My Music – STORYTELLER
The Story is in the Song.
Quirky Songs in a Narrative Style.
The Songs – My songs are about my experiences, dreams and fantasies although they may not be true!
Song writers take artistic license when writing and I am no different. I don’t take Viagra!
Facebook Friend’s songs all have a comical twist, after all music, like life, should be fun. If you don’t laugh at them you will at least say they are right.
Embark on a musical journey with me where laughter is the melody and foot-tapping beats set the rhythm! As a folk singer-songwriter, I craft ballads that paint the canvas of everyday life with strokes of humor, heart, and a dash of quirkiness. With clever, witty lyrics, banter and toe tapping tunes, I certainly will have you chuckling or crying. My variety of original songs are very relatable and with great humour and insight. I will have you singing along and wondering if you should Go Before You Go’. Lol
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Bits and Pieces CD and USB (CD tracks 1 to 12)
CD tracks
01 Bits and Pieces 02 Still loves to dance
03 Hell in Heaven 04 Lost in the wine
05 Tourist shuffle 06 Evaporate
07 Country Verandah 08 Party Time
09 Nuts over you 10 Doof Doof
11 Weddings and Funerals 12 Light at the end of the Tunnel
Extra songs on the USB
13 Four wheel driving 14 Fringe Dwellers
15 Ghosts 16 I want to Marry Sally
17 Million Moments 18 Our history
19 Rainbows 20 Lets all Sing
21 Soul Patch 22 The Road
23 Wind 24 Working Girl
Facebook Friends
Facebook Friends is the third CD to be released by Edward Nass. So what makes this one different?
The Recording – I have chosen to go for a live sound with a full band in the recording studio Audiolab 21, which is based in Pearcedale, Victoria.
Bill Irvin has a wealth of history and experience in the music industry and his production on this shines through.
If you are on Facebook, go to my page and give it a like, join and be friends. If you relate to the song – please get a life 🙂
14 Tracks + 1 hidden track recorded live
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- Indebted to Reid Stevens (bass & harmonies). We perform together as a duo –called Royalty.
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- Mark Lindsay for the frilly guitar bits and harmony too.
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- Tom Steele for drums and backing vocals on ‘Should I go’.
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- Jan Dandridge for vocals on ‘Working in the Home’ (a companion song to ‘Working in the Yard’)
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- Warren Murray for keyboard – a serendipitous addition.
Should I go Before I go
Bumper Stickers
Viagra
Supermarket Blues
I want to be skinny like Wayne
The Day I Slept with Tracey Bunn
These Tears
Well Connected Guy
Drunk Girls
Working in the Yard
Working in the Home
Doing Nothing
13 tracks The Stories
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- PMS Blues – After hearing the Dolly Parton song, I had to take up its challenge. So this is the male version and it is a love song and not about anyone I know!
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- Nut Brown Hair – When I was young I went out with a few different girls.
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- A Trip Around the Sun – The idea came from a John Spillane song, it’s a song about the meaning of life. Almost like a Birthday song.
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- Light of love – This is a love song. Dedicate it to the one you love.
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- Lester and Clyde – This song was written at a song writing workshop hosted by Badfolk. It’s a grasshopper and the ant theme about life.
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- Go Bush – Inspired when camping at Nariel Creek the week before the festival.
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- Party Girl – Written after driving through Melbourne one Friday night and seeing lots of ladies dressed up and out on the town.
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- Doing Nothing – Looking towards the time I can retire.
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- Losing You – This is a love song about the grief of losing someone close to you.
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- Monster Meeting – About the miners’ rebellion against the gold license increase in 1851 in Chewton, Victoria.
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- Daily Grind – Motivated by the Monash Freeway (It’s a car park) going to work.
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- Emotional Baggage – Some people are just happy complainers and don’t want to move their lives on.
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- Wandering – A country song written from a line that popped into my head. I liked the thought of dust on my shoes.
The Musicians who backed me – Thank you very much. You made it come alive.
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- Edward Nass Guitar & Vocals — Rachel Mason Backing Vocals — Jeff Koch Bass — Pat Evans Violin.
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- Martin Osendarp Harmonica — Max Amos Mandolin — Andrew Backholer Piano & Percussion.
Recorded at verse24 studio in Pearcedale.
All original songs Copyright © Edward Nass 2013—APRA Control
PMS Blues
Nut Brown Hair
A Trip Around the Sun
Light of Love
Lester and Clyde
Go Bush
Party Girl
Doing Nothing
Losing You
Monster Meeting
Daily Grind
Emotional Baggage
Wandering
Memories and Other Tales
14 Original Songs
60 plus years in the making, this CD is a culmination and presentation of stories which are important to me and to which, I think, every one can relate. They are about Family, Community, Thoughts, My Experiences and a little piece of History.
When I was young my cousin, Christine Woods and I were very close and a better person you could not find. She was taken by cancer far before her time.
Memories of You is an expression of my loss, but I think, no different to any one else in similar circumstances. We cling to the memories. This CD is a dedication and celebration to not only her, but to others who have helped me on this musical journey.
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- Family songs are Ordinary Girl, about my Mum, a biography, ordinary people who do extra ordinary things in every day life.
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- 8 Years is about a nephew, written for him at his wedding.
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- Tributes to volunteers and community minded people are expressed in Meals on Wheels and Hearts of Gold.
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- Thoughts about life are expressed in Watching Clouds, Picking and Sitting on a Fence.
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- Experiences of life are reflected in Camping, Supermarket Blues and European Tour.
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- Patrobas, an historical song, was written for a competition about the winner of the 1915 Melbourne Cup.
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- Loose Change could be called The Buskers Lament and is self explanatory.
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- Robbers is about all those thieves who exist in the community.
Musicians who played are:
Edward Nass Guitar, Vocals & Shakers Christie Heart Backing Vocals
Clem Sedgman Didgeridoo Alex Black Violin
Harry Reiter Bass Jim Golding Banjo
Martin Ozendarp Harmonica John Salter Piano
Cover drawing by Glo Edkins Cover Design by Christine Trimnell
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Miller
All songs by Edward Nass © 2012 APRA Control 2012