Song #24 – Pity Party (co-produced by Grey Revell)
What a busy stretch I’m going through. It would seem that I am behind on releasing songs for this project, but I have been actually getting ahead on the project by recording clusters of songs with people and planning recording sessions. It is out of necessity because my puppet opera 23 Psaegz is about to have our first performance with puppets. The puppets are very large things which people get inside of… a brand new artform for me to work in. So we’ve just been learning and coming up with our plans from scratch. It’s been difficult and rewarding. Many people have been putting in time to make this work. I feel so blessed. I’m thankful to my friend Grey Revell of Impermanence Studios in Belmont, NC for his production work on this track. He did a wonderful job both adding instruments to my original simple version and then mixing the whole thing into a cohesive sounding track. Hopefully he and I will be working together more in the future!!
PITY PARTY
Heart and body will bleed when I sit down and know the party is done
Hey we’ll scream out, the party leavings on the floor, I can’t take this anymore
Hey! come clean up what you’ve left behind
I’m not your mother, and I didn’t throw this party for your benefit
You’ve ruined it, make me sick
I’m not your mother, not your sister or your brother
We’re not even friends, why did you come in here again?
Alright, alright
The paper died, you take my pride slowly
You’ve taken all that you can from me
Now Go
I don’t want you here.
I’ll keep my pride
A revolution’s starting below
You were never meant to see it
The world is starting up
We’re standing up on our own
And there ain’t nothing you can do to stop it
Don’t get in our way, Don’t breathe in our space
You’ve done enough this time
This pity party’s over
Alright, alright
The paper died, you take my pride slowly
The paper died with human pride
Our wheels collide
I’m taking sides
Linking arms with what I know is right
And I’ll fight with my will
For the wings to take flight
For the answer inside
I’ll no longer hide
A revolution in the streets
In the market on our feet
A revolution overboard
Throw the monster to the dogs
A revolution in the streets
In the market on our feet
A revolution from within
Rip the monster from your skin
Alright, alright
The paper died, you take my pride slowly
The paper died with human pride
Our wheels collide
I’m taking sides
Linking arms with what I know is right
Don’t get in our way
Don’t breathe in our space
You’ve done enough this time
This pity party’s over
FAERGOLZIA: European Tour
Seth Hebert-Faergolzia and a group of 5 amazing musicians will be traveling Europe this Autumn performing Seth’s music including #100songs, Dufus, 23 Psaegz, Forest Creature and anything else you can think of with the latest troupe, FAERGOLZIA.
September 19 – Skylark, Rochester, NY (warmup show!!)
September 20 – Alto Cinco, Syracuse, NY
September 22 – Palisades, NYC (US sendoff show!!)
September 24 – Ting Galleri – Malmö, Sweden
September 25 – Old School – Private show- Bastanäs, Linneryd, Sweden
September 26 – Makvaerket – Regstrup, Denmark
September 29 – Wohnzimmerkonzert – Kamen, Germany
September 30 – Café Central – Brussels, Belgium
October 1 – Stumpf – Hanover, Germany
October 2 – Hasenshaukel – Hamburg, Germany
October 3 – Cafe Scheune, Wrendenhagen, Germany
October 4 – Tipi – Leipzig, Germany
October 6 – Studio Savec – Prague, Czech Republic
October 7 – Fluc, Vienna, Austria
October 8 – PMK – Innsbruck, Austria
October 9 – YOUZ – Bad Ischl, Austria
October 10 – Chäsi – Gysenstein, Switzerland
October 11 – White Horse – Morges, Switzerland
October 12 – Secret Show – Kehl, Germany
October 13 – Benderhof – Kaiserslautern, Germany
October 14 – Schokoladen – Berlin, Germany
October 15 – Waggon – Offenbach, Germany
October 16 – Blau – Mannheim, Germany
October 17 – Oetinger Villa – Darmstadt, Germany
October 18 – Shorty – Bärenbach, Germany
Seth plays acoustic guitar and loop station. From California, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, John Ludington from Absynth Quintet, a critically acclaimed gypsy-grass band, “…the lovechild of Beck and Frank Zappa…” Seth and John toured Europe in 2013 with their collaborative project, Forest Creature. Shaun Jones from Heck Yup, will be gently shredding electric guitar. Laura Lee Jones wearing an old washboard will tinker with auxiliary percussion & provide voice and theremin melodies. Beat professor, drummer extraordinaire, Dominic Marini is on his maiden voyage with Faergolzia.
The freak-folk group will be performing a full and varied cross-section of the peerless oddball music that has delighted and baffled audiences, collaborators, and critics alike for over a decade. Faergolzia will continue to shake musical conventions, making moments honest and organic in their exploration of possibility.
