Curt Siffert's Bits and Pieces

Episodes

1. 10

   She Believes (v3)

   At about the time his daughter turned five, a buddy of mine started telling her goodnight stories. Except, this guy grew up reading comic books, so his idea of telling goodnight stories was to tell her the story of Darth Vader, and of Superman. There was something about that that I thought was so...

   Mar 12, 2009

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2. 9

   Damn My Eyes

   You're at a bar and you see someone amazing. What do you do about it? This one has some great playing from Steve Turmell and Chris Gustafson on drums and bass respectively. From a recent live rehearsal in my living room. If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up...

   Feb 24, 2009

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3. 8

   Vagabond Blues

   This is actually the first song I've ever written, and I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to post it. I wrote this for In The Buff, the a cappella group I co-founded when I was in college. I hear about this tune popping up from time to time, apparently others have used it or sung it in…

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   Feb 14, 2009

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4. 7

   Balancing Above The Air (v2)

   On 11/11/06 I wanted to see if I could write a song in less than an hour. The first draft took 45 minutes. The piano line was partially inspired from one of my piano improvs, Small Town Sunday. Lyrics were free-written. Lately I've been pulling it out again when playing with my trio, and I'm…

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   Dec 9, 2008

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5. 6

   My Favorite Clown

   I don't really know how to describe what this one is about, but I'm interested in hearing how it comes across, so leave comments or contact me. This one was another one-nighter - I seem to have better success with the songs I write in one night. It was a Saturday night, took about eight hours to...

   Dec 8, 2007

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6. 5

   I Have A Cold (v3)

   I wrote "I Have A Cold" in a couple of hours one night when I started coming down with a cold. I was trying to keep a sense of humor about it before it socked me too bad. Of course, the next few days sucked. Since then I've been adding little touches to it and recording better performances. This...

   Jul 8, 2007

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7. 4

   All Aboard (v2)

   In March I had a rehearsal with two friends of mine, and I pulled out this song to try and get a decent performance of it - I think it turned out pretty well. All Aboard is a song I originally wrote while I visited Nashville for a weekend. It's about how sometimes we follow a path just from…

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   May 26, 2007

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8. 3

   As One

   This is a re-arrangement of As One - composed by Curt Siffert, but arranged/covered by Steven Vavrick. It's quite a different style than I ever envisioned for the song, but it's a real treat to hear such a different vision applied to something I wrote. If you enjoy this song, feel free to…

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   Apr 11, 2007

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9. 2

   As One

   I wrote this song for my college a cappella group back in 1995. It was actually for a friend who seemed to really need the message of what the lyrics were about. It's interesting to me because the arrangement of the song feels different to me than the song itself, even though at the time this was...

   Apr 1, 2007

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10. 1

    Together

    This is about the divorce of a friend of mine. He became aware it was happening while sitting in an empty house they had just bought together. Of course, it took me a while to finish the song - I had to rush to finish it before he got married again. I ended up finishing it on his wedding day. I...

    Mar 1, 2007

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