jonniegrunge

jonniegrunge

JOINED:1 year ago
PROGRESS:42

LOCATION:DC Metro Area
WEBSITE:www.thereallygoodpotroast.com
INFLUENCES:Nine Inch Nails, Less Than Jake, Ani DiFranco, Elliot Smith, Stone Temple Pilots, Jonathan Coulton, The Pixies, The Talking Heads, Tom Waits, ...I'm kinda all over the place

BIO:

::EDIT::
It's October 1st here in the US, and my 50/90 is over. Today is also my wedding anniversary, so no huge final push to hit 50. I stand at 42, and I'm pleased. Once again, I have written far more than I expected, and received far more feedback than I could have hoped. Congrats to everyone who wrote and contributed. And thanks for listening!

-JG

::END EDIT::

I'm a hobbyist musician in the DC suburbs, and have been playing music for the last dozen or so years.

FUN FACT!!!! So far this year, I have written or contributed to almost 2 hours of music (116 minutes and counting), with an average song length of just about 3:18. Yay math!

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The Really Good Pot Roast has a really good store now! www.cafepress.com/thereallygoodpotroast
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::Solo Work:: (as Mark Dabney)

NEW EP!!!: 'Rolodex', out on Bandcamp. http://markdabney.bandcamp.com It's pay what you want, which includes free. Produced by FenderTele71

This music is more serious than I've written in the past. Lyrically a bit more of somber in theme, but with a somewhat acoustic pop rock sound. I've half-jokingly called this my 'Elliott Smith' album, with tracks ranging from the demo roots of 'I'm Disappearing' to the more polished, full band sound of 'What Follows'. Two of the tracks ('Lose Patience' and 'Hide and Seek' are reworked versions from last year's 50/90 challenge)

Album: 'icantplaythislive' on iTunes and AmazonMP3. (http://amzn.to/8Xi2Z9). It's 10 tracks of New Wave Punk Electronica. It was sort of something I just had to get out of my system at the time.

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::The Really Good Pot Roast:: (band with FenderTele71)
Blog: http://thereallygoodpotroast.tumblr.com
Website: http://www.thereallygoodpotroast.com
Our Album: 'Serious as a Heart Attack' on iTunes (http://bit.ly/a4QhdB), Amazon, AmazonMP3, (http://amzn.to/aDAYZy) All proceeds go to the American Heart Association

We're working on our follow-up right now.

I'm looking forward to this year's grind to 50 (or, you know, more than 1...)

Songs: 42 ( + = Songs posted by a different Songwriter that you Collaborated on.)

		Title	Collaborators	Comments	Post date
1		Where We Begin		21	46 weeks 17 hours
2	+	Abyss Spider	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	9	45 weeks 3 days
3	+	Phone Jam	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	10	45 weeks 3 days
4		When I Come Home	FenderTele71	8	45 weeks 3 days
5		Bitter End	FenderTele71	7	45 weeks 2 days
6	+	Nerd Love	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	18	45 weeks 1 day
7		Right and Tired		16	44 weeks 6 days
8		4 Percent		11	44 weeks 3 days
9		Yes Means No		12	44 weeks 1 day
10		Always An Option		8	43 weeks 6 days
11	+	The Back Wax Song	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	7	43 weeks 4 days
12		xpadder		5	42 weeks 6 days
13		Liars		6	42 weeks 4 days
14		Trying to Figure You Out		5	42 weeks 2 days
15	+	rooftop sunrise	jonniegrunge Chris Adams	9	42 weeks 16 hours
16		One (Holding On)		9	41 weeks 3 days
17		Deeper Shades of Gray	FenderTele71	17	40 weeks 4 days
18	+	Lifeline (Trevor Project)	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	2	40 weeks 1 day
19		Repeat After Me (The Trevor Project)	FenderTele71	3	40 weeks 19 hours
20		Three Words (The Trevor Project)	FenderTele71	5	40 weeks 18 hours
21		All Right		5	38 weeks 6 days
22	+	Tin Can Factory	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	4	38 weeks 5 days
23		Down and Locked		9	38 weeks 4 days
24		Alabaster Woman	FenderTele71	9	38 weeks 17 hours
25		Controlled Chaos (The Failures of JonnieGrunge)		6	38 weeks 17 hours
26		No Use	downburst	4	37 weeks 5 days
27		Industrial Revolution	G Slade	3	37 weeks 1 day
28		Your Guess is as Good as Mine		3	37 weeks 7 hours
29		Tastes Like Burning		3	36 weeks 5 days
30		Don't Mind Me		2	36 weeks 1 day
31		If You Only Knew	FenderTele71	2	35 weeks 4 days
32		These Days		3	35 weeks 2 days
33		9 Days	samhealer	2	35 weeks 23 hours
34	+	What Will I Do	jonniegrunge kiwafruit	6	34 weeks 6 days
35		Loved and Lost	Loved Lost EtC	12	34 weeks 5 days
36		Childish Things		2	34 weeks 2 days
37	+	The Really Good Outtakes Song	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	3	34 weeks 1 day
38		Bring the Thunder		3	34 weeks 9 hours
39	+	Get Out Of The Water	Dragondreams Calum Carlyle Negasi nancyrost Johnny Credit jonniegrunge Rob From Amersfoort hoops	9	34 weeks 1 hour
40	+	The Trilogy: Going to the Bridge	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	1	33 weeks 5 days
41	+	The Trilogy: Building a Deck	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	0	33 weeks 5 days
42	+	The Trilogy: The Gathering (Incomplete)	jonniegrunge FenderTele71	0	33 weeks 5 days

