This song was created while I was trying to create drum parts on my own. I was also trying to get better at keyboards, using Steve's Kurzweil. After I had a rough mix where I played everything I took it over to Johnny Echols in Glendale, CA and he played a sublime lead guitar! We are all Still Here and still creating! This song is about a ghost who doesn't realize he's a ghost yet.
Credits:
Music: Laurie Larson
Lyrics: Laurie Larson
Vocals: Laurie Larson
Bass: Laurie Larson
Lead Guitars: Johnny Echols, Laurie Larson
Rhythm Guitar: Laurie Larson
Keys: Laurie Larson
Drums: Laurie Larson
Engineering: Laurie Larson
Mastering/Final Mix: Laurie Larson
Often I ask myself what can I do, would it really make a difference? Especially in times of such division, sending more kindness through the airwaves certainly can't hurt. It also fulfills a dream of mine to just play every instrument, write it all, record and do everything necessary in making an album all by myself. Like many I have retreated and isolated, but I decided to turn my isolation into something positive. I needed all this alone time to accomplish it, but I am honored to share it with you now. Send me an email and I will send you a link to download it free (or for any donation price) via .wav or .mp3 files just email shashkemusic@icloud.com. I also made a handful of CDs and they are for sale too on this website: https://www.laurielarson.net/shop
This week, the record saw adds at NACC from core KJHK in Lawrence, KS - my first ever airplay in Kansas - M3 Radio in Brooklyn, NY and WXAV in Chicago, IL. Beyond this, The LP debuted at WXAV's NACC top 30 chart, placing #29. Overall, great to see concentrated support at these stations already as it was just released on election day.
Songwriting, vocals, all instruments, producing, engineering, mixing, arranging, cover & booklet photography, art & design: Laurie Larson
When I first became a DJ in 1984, I had no idea that one day radio stations would play my own music, especially rock stations that I adored. Now in 2024 40 years later it's in full swing for my last two albums
Petals From July and Pegasus and Equuleus. Both albums are being played simulaneously by over 40 stations! Also I have never been #1 in anything, even as a cross country runner my team could rely on my for a solid second place almost every single time. I have so many red ribbons it's not funny. This week I achieved my first #1 in any area thanks to WHFR Henry Ford College's radio station in Dearborn Michigan outside of Detroit. Number 1 on their Folk Chart! Number 2 on their overall chart!
Here are the FM stations currently spinning my tunes this week:
Tucson | AZ | KXCI |
Redway | CA | KMUD |
Sacramento | CA | KSSU |
Santa Barbara | CA | KCSB |
Ouray | CO | KURA |
West Hartford | CT | WWUH |
New London | CT | WCNI |
Storrs | CT | WHUS |
Hanalei | HI | KKCR |
Chicago | IL | WXAV |
Joliet | IL | WCSF |
Farmington | ME | WUMF |
Winnipeg | MB | CJUM / UMFM |
Baltimore | MD | Radio Plastique |
Dearborn | MI | WHFR |
Auburn Hills | MI | WAHS [Digital Only] |
St. Louis | MO | KWUR |
Asheville | NC | WSFM Asheville FM |
Elon | NC | WSOE [Temporarily Digital] |
Portsmouth | NH | WSCA |
Galloway | NJ | WLFR |
Lawrenceville | NJ | WRRC / Digital Only |
Las Cruces | NM | KRUX |
Auburn | NY | WDWN |
Geneseo | NY | WGSU |
Saratoga Springs | NY | WSPN [Temporarily Digital] |
Brooklyn | NY | M3 Radio / Digital Only |
Dayton | OH | WWSU // Digital Only |
Guelph | ON | CFRU [Temporarily Digital Only] |
Eugene | OR | KWVA |
Indiana | PA | WIUP |
Allentown | PA | WMUH |
Philadelphia | PA | WKDU |
Chattanooga | TN | WAWL |
San Antonio | TX | KSYM |
Provo | UT | Radio 3hive |
Norfolk | VA | WODU Studios |
Madison | WI | WSUM / Free Flow |
Madison | WI | WORT |
Stevens Point | WI | WWSP |
Huntington | WV | WMUL [Temporarily Digital] |