Presonus Eureka
23.2.09
Milestones
Venison Jerky...and Third Night...New Drum section for Vitamin Y
...and added new instrument to our projects too, called a Dukulele
21.2.09
8.2.09
OPEN LETTER TO MINNESOTA GOV. PAWLENTY
Feb. 10, 2009
Governer Tim Pawlenty
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Dear Governer Pawlenty,
I am requesting that you reconsider the decision to cut State Arts Board funding from the budget. While art is often associated with “self expression” the broader thinking skills that come from creating and developing art are overlooked.
I spoke with a gentleman today that credited arts education for development of ‘out of the box’ thinking that is required in his role as an air traffic controller. Once employed as a designer for over 15 years, he is currently is employed at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport. He mentioned he is not the only one working in the control tower with this background.
I am a landscape architect and urban designer and have returned to my home in Minnesota after living in New York City the last 6 years. I love this State and will be working to make it greater. As an urban designer I design city spaces, create site grading and structures, all the time looking for connectivity in human and ecological environments. I credit the arts education I received early on as a necessary human tool which mediated language and built form.
I think you would find that many responsible adults in many fields have the arts as a part of their overall education. It is my firm belief that cutting the arts can only hinder the efforts to make this state a truly great place to live in. Considering that the funding is already a small portion of the overall budget I urge you to reconsider its reinstatement. It is our best tool to guarantee we get through this budget crisis and back on our feet.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph Maurer
Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
Governer Tim Pawlenty
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Dear Governer Pawlenty,
I am requesting that you reconsider the decision to cut State Arts Board funding from the budget. While art is often associated with “self expression” the broader thinking skills that come from creating and developing art are overlooked.
I spoke with a gentleman today that credited arts education for development of ‘out of the box’ thinking that is required in his role as an air traffic controller. Once employed as a designer for over 15 years, he is currently is employed at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International airport. He mentioned he is not the only one working in the control tower with this background.
I am a landscape architect and urban designer and have returned to my home in Minnesota after living in New York City the last 6 years. I love this State and will be working to make it greater. As an urban designer I design city spaces, create site grading and structures, all the time looking for connectivity in human and ecological environments. I credit the arts education I received early on as a necessary human tool which mediated language and built form.
I think you would find that many responsible adults in many fields have the arts as a part of their overall education. It is my firm belief that cutting the arts can only hinder the efforts to make this state a truly great place to live in. Considering that the funding is already a small portion of the overall budget I urge you to reconsider its reinstatement. It is our best tool to guarantee we get through this budget crisis and back on our feet.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph Maurer
Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
22.1.09
TO WAKE in the works
A song which suggests, I, we, everyone literally and figuratively WAKE up...
what is obvious to the the eyes of children...
adults so often forget...
love, play and share...
time to wake, time to wake, wake, wake UP
Screenprint by Jef Aerosol available at:
http://www.blindangle.co.uk/blind_angle/artist_pages/jef_aerosol/Wake_Up_screenprint.html
17.1.09
8.1.09
PenofPaper
Cheat Sheet
Verse
Dm
Chorus
Dm
F no 3rd
Also, I think I might stretch it out to about 2:20ish and add some soloing space = I'll send a new track soon...
Joe
3.1.09
19.12.08
1.12.08
28.11.08
Holiday Single
Since today marks the beginning of the “official” holiday shopping season, the time has come to unleash Coconut & The Duke’s holiday classic: Jewish 4 Xmas.
The song brings a new perspective to this ultra-stressful time of year. Take a break from your Black Friday shopping spree and spend four joyous minutes with Coconut Joe and The Duke of Straw.
