This is the easiest 18 cents that anyone ever made. As the proud co-owner of the copyright of this song, I’ve tasted a drop of the adrenaline a con man must feel after he’s bid his mark goodbye.

If there was ever a fear that alien hostiles existed and were looking to invade Earth, I would nominate this video as a pacifier to be beamed out into space. It truly sends the message that there’s not much going on here, and it’s probably just as well to move along.

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Song: A remix of “The [...]

Continue reading Get Help on Youtube #2. Need Video Ideas!...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2011/10/get-help-on-youtube-2-need-video-ideas/feed/ 0 http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2009/01/band-in-boston-revisited-red-jacket-orchards/ http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2009/01/band-in-boston-revisited-red-jacket-orchards/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:47:57 +0000 tony http://www.gethelpmusic.com/?p=112 The second song from our latest visit to Andy and Jen’s. Full post is here.

If you’re not familiar with the Band in Boston Podcast and what they do, you should get over there now and read up. There are pages and pages of great performances, served up in [...]

Continue reading Band in Boston, Revisited: Early Hours...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2009/01/band-in-boston-revisited/feed/ 1 bandinboston As our handful of faithful readers know, Get Help performed at Andy and Jen's Flophouse way back in November of ought six. It was an eye-opening performance for us, and was fittingly enough also our first. Their living room and our DNA are intertwined, As our handful of faithful readers know, Get Help performed at Andy and Jen's Flophouse way back in November of ought six. It was an eye-opening performance for us, and was fittingly enough also our first. Their living room and our DNA are intertwined, and I am speaking figuratively, of course. If you're not familiar with the Band in Boston Podcast and what they do, you should get over there now and read up. There are pages and pages of great performances, served up in lunch-sized portions, all done in the cozy sanctity of Andy and Jen's living room, backed up with the requisite toy drum set. Midriff guru E.R. is the Alec Baldwin of their SNL, and our troubadour hero Fanged Robot makes his appearance on their pages as well. So we returned late last year for another go-round. Our hats are off to Andy, whose skills at the mixing board have gone from impressive to amazing, as evidenced by how skillfully he retouched and prettified our rumbling and bumbling and stumbling into the endzone. He makes us sound better than we ever could ourselves. We have posted two songs from the session here, but please check out the whole podcast episode for some deep cuts and colorful covers. You have a money back guarantee on 24 minutes of your life, courtesy of Get Help Community Enterprises, LLC. The setlist: Early Hours, Fall-in-Love-to-Song, Punishing Good Deeds, It Begins Well, (Not) Not a Friend (Sebadoh paraphrase), Red Jacket Orchards, Sugarcube (Yo La Tengo cover). Get Help no http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/band-in-boston-temporary-speed-zone/ http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/band-in-boston-temporary-speed-zone/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:35:21 +0000 tony http://www.gethelpmusic.com/?p=116 The fourth song from our first Band in Boston session. Full post can be found here.

Tuesday July 17, 9pm PA’s LOUNGE (Band in Boston Residency) Somerville, MA

Our very first show was at the Band in Boston Flophouse, and its necessity mothered some invention; invention which has left an enduring imprint on how we go about writing and playing our songs. So while we may not exactly owe them our first born…um, no. We owe them our first born. Moving on, this concert will feature the full experience: Bill, [...]

Continue reading The Summer of Help continues...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/the-summer-of-help-continues/feed/ 0 It's hot in the city streets, and the city streets are hot. Help yourself to two flavors of Get Help this month: - Tuesday July 17, 9pm PA's LOUNGE (Band in Boston Residency) Somerville, MA - Our very first show was at the Band in Boston Flophouse, It's hot in the city streets, and the city streets are hot. Help yourself to two flavors of Get Help this month: Tuesday July 17, 9pm PA's LOUNGE (Band in Boston Residency) Somerville, MA Our very first show was at the Band in Boston Flophouse, and its necessity mothered some invention; invention which has left an enduring imprint on how we go about writing and playing our songs. So while we may not exactly owe them our first born...um, no. We owe them our first born. Moving on, this concert will feature the full experience: Bill, Dennis and Dan will be bringing the noise as well. Friday July 27, 8pm CLUB MIDWAY New York, NY There isn't much of story here, other than to say it's Mike and I performing as a duo, it's an early show, and we may be joined by some special guests. We hope to see you there. Oh and because they were lying around, we have posted two more mp3s from our first Band in Boston set: Town Fires and Temporary Speed Zone. Get Help no http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/red-jacket-orchards-v2/ http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/red-jacket-orchards-v2/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:30:16 +0000 mike http://www.midriffrecords.com/gethelp/archives/40 Compression is a (the?) wonderful beast. Used incorrectly, it’s a weapon; it’s the metal spatula, squeezing the bejesus out of the already tired-looking chicken about to be laid to rest in a grave of yellow rice at your local Halal truck.

