My latest demo combines my usual guitar/vocal schtick with programmed drums and synths.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, download, free download, Ivor Cutler, musicinoxford, Oxford, session
My session for MusicInOxford is online now. I played four songs all on my lonesome, including a cover of Squeeze Bees by Ivor Cutler. It’s free to download, so stick it in your ears.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Cat Stevens, film music, Harold and Maude, Renoise, The Stanton-Walsh Rule
The Stanton-Walsh Rule strikes again. This time it’s Don’t Be Shy, as written and performed by Cat Stevens for the 1971 film Harold and Maude. The electronic backing track was made with Renoise, fact fans.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, download, free download, Nicholas Ray, Ruth Goller, Stephen Gilchrist
Bug Prentice are proud to present a brand new demo. It sounds like this:
You can download Nicholas Ray for free, in a variety of formats, on our bandcamp page.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Chico, covers, film music, Groucho, Harpo, Horse Feathers, Marx Brothers, The Stanton-Walsh Rule, Zeppo
The Stanton-Walsh Rule is my new side-project, dedicated to covering songs from classic films. It’s named after Roger Ebert’s theory that “no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.”
Having tackled Rita Hayworth’s signature tune, I set my sights on the Marx Brothers. Everyone Says I Love You was originally sung by Zeppo Marx in the 1932 film Horse Feathers. Throughout the film, variations are performed by Chico, Harpo and Groucho.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, cover, film noir, Gilda, Put the Blame on Mame, Rita Hayworth
I spend this afternoon recording a little demo of Put the Blame on Mame, a song made famous by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film noir Gilda.
Put the Blame on Mame by Bug Prentice
After recording, the first thing I saw was the sad news of Harvey Pekar’s death. RIP, you grumpy jazz-fiend bastard.
Filed under: Downloads, Musical | Tags: Ally Craig, Bug Prentice, champagne, demo, orson welles
Just Do Anything?
a demo by Ally
Many of my recent songwriting efforts have been inspired by Hollywood, from Woody Allen to Nicholas Ray. This one is a short, silly tribute to the great Orson Welles. Mahh, the French…
Note: I recommend downloading the MP3, the streaming version sounds a little odd to me.