Coconut & The Duke ∞ Jewish 4 Xmas
24.11.08
16.11.08
Christmas is coming (as is this song)
Jew 4 Xmas
Intro: Driedel Song
Chorus:
C F
I Never was religious but I’m a Jew at Xmas I never was quite like that
C F G C
But the holiday season has given me reason To wear that Chanukah hat
C C/B Am G F G C G
Egg nog makes me sick and I’ll just bicker with my in-laws
Every single store has one more fate and jolly Santa Claus
Oh those bright blinking lights ties my retinas in knots
The smell of pine cracks my mind what was that I forgot
Chorus
I have a fear of Santa’s reindeer running me over in the street
Hoofs knock me down snow on the ground Xmas dinner I won’t eat
Under mistletoe wouldn’t you know no one gives me a kiss
Carolers outside I start to cry I can’t wait ‘til the 26th
Chorus
On the TV is that old Frosty I wish he’d just melt away
Holiday time I drink my wine at a party I don’t wanna stay
No pork just fish now I’m Jewish I celebrate in my cap
I light 8 candles now this I can handle spin the dreidel and clap
Chorus
15.11.08
14.11.08
26.10.08
Cheat Sheet for Developing Song
Honeydipper
Break:
D# B A
verse:
Dadd2/F# Bb F Am A7 (x8)
Chorus:
C9 Fdim (x4)
Is that a honeydipper?
24.10.08
Tre Melo and Tre Reprise Done!
Thanks to the Duke of Straw. Managed to keep me from going nuts mixing the thing.
Whew!
A beautiful thing to share...
2.10.08
Bamboo Overture is nearly complete
We wanted to make an overture for the album, compiled of parts of songs and demos we did for the album. We hope you like it.
Coconut & The Duke ∞ Bamboo Overture (demo)
Coconut & The Duke ∞ Bamboo Overture (demo)
17.9.08
Cheat Sheet6
Skinny Dipping With Your Hot Sister
by Coconut & The Duke
Verse:
Gm Gm D7 Gm (x4)
Chorus:
Gm D7 Gm D7 (x4)
Bridge:
Eb F (x3)
Eb F F#dim
Songs structure (i think) = verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, bridge, verse.
16.9.08
Cheat Sheet5
Skinny Dipping With Your Hot Sister
by Coconut & The Duke
Verse:
Gm Gm D Gm
Chorus:
Gm D Gm D
(i think these are right...)
by Coconut & The Duke
Verse:
Gm Gm D Gm
Chorus:
Gm D Gm D
(i think these are right...)
Cheat Sheet3
Tre Melo
by Coconut & The Duke
INTRO (CLARINET HEAD)
I DM9 I F#7 IA9 I G#7 G7 I
I Dadd9 I G7 I F#7add4 I B7add4 I
VERSE
C#m7 F#
We rattle for mountain streams…
B
A bottomless creek by a willow tree
C#m7 F#
In the ripple of the moonlight glow
B
Toes first nude swimming in the glassy warm current (I trust you)
B no 5 G# A D B
…swim until the break of dawn, and we’ll go, to the canyon, in the Bodhi tree
G# F# B
When we first spied in, no more sour streams…Gone are the doubts that stall dreams!
C#m7 F# B
The hollow bear searching in the canyon who will guide us a draw with carol barrel shaped Buddha with the….
BREAK INTO CHORUS (MANDOLIN/CLARINET)
I Eb I G# I C# I Bb A I
CHORUS
Eb C# Ab
What a beautiful thing to share!
Desire without pain, Love that isn’t vain…
Eb C# Ab
Don’t let them see in there!
Abandoned camel mines, our own secret lair…
BREAK INTO SOLO (CLARINET)
I Eb I C# G# I C# G# I A I A I Bb I
SOLO (SAX)
I Bb7b5/B I B13 I A9 I DM9 I F#7 I X 2 BACK TO VERSE
VERSE
We battle through a broken read
Bottomless speech and we’re lost in sleep
Buried poem in a compost bin
Carrots, turnips eggs and bread, golden garden greens
Swim through the living soil and we’ll go…to the canyon in the Bodhi tree
Two years back in, no more sour streams
gone are the doubts that stall dreams!
The hollow bear searching in the canyon will he guide us a draw with carol barrel shaped Buddha with the….
CHORUS AND SOLO (CLARINET AND MANDOLIN) END
by Coconut & The Duke
INTRO (CLARINET HEAD)
I DM9 I F#7 IA9 I G#7 G7 I
I Dadd9 I G7 I F#7add4 I B7add4 I
VERSE
C#m7 F#
We rattle for mountain streams…
B
A bottomless creek by a willow tree
C#m7 F#
In the ripple of the moonlight glow
B
Toes first nude swimming in the glassy warm current (I trust you)
B no 5 G# A D B
…swim until the break of dawn, and we’ll go, to the canyon, in the Bodhi tree
G# F# B
When we first spied in, no more sour streams…Gone are the doubts that stall dreams!