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Words, words, words...

ultravioleteyejeff

29 weeks 2 days ago

I've been really enjoying your 50 90 CD that you sent. So much stylistic range and great lyrics too! I got 18 songs in order and I hope to have the disc in the mail to you this week.

kiwafruit

33 weeks 16 hours ago

Not sure if you saw it but the "jonniegrunge made me do it" tag has returned, in the form of http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/12370 :)

Pistols Pete

33 weeks 5 days ago

Hi Jonnie, thanks so much for the comment on The Rescue! :)

T.C. Elliott

34 weeks 2 days ago

Grabbed it, thanks. I truly appreciate it.

kiwafruit

34 weeks 2 days ago

You should have! ;)

Oh, and challenge accepted http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/songs/11831

kiwafruit

34 weeks 3 days ago

Thanks for the feedback on "You can all get f..." :)

Glad you liked the contrast between ANGRY Kiwa and simple uke ;) ahhaah I figured it went some way to diluting the grumpiness, maybe, kinda.
In saying that, if you wanna make a backbeat, or anything else, to it - go right ahead my friend!

And FoTC RULE! :D

kiwafruit

34 weeks 5 days ago

Oh dear, I think so. I'm not sure I *know* how to sing monotonously! I tried this morning when I first read your post and couldn't help but arpeggiolise the melody... It's going to be hard methinks >.<

Comment by jonniegrunge
Just make it a short song. Like a jingle.

Paul Milne

34 weeks 6 days ago

Hi JG, thanks for the comment on "I want it all" - Shannon has done a great job musicifying my simple lyrics. I agree it deserves re-recording at a higher production level. I'll contact Shannon and see what we can come up with.

samhealer

35 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for the comment on 9 Days :) Glad you liked it, I appreciate it!

TomS

35 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks, Mr. Grunge! All good points and true!

Ben Levinson

35 weeks 5 days ago

ope! nevermind I found it!

Ben Levinson

35 weeks 5 days ago

I'm glad you liked the song! I didn't know it got played on a podcast! could you send me a link?

Vom Vorton

35 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for your comments! I'll hopefully be back to listen to more of your stuff once I have a working internet connection, but apparently it takes AGES to get that sorted! Bloody telecommunications companies.

