tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47195979135483690742024-03-05T05:47:42.234-08:00 Brad Currah Music Various worksBrad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-47905451857856548342022-12-13T22:00:00.000-08:002023-11-15T14:52:40.214-08:00Releasing Music10 years ago when we got back from CO, we had just finished a recording of the 14 songs I had written over a 14 year period. Some of the melodies of songs had been in the back of my mind for years before I had finally finished them. Anyway, I wasn't happy with the percussion. I wanted to find a drummer and add drums to pretty much every song I had recorded. We looked for drummers. Friends who Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-7836335113971193422022-08-13T18:36:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:03:55.913-08:00Legal Stuff pre-releaseSo yesterday I did a bunch of stuff to get ready for some music releases. I signed up with BMI and Songtrust. They both help with the collection of Royalty's in case your songs are making any waves. I also signed up with Sound Exchange. They help to identify and track music. Then, I tried to sign up with AWAL, who is a distributer, but I may not have enough stuff out there for them to accept me. Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-40314852643116865522018-05-28T21:22:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:04:46.853-08:00Father's Day 2018 - that's when the video is done. But we're adding drums. Setting up FB and blogger - and YouTube. Hopefully finish and release some day. Some...Christmas? Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-3950892903377733302018-05-25T23:39:00.003-07:002022-12-13T22:04:58.362-08:00Shopping
Trader Joes is a favorite of the Currahs. They seem to have a greater array of choices, in regards to minimally processed foods... great samples and of course, duck-shaped potatoes.Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-50764039422422791662018-05-18T22:21:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:05:25.152-08:00Ebenezer
Ebenezer. Our truck is one, at least for us. Like a monument to both a test and a provision from God to us. A few years after we bought it, a miracle in itself, while living in Golden CO we felt led to set up ebenezers... physical representations or monuments of of our experiences and memories of His provision, faithfulness. Our truck was provision. Included the truck in a video for that Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-82023342902495871902018-05-14T21:20:00.003-07:002022-12-13T22:07:52.493-08:00Comment on videosFeel free to comment on videos at youtube.com/bradcurrah. Or at rumble.com/bradcurrah. Comments can be encouraging, and helpful to us for the next video shoot. So, we'll release some soon. We're planning the next one now. No truck for the next one (we sold it.)
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-49862748972225442302018-05-04T19:31:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:08:25.202-08:00Sing Your People on You Tube. Finally...Sing Your People video was filmed on an iPhone. More recently life has been busy... with some weekend editing sessions, some occasional nights of Braedon and I recording drums, we'll be done some day. Though, it seems never really done. There comes a point when you have to stop tweaking it. Call it done, let it go. Upload to youtube, then figure out how to set up some sites. Thanks in Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-28932269049461779972017-03-24T23:23:00.004-07:002022-12-13T22:09:43.721-08:00Our TruckWe've talked about it, and we want to incorporate our truck. We bought it in CO when we lived in Golden, and we're looking at selling it now. So, we're hoping to remember God's provision by filming it. Making it the setting of our first music video. So, we'll detail it, wash it, fix a few things to make it look its best. Maybe we'll begin shooting this week...
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-52704052150974050952017-03-24T09:03:00.002-07:002022-12-13T22:09:58.828-08:00First video to work onThe song we're thinking about working on first is "Sing Your People". We're all singing on this one, and we have this idea of a lot of close up video shots. So, the more people singing - the better. This is the first worship song that I wrote so it seems appropriate for this to be the first video we make.Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-68992343373556742362017-01-08T23:26:00.002-08:002022-12-13T22:10:22.927-08:00Oreo discussion
Good times reminiscing about recording. And lunch.
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-29072841702796146662017-01-08T23:14:00.004-08:002022-12-13T22:10:39.956-08:00Deep Fat Fried Oreos
When I asked Aubri about her last experience recording in the studio, I thought it would be a good question to ask... something to write about. At the time, we were stuck with not much to do downtown. It was a great conversation, but not really what I was shooting for. She mostly recalled leaving the studio in between recording sessions, for lunch - of course... We had gone to a nearby Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-50065528133208756492017-01-03T21:44:00.002-08:002022-12-13T22:11:04.205-08:00keep old plates spinning
For someone who desires to both perform and write, a decent amount of time needs to be spent on both writing new material and practicing older songs. When you're working a day job, and have 4 kids, a mortgage, etc... neither of these seem to not get enough attention. Constant juggling act. How well do you want to be able to perform your old songs? How fast do you want to write new ones? HowBrad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-17908606244368925902017-01-02T00:16:00.003-08:002022-12-13T22:11:23.573-08:00writing while working
Sometimes working on the house can be a bit mindless. Painting, mudding, sanding, gluing, framing. They all take my attention, but not much thought. I am writing songs and vocal melodies while I build. I'll replay some guitar riffs in my head until I like the structure. Or, play some prerecorded stuff from a friend... on my phone, until they're memorized... rebuild sounds into a structure that IBrad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-42668826453414443122016-07-01T09:14:00.002-07:002022-12-13T22:11:46.965-08:00'71 Subaru 360Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-51923273544491431002016-06-30T12:49:00.003-07:002022-12-13T22:13:28.348-08:00Baya
Baya doodles while waiting to sing in the studio. She and her sisters did backup vocals for the songs: Mighty flame and For All Time. This wasn't for the album - just a fun side project.