C#m7 F# B
The hollow bear searching in the canyon who will guide us a draw with carol barrel shaped Buddha with the….
BREAK INTO CHORUS (MANDOLIN/CLARINET)
I Eb I G# I C# I Bb A I
CHORUS
Eb C# Ab
What a beautiful thing to share!
Desire without pain, Love that isn’t vain…
Eb C# Ab
Don’t let them see in there!
Abandoned camel mines, our own secret lair…
BREAK INTO SOLO (CLARINET)
I Eb I C# G# I C# G# I A I A I Bb I
SOLO (SAX)
I Bb7b5/B I B13 I A9 I DM9 I F#7 I X 2 BACK TO VERSE
VERSE
We battle through a broken read
Bottomless speech and we’re lost in sleep
Buried poem in a compost bin
Carrots, turnips eggs and bread, golden garden greens
Swim through the living soil and we’ll go…to the canyon in the Bodhi tree
Two years back in, no more sour streams
gone are the doubts that stall dreams!
The hollow bear searching in the canyon will he guide us a draw with carol barrel shaped Buddha with the….
CHORUS AND SOLO (CLARINET AND MANDOLIN) END
Cheat Sheet2
VITAMIN Y lyrics and chords
by Coconut & The Duke
A A DM7 Csus4 Bb
Daily dose of vitamin Y If I don't get it I'll surly die
Daily dose of vitamin Y if I don't get it I'll surly die
Julie's got a itch, she can't scratch Bent over, and broke her back
Daily dose of vitamin Y If she don't get it, she'll surly die.
1 measure of Bdim transitions to Chorus (repeat once):
C Caug C#M7 D# C#7/D D
(I keep my) Pills in a pint glass Sha na na na na nan ana
(you keep your) Pills in a pint glass Sha na na na na na na na
Farmer Jon-jon burned his barn Now he's living in a hole in the ground
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Albino Sam burned his feet again (ouch!) Now they look like honey ham
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeat once):
Skinny Amy forgot to apply the brake drove her car in a lake – glug glug
Daily dose of vitamin Y If she don't get it, she'll surly die.
Danny M went hunting for goose All he shot was his left shoe - oh my!
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeat once):
Clyde The Boxer threw in the towel all to the cries of foul fowl
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chip-in Charlie missed the putt lost the match, fell on his butt
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeats and turns into one big, loud, rowdy party)
by Coconut & The Duke
A A DM7 Csus4 Bb
Daily dose of vitamin Y If I don't get it I'll surly die
Daily dose of vitamin Y if I don't get it I'll surly die
Julie's got a itch, she can't scratch Bent over, and broke her back
Daily dose of vitamin Y If she don't get it, she'll surly die.
1 measure of Bdim transitions to Chorus (repeat once):
C Caug C#M7 D# C#7/D D
(I keep my) Pills in a pint glass Sha na na na na nan ana
(you keep your) Pills in a pint glass Sha na na na na na na na
Farmer Jon-jon burned his barn Now he's living in a hole in the ground
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Albino Sam burned his feet again (ouch!) Now they look like honey ham
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeat once):
Skinny Amy forgot to apply the brake drove her car in a lake – glug glug
Daily dose of vitamin Y If she don't get it, she'll surly die.
Danny M went hunting for goose All he shot was his left shoe - oh my!
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeat once):
Clyde The Boxer threw in the towel all to the cries of foul fowl
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chip-in Charlie missed the putt lost the match, fell on his butt
Daily dose of vitamin Y If he don't get it, he'll surely die
Chorus (repeats and turns into one big, loud, rowdy party)
Cheat Sheet1
This will come in handy if I should ever forget:
In The Bamboo Forest Of Pennsylvania
by Coconut & The Duke
A Section
G Bm Em
In the bamboo forest of Pennsylvania
G Bm Em
I dream of you
G Bm Em
In the kudzu jungles of West Virginia
C/G Dadd2/F# Em G Em
I dream of you
(mando Solo)
In the stilt grass prairies of Tennessee
I dream of you
On the hydrilla rivers of the Delaware
I dream of you
(Trombone solo)
(repeat all four verses with no break)
Bamboo shoots in my stir fry
Gonna take a deep breath and mediate
I’m gonna find the answer When I go out I’ll see!
