POLL: B-Sides & Unreleased Stuff

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The process of writing The Making of Adventures in Counter-Culture has caused me to revisit the album in a way that I never anticipated. Fifteen, songs with fifteen different stories. Yet, writing it reminded me of just how many songs I did that didn’t make the album. I probably did about 75-100 songs, many of which were not good enough to make the album. However, there are another group of songs that were really good, but just didn’t fit the vibe of what I was trying to do. I’ve been revisiting these songs lately, and feel like I can actually put out an album of these songs that is completely different than Adventures in Counter-Culture but really dope. The question is whether you all would be interested in it. It wouldn’t necessarily be “real” album in the traditional sense and it would be primarily for my real fans. That being said, I figured I should ask you guys first.

Please let me know if you would be interested in this.

Would you be interested in hearing an album with the best songs that didn't make Adventures in Counter-Culture?

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  • Matt

    More Blueprint to put into the listening rotation? Can’t really complain about that!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FEZYKCRMD2IPRPIWZ36EMYZA6E Keith

    I love albums and I would never tell you to not focus on making them, but a collection of good but disconnected songs can be pretty terrific, too.  As long as you make it clear what’s what I’m sure you won’t disappoint your fans.  Other artists like Sage Francis and Mac Lethal have been doing this sort of thing for a while with their “Sick of Waiting Tables” and “Love Potion Collection” CD sets.  Your fans want to support you and they want to listen to good quality songs from you.  It’s okay if they’re not always thematically connected.

    And also, maybe if you take some of them and play around with the order, you might also find some connections that you didn’t know where there.  Choose some songs, put them on shuffle some and see if anything jumps out at you.