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-83732294052974507882016-02-21T22:38:00.001-08:002022-12-13T22:13:38.344-08:00Travel GuitarI love carting around this a little travel guitar that my mother-in-law gave me. It's a little Yamaha which sounds pretty nice despite its size. I've heard other guitar players tell me that it has some decent tones to it. And then I remember that the strings are about 7 years old...and it still sounds fine. Keeps me practicing when I'm on a trip so I don't get rusty on songs, or I can write songsBrad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-30164972611496538822016-02-20T11:22:00.001-08:002022-12-13T22:13:50.025-08:00Lyrics are difficultIt's crazy. It might take 10 minutes to come up with a good chord progression, and another 10 minutes for a good vocal melody. Maybe it would take up to an hour for both. But LYRICS seem to take me a couple of years. I've gotta figure out a new way to come up with lyrics. Inspiration...
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-28989784325747340022016-02-18T01:33:00.003-08:002022-12-13T22:14:03.616-08:00Working on newer songs.My friend Mike and I have been practicing about once per week as of late. We just finished practicing the structure and vocal melody of a song I finished a couple of days ago. I'm not sure what the song should be about. I think the next album will have something to do with the Love of God for us. We're playing with a Drummer we found on Craigslist. Easy to play with, cool guy. We probably Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-6182920504947167882015-12-09T22:27:00.002-08:002022-12-13T22:14:12.452-08:00It's time to ramp up to some more music.I've been waiting for the right time to start writing, and playing again. I'm also wanting to either do a plugged version of Prayers of the Saints, or just re-record the entire album. Either way, heavier drums, more driving bass, and maybe a few less keys with a few more guitars. I'm wanting more of a Springchamber style. Much less laid back, more plugged in. Before I began Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-35812780602594964502014-08-18T23:41:00.008-07:002022-12-13T22:14:20.975-08:00Come Thou Fount Bloghttp://journeythroughhymns.blogspot.com/2014/07/come-thou-fount-of-every-blessing.html
Someone sent me a blog they started regarding the differing sounds of Come Thou Fount. Thought I'd share it. Back in the mid-nineties, my friend "Sky" and I would occasionally sing the song at a wedding or at an occasional church service. In Glorietta NM, we played it at a conference where a Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-73460522975994167472014-03-13T00:56:00.003-07:002022-12-13T22:14:38.241-08:00Coffee shop meetingBaelina and I met a woman a couple of days ago named Becky Garrison. Friendly. We hung out at Starbucks for coffee. Baya didn't want any coffee... doesn't really like it. We talked about some of my church involvement in my earlier worship years, the nature of elder-ship and leadership in the church. And we talked about our recent album. Apparently, she's an author, editor,Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-3083029653803551802013-10-09T20:15:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:14:47.770-08:00Breathecast Album ReviewA couple of weeks ago, we emailed a few folks in the online Christian Music scene letting them know that we had finished an acoustic version of our worship album, and invited a few editors to check it out. Today I received an email from a place called Breathecast letting us know that a review had been done. Below are a couple of quotes from the article.
"Prayers of the Saints Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-69061882532399485912013-09-25T22:35:00.002-07:002022-12-13T22:14:56.863-08:00Working on "Paris"I spent the day in the Tri-Cities. Most of my thoughts of the day have been on what kind of lyrics to write for "Paris"... The most recent song that Mike and I have been working on. No luck yet. Maybe tomorrow..
Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comPasco, Pasco46.23958 -119.10056tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-91909046808540702262013-09-13T00:20:00.003-07:002022-12-13T22:15:06.299-08:00The Currah girls are getting ready to spend the weekend at the beach with friends. There's something about a cabin right on the beach...Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719597913548369074.post-25674360532654366262013-08-12T12:32:00.005-07:002022-12-13T22:15:14.936-08:00The Album is Now Finished!After weeks of planning, days of pre-production and hours of recording... the album is finally finished. Thanks to all family and friends for your support in the creation of this album. To hear samples of the album, click on the MUSIC tab on the blog's home page... That is, whenever we can get it uploaded... with the right drums? Hope you enjoy it!Brad Currahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626466000073962918noreply@blogger.com