brice woodall

Here is my last 2011 studio effort for free. Please download it and share it.
Since SXSW and our last Chicago show, I’ve been hunkering down and writing and playing Casios and learning a few new skills and pieces of gear so as to improve on the sounds that I have produced in the past. For the next few months I’ll be in my home studio demoing new songs in preparation for the next studio recording and phase in this wonderful musical journey.

Brice Woodall – Sea of Knives from Brice Woodall on Vimeo.

I apologize for speaking so cryptically about things. Here is something that is more concrete.-You can name your own price for the downloadable version of my 4 track cassette/hybrid tape EP “Some Odd Years”. I also have more physical copies that will be available online soon but until then you can get them for free if you come out to our shows. I think it’s a good deal (wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Know what I mean? Say no more).
Downloads- http://bricewoodall.bandcamp.com/album/some-odd-years-cassette-ep
Cheers!
Upcoming shows-
2/10/12-stripped down set-Uncommon Ground (Chicago) with Steven Gilpin
3/31/12-Brice Woodall and the Inklings-High Concept Labs (Chicago) with Eliza Rickman www.elizarickman.com

Here is a screenshot from the “Sea of Knives” video directed by Trevor Bittinger.

The year is coming to a close and what a great year in music it was for the BW camp. “Id Escaped” is continuing to get great reviews like this one from www.thedadada.com-
“The ‘Id Escaped’ EP is a very impressive collection of 6 songs that touch on identity & aspirations, guilt, self-doubt, and paranoia. The music mixes elements of post-rock, electronic, and ambient, and Brice sounds like a psychedelic version of Gary Numan.” You can purchase the 7″ vinyl and free download codes from insound.com http://www.insound.com/Id-Escaped-7inch-Brice-Woodall/P/INS96864/

The first video from “Id Escaped” will be out in January. Trevor Bittinger is directing “Sea of Knives” and you might recognize his name because he also performed on the record. We’re keeping it in house people. The video is shaping up to be a real psychedelic Great Escape. We can’t wait for it to be out!

And there is one more bit o’ news for you. On January 20, 2012 the 4 song cassette “Some Odd Years” will be released at Ace Bar here in Chicago. It will be FREE! Before you can get your hands on it, you can stream it here-
Some Odd Years (cassette ep) by Brice Woodall
Believe it or not, it’s already gotten a mention and a description on brightersounds.tumblr.com-
“Brice Woodall released a new EP made partially on a cassette 4 track and partially on a computer. It features a lot of the key elements found on his earlier release, Id Escaped, but combined with a lo-fi aesthetic giving it a nice blend of sounds. Brice released it with this note:
‘These songs were recorded using a 1994 Yamaha cassette 4 track and then dumped into a computer for editing and for the addition of more textures.’
Definitely worth giving a listen although it won’t be available for purchase until next year, it seems.”

Happy New Year!!! Thank you for all of your support. We look forward to giving you more music to listen to.
peace,
bricewoodall.com

I used to LOVE recording on my 1994 Yamaha cassette 4 track recorder. It was my favorite way to demo songs and really figure out my arrangements. Bouncing, I wasn’t too into so I would usually max out on the 4 tracks, sometimes recording more than one instrument (like a vocal and hand percussion) to one assigned track. Blah blah. Here are some demos from around 2007/2008. Enjoy.
***The next round of 2011 demos will be a hybrid of 4 track and GarageBand(Mac’s recording software). Get ready for some more white noise and hissss!! ***
2007/2008 4 track cassette demos by Brice Woodall

So far we’re 4 for 4. Here are some of the blogs that have mentioned ‘Id Escaped’ nicely. Thank you so much for taking the time bloggers! It means sooo much to us.
In chronological order-
From indieball.com-
http://www.indieball.com/2011/08/17/brice-woodall/
From believeinsound.wordpress.com-
http://believeinsound.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/suburbsandskyscrapers/
From blahblahblahscience.com-
http://blahblahblahscience.com/track-reviews/brice-woodall-sea-of-knives
From sirensofdecay.com-
http://sirensofdecay.com/post/11359973170/bricewoodallbelieve

Thanks to MJ and the crew at the station for all of the hard work and of course a huge thank you goes to my band Wade Work and Sasha Geffen for their great performance.