Song #23 – Maybe I Will
It seems every summer I say to myself, “This will be the summer I relax and enjoy nature and the weather etc etc”, and halfway through it I am hard at work again on some new project. Usually I’m frustrated at it because it’ll be booking work or online band promotion or whatever… the stuff independent musicians invariably have to take care of in our day to day lives. This year, it doesn’t feel so bad! I’m working on multiple projects, but they are mostly artistic in nature. We ARE planning a tour for September / October in EUROPE, but the stuff I’m mainly focused on is rehearsing my rock opera, my band, and building big puppets!! We are premiering my rock opera all three nights of the Purple Pig Music Festival in Naples, NY, August 28, 29 and 30th!! This is a massive undertaking with a big band and a bunch of puppets, something I’ve been working on for the past 8 years. It’s name is 23 Psaegz. The band was formed around this project.
Anyway, on to the 100songs project. It may look as if I’ve slowed down in putting the songs together for you all, but the fact is, we’ve been in Black Dog, a great studio here in Rochester, NY, recording 7 new songs for the project. In addition to that, there are producers from Belmont, North Carolina, New York City, and Brussels, Belgium working on tracks for this project. Some really exciting productions are coming out of these talented technicians!! Without further ado, I’d like to present a track recorded by yours truly and produced / mixed by Brian Speaker at SpeakerSonic Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
MAYBE I WILL – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MAYBE I WILL
MAYBE I WON’T
PICK UP THE SUN WITH A LADLE MADE OF STARS
LIVE OUT MY DREAMS NO MATTER HOW BIG OR FAR THEY ARE
MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREVER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN
MAYBE I WILL
MAYBE I WON’T
RIP A HOLE THROUGH THE FABRIC OF REALITY
MAYBE I WILL
MAYBE I WON’T
PICK UP A POSSE AND WE’LL FLY INTO A RAINBOW
MAYBE I CAN MAYBE I CAN’T
BUT IF I DON’T TRY WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF ME
MAYBE I WILL
MAYBE WE CAN
AT LEAST I’LL TRY AND JUMP INTO THE SKY AND SEE
MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREV ER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN
1-2-3 INTO FOREVER
NO MATTER WHERE I GO I’LL REMAIN
THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT A MINUTE LONGER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY TAKE I’LL RECLAIM
MAYBE I WILL MAYBE I WON’T
MAYBE I WILL MAYBE I WON’T
MAYBE I CAN, MAYBE I SHOULD
MAYBE THIS PLAN IS DEFINITELY GOOD
DEFINITELY DEFINITELY DEFINITELY GOOD
MOVE AND FOLLOW MY HEART, NO MATTER
NO MATTER WHERE I GO IT’S THE SAME
THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT FOREVER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO I’LL REMAIN
1-2-3 INTO FOREVER
NO MATTER WHERE I GO I’LL REMAIN
THEY CAN’T HOLD DOWN MY SOUL, NOT A MINUTE LONGER
NO MATTER WHAT THEY TAKE I’LL RECLAIM
Song #22 – Baby Dinosaur
This is a song my daughter and I wrote together. She made up the lyrics, I made up the melody (although I think the melody was kind of made by both of us) so it’s kind of a children’s song! Friends have been telling me for years I should make an album for kids. This is the first track, and there should be a few more coming from this 100songs project… My friend Gil Mortio from Brussels, Belgium did the production, which means he did everything except for my voice and guitar… so many things! He’s the guy who helped produce “Oh Holy Crismas” a couple years back. He’s awesome and there will be at least two more productions by him coming in the future! Thanks Gil! What you did sounds amazing!!
Baby Dinosaur – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Baby Dinosaur
Baby T-rex
Baby girl T-rex dinosaur
Where is a mama mountain
There is a mama mountain
Where is a papa mountain
There is a papa mountain
He’s not a mountain but a dinosaur
She’s not a mountain but a dinosaur
Baby Dinosaur
Baby T-rex
Baby girl T-rex dinosaur
Baby is little
Mama and papa are big
1-2-3
Baby Dinosaur
Baby T-rex
Baby girl T-rex dinosaur
Wonder who made the mountains?
Dinosaurs
Once there was a story ’bout
Who can guess it?
Yes it was about a dinosaur
Baby Dinosaur
Baby T-rex
Baby girl T-rex dinosaur
Song #21 – Truest Blood (FREE DOWNLOAD!!!)