What is the question?????? Fourteen years!
B Section
Gm7 Dm7 C9 (spoken word repeat chords x4)
Stand still, I hear it, Cicadas beneath the crimson ball
Acer platanoides, tall and bold
An armature for a net of green invaders
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Gm7
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Edim
In the valley gorge you’re barely visible
In the moonlight glow you’re barely visible
So we kiss the edge of time, knowing change is so slow
(guitar and mando break notes: D, C, Bb, A then Edim)
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Gm7
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Edim
Repeat and end the song with weird notes
End Chords
In The Bamboo Forest Of Pennsylvania
by Coconut & The Duke
A Section
G Bm Em
In the bamboo forest of Pennsylvania
G Bm Em
I dream of you
G Bm Em
In the kudzu jungles of West Virginia
C/G Dadd2/F# Em G Em
I dream of you
(mando Solo)
In the stilt grass prairies of Tennessee
I dream of you
On the hydrilla rivers of the Delaware
I dream of you
(Trombone solo)
(repeat all four verses with no break)
Bamboo shoots in my stir fry
Gonna take a deep breath and mediate
I’m gonna find the answer When I go out I’ll see!
What is the question?????? Fourteen years!
B Section
Gm7 Dm7 C9 (spoken word repeat chords x4)
Stand still, I hear it, Cicadas beneath the crimson ball
Acer platanoides, tall and bold
An armature for a net of green invaders
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Gm7
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Edim
In the valley gorge you’re barely visible
In the moonlight glow you’re barely visible
So we kiss the edge of time, knowing change is so slow
(guitar and mando break notes: D, C, Bb, A then Edim)
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Gm7
Bb F Gm7 Am7
Bb F Edim
Repeat and end the song with weird notes
End Chords
5.8.08
check this out!
A new website for unsigned artists called The Next Big Sound! Create an account, become a Mogul and sign Coconut & The Duke!!!
27.5.08
Completed new track "In the Bamboo Forests of Pennsylvania"
The title track of the upcoming album
Here's roughly how it was made:
Here's roughly how it was made:
20.5.08
15.5.08
Don't Touch Your Ouchy
Got a new song for ya which will be on our kids album - Songs To Annoy.
Coconut & The Duke ~ Don't Touch Your Ouchy
7.5.08
1.4.08
We'll All Be Homemade Boats Someday Download Links
1. Space Dogs
2. On The Horizon (my ideals)
3. Walking The Dog
4. No Jazz
5. Not All Models
6. Extra Pale Dorian
7. The Sound of One Dryer Clapping
8. There's Gonna Be Some Change Coming
9. Patch Adams Brand TM (A1 Sauce)
Zipped up in one file just for you.
Any chance you like whatcha hear? Leave a hullabaloo.
28.3.08
EP Release Date AND Track List
To coincide with April Fools Day, we'll be releasing our 9 song EP "We'll All Be Homemade Boats Someday" on Tuesday, April 1st.
Look for downloadable tunage then
Track List:
1. Space Dogs
2. On The Horizon (my ideals)
3. Walking The Dog
4. No Jazz
5. Not All Models
6. Extra Pale Dorian
7. The Sound of One Dryer Clapping
8. There's Gonna Be Some Change Coming
9. Patch Adams Brand TM (A1 Sauce)
Look for downloadable tunage then
Track List:
1. Space Dogs
2. On The Horizon (my ideals)
3. Walking The Dog
4. No Jazz
5. Not All Models
6. Extra Pale Dorian
7. The Sound of One Dryer Clapping
8. There's Gonna Be Some Change Coming
9. Patch Adams Brand TM (A1 Sauce)
16.3.08
Doggie Eat Noodles
Coconut and I have decided to start a blog to showcase the music we create. First track is one of Duke Jr.'s favorite.
Doggies Eat Noodles
Doggies Eat Noodles
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