Happy 12-12-12!!!!!

Another successful jam sessh. we are developing ourselves pretty well. Really liking our methods. Still super excited!

See, my looking glass!

    Could you call this an obligatory post?  Nah,that makes it sound like this is a chore.  Let's say it's our weekly post.  I want to keep at least a weekly update on our blog then share/post it a million times on facebook. Thanks to anyone who is readying/following/remembering this is here.

    No new recordings just some pics.  We're moving along, starting to formulate our music and being more methodical about the process.  From the beginning the three of us were accustomed to just "jamming" it out and seeing what happened.  Now we're writing and recording in order to have starting point to build off of.  Very exciting stuff!

  Here are some pictures we'll try to get some updated ones soon.  Also check out our Sound Cloud below!!!  Like, comment, and share please, thanks!!!

A few pieces of our arsenal.

Jamming at our local coffee shop, My Coffee Shop.  We had two friends helping us that night, Anton on the guitar and Stevie on the tambourine.

Hanging with Zach, one of my best friends doing something we love to do.

Joanna managing the equipment.

W&W Video Time!!!!!

So I've realized the lack of visual posts so here's a video of us playing at Open Mic at My Coffee Shop.  At the time Wind & Waves was nonexistent just two friends having fun.  We dedicated this song to Zach who was sick at the time, the third member of our group.




Here's an Avett Brothers cover.  This one is always fun!!!

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Wind & Waves Jam Sessh

Yes!  So had a jam sessh today.  Played "The Bay" and "Leaving home," both of which are sounding promising so hopefully newer, fuller versions in the near future.  Here are some pics of our jam space, it's small but awesome and random.

Leaving Home Demo

So here's another.  I still don't know how I feel about this...  Lyrics below:

Well I packed up my things and followed My Love 'cross the sea
To be cliche, never to return

Never spoke a word
Never took advice from anyone
Never knew when I'd return

And the waves keep on bubbling
And the wind keeps on blowing
And the sun keeps on rising
Without Me

Now for many longs years I've been struggling in this place
Found stable ground, finally

Then the loss of a soul
Of a person I thought I couldn't stand
Never knew
What he'd mean to me


And the waves keeps on bubbling
And the wind keeps on blowing
And the sun keeps on rising
Without me

And the waves keep on crashing
And the wind keeps on blowing
And the moon keeps on shining
Without me

I'm not certain but I
Feel the pull of the tides
And it sends me home.
But I've made my home here
Have the ones I love here
This is now my home

But to smell the ocean air
Feel the trade winds through my hair
This deep deep longing's hard to bear

But to smell the ocean air
Feel the trade winds through my hair
This deep deep longing's hard to bear

And the waves keep on crashing
And the wind keeps on blowing
And the moon keeps on shining
Without me

And the waves keep on crashing
And the wind keeps on blowing
And the sun keeps on rising
Without me


Leaving Home Demo

The Bay Demo

Wow so another update within the same month I must be super cool or something.

Here's a brand new song still in the developing stage but I wanted to get it recorded and out in the open.  Listen, like, comment share if you are so inclined to.  Lyrics below.

As the rain falls
On the City today
As the gray clouds
Hang over the Bay

The sailors watch the ships come in

As their wakes, tremble, the water
Against the Shore
The Perfect Reflections
Shake and distort

And so it proves nothing stays the same

As the Bay shrinks away
Before our eyes
Our fates we have surrendered
Surrendered to the Tides

But our Hearts will never drift apart

The Bay Demo

windandwavesmusic

So I uploaded some tracks we've had laying around.  Most are covers and we have a bunch more but hope to get some originals written and recorded.  Like and/or share our Blog and Soundcloud, thanks!

windandwavesmusic

Long Time: Fly Away Re-Demo

Wow,  it's been a while.  Some things have changed and happened within the past 4 or 5 months.  Some good and bad you know life as always.  After reading over the last post I realized I did re-record "Fly Away."  I'm dubbing it  a "Re-Demo."  The only changes to it are some smoother transition and a lower key change, otherwise its the same song just maybe 40 seconds longer.

I got my hands on the mandolin this week and already semi-wrote a song.  I'll see if I can post a demo of that aswell.  Hope that with the winter coming on I'll some how get motivated to write and record more.  I have a lot of ideas that I wanna get out and share so hopefully soon.


Fly Away Re-Demo

Fly Away

Here's a demo that was recorded at 2am.  I had an idea wrote out a few lyrics, recorded it and played it at Open Mic.  I think there should be more to it but I also like its brisk, fleeting message which really reflects how it was written, a quick thought that was captured and recorded.  Let me know what you think.  Don't mind the stops and mistakes I'll re-record it some time.  What you're listening to is my very first go at it.  I must've tried 4 or 5 times after that but decided it was best take, the woes of recording.

Lyrics:

The discrepencies of history have been molded into fact.
Why run when you can change the road and make it your own path?
To build with sand and contraband, the feats no one will know
But that nagging bit of conscience left that proves you still have a soul.

And I can bet you one thing. I youd be surprised
But the deepest darkest secrets are never hidden inside.
Theyre shown in a smile a nod, a nervous laugh, the evil is plain to see.
Which makes me wonder why youre not bothered with the evil inside of me.

And it makes me want to fly away.
And it makes me want to fly away.

The banality, the futility the struggle of it all,
Well whats the point of struggling when you know you will just fall.
You labor and you toil just so you can have some fun.
It's these open wounds that make this drink taste sweeter with the setting sun.

And it makes me want to fly away.
And it makes me want to fly away.

Fly Away

Balance

Something about weekend mornings and afternoons sitting outside and just strumming on the porch gives me balance.  It's funny how I decide I'm done playing and as soon as I put my instrument away another song starts running through my head.  It's never quiet in there...

Green Grass

Here is a Tom Waits cover that we rearranged a bit but thought it came out pretty well.  Have a listen and tell us what you think.

Green Grass

Introductions, introductions, introductions.

We are Wind & Waves.  We both were musically dormant for a good amount of time but found a spark of inspiration in a local coffee shop and it's monthly Open Mic Night event.  Starting with a violin and guitar we jammed our way to fruition and now play frequently for our friends and our town's street corners whenever time and spontaneity allow.  We've added a banjo, ukulele and djembe to our sound. Most of our repertoire consists of covers and a few original compositions.  Our influences include the Avett Brothers, Beirut, Eisley, Mumford & Sons, Against Me!, Bright Eyes, Tom Waits and much more.  We are in the process of writing, recording and getting our own material out.  So check back as often as you can for any updates, thanks for reading.