When overused, it’s also a weapon I guess, but something more along the lines of the Death Star. It makes drums sound like surface-to-air missiles. Listen to this version with headphones.

I had intimated in the previous posting that this song borrowed generously from an already commercially released recording, and all of our listener calls have [...]

Continue reading It Begins (Well, Again) (v2)...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/07/it-begins-well-again-v2/feed/ 0 Get Help has long studied Japanese "just-in-time" management techniques as a model of efficiency. This slightly updated version of It Begins Well grows leaps and bounds over its predecessor, it's the 15,000 cars in a month that Hunt Stevenson had promi... Get Help has long studied Japanese "just-in-time" management techniques as a model of efficiency. This slightly updated version of It Begins Well grows leaps and bounds over its predecessor, it's the 15,000 cars in a month that Hunt Stevenson had promised us; all we've done is throw in three gallon-drums full of drums and a tub of fuzz guitar. A new song is born, and damn if this isn't the definitive version. I had intimated in the previous posting that this song borrowed generously from an already commercially released recording, and all of our listener calls have missed the answer. Here's a clue: this is a song recorded by a Flying Nun band, and later covered by an Elephant 6 band. C'mon people, we're here to educate. Do the research. Get Help no http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/04/fall-in-love-to-song-v2/ http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/04/fall-in-love-to-song-v2/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:47:49 +0000 tony http://www.midriffrecords.com/gethelp/archives/35 A considerable upgrade to the original, done entirely by Mike on live guitar and drums. I had always been quite satisfied with the original guitar lead, which tickled my one-take-takes-all, leave-in-the-dropped-wine-glass, GBV mentality. But Mike apparently had bigger and better ideas, which have since left said mentality under the bookcase with the old Tascam.

Starting with a harmonic track that you can kinda hear in the back of the left side of your head, I built all these sounds rather quickly and then set to give them a decent recording. When I was most of the way through, I realize why it came so [...]

Continue reading It Begins Well...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2007/01/it-begins-well/feed/ 0 The Loop Station is a great tool for making a Get Help song, which features layers and layers of sound, like so much paint on a 50 year-old building in the East Village...say, mine. Paint so thick that you know the building will never fall. - The Loop Station is a great tool for making a Get Help song, which features layers and layers of sound, like so much paint on a 50 year-old building in the East Village...say, mine. Paint so thick that you know the building will never fall. Starting with a harmonic track that you can kinda hear in the back of the left side of your head, I built all these sounds rather quickly and then set to give them a decent recording. When I was most of the way through, I realize why it came so easily; it was very closely based on another song, a song whose name I won't mention, so you can guess if you like. It's kinda obscure, but I realize I'd heard it within the week, and that took a little joy out of piecing it together so quickly. So I guess this is from our Subconscious Cover Song files. The line 'missing man formation' was the basis for the song; I think that's something they fly at the end of Iron Eagle. Remember when hating Middle Eastern despots was easy? Get Help no http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2006/11/get-helps-first-live-show-all-else-fails/ http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2006/11/get-helps-first-live-show-all-else-fails/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:32:25 +0000 tony http://www.gethelpmusic.com/?p=113 The second song from our first live show, ever. Full post can be found here.

Continue reading Get Help’s First Live Show: The End of the New Country...]]> http://www.gethelpmusic.com/2006/11/get-helps-first-live-show/feed/ 0 bandinboston In preparation for our first gig ever, Get Help performs our first gig ever. Out of the approximately 36 hours Mike and I spent in Boston this weekend, I would say 28 of them were probably spent either rehearsing or performing one of the six songs we u... In preparation for our first gig ever, Get Help performs our first gig ever. Out of the approximately 36 hours Mike and I spent in Boston this weekend, I would say 28 of them were probably spent either rehearsing or performing one of the six songs we ultimately recorded live at Andy and Jen's Flophouse. Mike also got to meet Bill for the first time, which I think is very important: Get Help members should have a vague idea who other Get Help members are. The setlist: Traveler's Shaving Kit, End of the New Country, Carne Asada, Temporary Speed Zone, Town Fires, and All Else Fails. All six tracks are available in the podcast on the Band in Boston site, but we knifed out two mp3s for ourselves. Get Help no