So, it’s been a bit since my last posting. I have had a lot on my plate, booking a European tour not only for my band but also for my friend Danielle Ponder. It’s a crazy time with tons of time on the computer. I figured since I put out 4 songs in May, I could take a week to focus on these other things in my life which are getting neglected. Now I’m back with a vengeance! This song, Truest Blood was a blast to produce. I always wish I had more time to go deeper into it, but for now this is what you get, and I think it’s pretty awesome. It’s nice to have a job which gives me such great pride and brings joy to others. I only wish we could all have jobs of this sort… perhaps we can. Without further ado…
Truest Blood – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Die, and my heart will ache
ain’t no curing that awful ache
please don’t ever, please don’t go away
don’t think I could handle the pain
here is my healthy heart
coupled with a frantic mind
if you don’t mind the way I spend my days
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
clear as a crystal pond
where you go fishing with a magic wand
the game you catch try to create a bond
with you they’re melding your mind
here is my healthy heart
coupled with a frantic mind
if you don’t mind the way I spend my days
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
in here you are
in my heart where doth flow truest blood
cannot go further in
this is all I know
in here you are
in my heart where doth flow truest blood
cannot go further in
this is all I know
This, this is all I know
I hope you see that I’m a simple man
please don’t expect me to have complex thought
I’m a simple man, it’s true
Please don’t ever go away
I don’t wanna have to live a day
without the love you give
don’t take it away
I see your eyes of blue
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
Clear as a crystal pond
where you go fishing with a magic wand
here is my healthy heart
coupled with a frantic mind
if you don’t mind the way I spend my days
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
I’ll gladly, though weirdly
I’ll gladly spend my days with you
in here you are
in my heart that doth flow truest blood
cannot go further in
this is all I know
this is all I know
this is all I know.
Song #20 – Garbage Night
I originally set out to record this song because I thought it would be easy! Boy was I wrong. It’s been a very busy time here in my world because I’ve been adding band members to the 23 Psaegz lineup (trombone, trumpet, bass and a new drummer), so we’ve been doing extra rehearsals… I’ve also begun work on puppets for the rock opera and doing all my normal things like performing a few times a month regionally and hanging with my awesome daughter. She was a great help in this particular recording project. She and I enjoy going out on Wednesday nights here in Rochester looking for treasure in the garbage people put out. This song is about that. I’m a strong supporter of reusing and repurposing stuff. I’m not a fan of throwing things out and using things which can only be used once. So this is my trash anthem, haha. In preparing for the release of this song, I thought, perhaps I should use some instruments I’ve actually found in the garbage to accompany the song… you know, living by my word… anyway, my daughter helped me to sample a huge pile of metal percussion pieces I’ve collected over the years from old lamps, or pots and pans etc. We made a huge recording of samples then I sifted through it and made a virtual keyboard for triggering the samples. It took an extra week of work that I didn’t know would have to happen, so the song is late, but it’s done! I think you’ll enjoy it. I hope you’ll hear the metal pieces in there and even listen to the extra release I put on the site for the $7 subscription members of the metal percussion only version of the song. Enjoy!!!
Garbage Night – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
There’s one night a week in this town where I live
Where you can get the things you need without a dime to give
Garbage night
Garbage night
when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
It may take a month before you see it
Maybe just a day
But while you’re looking stay alert
You never know what you’ll find along the way
It may not fit or look so perfect
A coat of paint or a couple stitches do you
Can’t be choosy when you shop in refuse
Garbage night
Garbage night
when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
Garbage night
Garbage night
No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street
When I was young I had tons of fun
Picking up electronics building my time machine
I plugged it in and off I went
It sent me exactly one second into the future
I declared, “It worked, it worked!”
But nobody believed me
They were jerks, jerks
I saw then that the trash was my only friend
Again and again the treasure’s right around the bend
Garbage night
Garbage night
when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
Garbage night
Garbage night
No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street
If you decide to treasure hunt at night
I won’t mind
There’s plenty out here for our kind
But please be advised
Watch out for mean guys
Not to mention bedbugs
Cockroaches might eat your eyes
Garbage night
Garbage night
when people put the things you need out on the curb for free
Garbage night
Garbage night
No need to buy it they’ve supplied it out on the street
Garbage night
Treasure night
We will find the things we need and probably some others
Garbage night treasure
When people put the thing you need out on the street.
Extra for Song #20 – Garbage Night (Percussion-only version)
GARBAGE NIGHT (PERCUSSION-ONLY VERSION) – © ⓟ 2014 Seth Faergolzia, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This is a track built entirely from cool pieces of metal which I’ve collected over the years. I am a strong believer in reusing what we have rather than creating more, in regards to keeping our environment in tact for the future of our race. Part of what I do in my daily life is to attempt to use less by collecting what others leave behind. I suppose that makes me sort of a scavenger, but I think it’s great! I have pretty much furnished my entire house with things I’ve found. There are things which were given to me and a couple things I’ve actually bought, but I generally only buy used things. blah blah blah.
I used all this percussion stuff from years of collection and finally made samples of them all. I will probably make the sample suite available to the public as well, following this project. My daughter helped me record all the little sounds which make up my collection. She and her best friend also did me the favor of singing backup on the chorus for the full song (which I’ll be posting in the next day or two)… I think they’re cute as cute can be. I had trouble not putting every little noise they made on this recording. Everything a little child does is pure gold!
I was listening back to this without vocals and without other instruments, and I just had to share it with you all. I just love the groove of it, and when you hear the song it goes with, you’ll be like, “how does that fit the song?” … but somehow it does. 🙂