G Slade

36 weeks 7 hours ago

Interesting....guess someone's listening after all...ha

Dreamscuba

36 weeks 14 hours ago

Thanks very much for your comments on "found my inspiration" and "Club 339". Much appreciated!!

downburst

36 weeks 1 day ago

You are the Podcast King.

kiwafruit

36 weeks 3 days ago

Just a thought - what do you think about a bossa nova-style beat?
I'm listening to Pink Martini's 'Hang on Little Tomato' at the moment in the car (on my way to playing at a folk festival) and maybe there's something there?

kiwafruit

36 weeks 3 days ago

Awesome!!
I wouldn't say it's "littered with requests"... I've just been a bit more proactive about seeking people to work with instead of waiting for them to come to me, and I definitely want to do something with you. Not that I have anything in mind right now, so... do you have anything? hahah

Comment by jonniegrunge
I am currently devoid of ideas. :-P But I'll get to work this weekend! And if you think of anything, you know, share and such.

segers41

36 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for the glowing review of Truth is You Lied. Yeh, it's tough to sort through songs from the 1.53 million on the Jukebox.

angelinapowersuit

36 weeks 5 days ago

ok, I'll give it a a shot at tightening programmed drums first, maybe try a second version with percussion instead. And it's also been suggested that I raise the volume in the mix. Maybe after I tighten drums I'll have the confidence to do this. Thanks so much!

angelinapowersuit

37 weeks 3 hours ago

Thanks so much for your feedback on "Circle of Sisters!" Definitely needs tightening on the drums, thanks for your suggestions, I'll probably remove and do some simpler percussion (at least until I've got better drum programming chops).

TomS

37 weeks 9 hours ago

Jazz happens. I also write Soukous. And New Age. :)

Leslie

37 weeks 12 hours ago

I would love to hear 'Until It Breaks' punked up. If you want to do it, go for it!

the pannacotta army

37 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for your kind words and support Jonnie. I don't have the time at the moment to fully immerse myself in 50/90, hence my appearances here are sporandic and my listening is criminally lacking.

Arthur Rossi

37 weeks 3 days ago

I would like to thank you very much for your very kind words! :-)

segers41

37 weeks 5 days ago

Thanks for the encouragement on my 50/90 song. Hey, I like your stuff too.

downburst

37 weeks 5 days ago

There is still room for an angry punk version of C&S! And there are lyrics sitting around for the taking over there. It's the C&S challenge! Go for it. (Thanks for the comment--I threw this together in 20 minutes, so it's amusing to hear anyone thinks it's any good :)

Ianuarius

37 weeks 5 days ago

Thanks for the comment! :)
Strange that you picked that bass line out there. The bass sound isn't too precise since I did it with guitar and octaver. It does its job, I guess, but I've been thinking of buying a real bass guitar.

kiwafruit

38 weeks 16 hours ago

LOVE IT!! Packed full of awesomesauce. There should be more songs for the "kiwafruit made me do this" tag ;)
mwuahahahaahhaa

ultravioleteyejeff

38 weeks 2 days ago

Your "Rolodex" EP is outstanding. I can imagine you playing the whole thing live and having just as enjoyable a listening experience. Great work.

TomS

38 weeks 4 days ago

thanks, Mr. Grunge, I have great respect for your stuff, and have a fair amount of catch-up listening to do! I have to admit that I like the punkpopwhateveritis the most. :)

Dawnsoap

38 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks for the comment on "Cheese rap" I had more fun writing that song than all the rest so far. :)

Dreamscuba

38 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks very much for your comments on "I can't see tomorrow". Very constructive. I hear what you are saying and some great pointers to help me shape it. Thanks.

xenexian

38 weeks 5 days ago

Yeah, I sang/wrote 'Break' to a metronome on my keyboard. Not sure what tempo it was though, as my keyboard is so ancient it should be falling into dust any day now and has no screen >.<

-Xenexian

Comment by jonniegrunge
Okay. The beat seems like it's somewhere around 180 bpm or so. Might poke around with that a bit... :-)

downburst

38 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for the comment. The apparent smartness of it is all straight outta Wikipedia (which is why it gets a shout out :).

Dan Vaillancourt

38 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for the listens. :)

Joanne Gabriel

39 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for your sweet comment :)

Kristi

39 weeks 3 days ago

Hey, thanks for your kind comments on "When You're With Me." I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Ben Levinson

39 weeks 4 days ago

Thanks! I'm glad you liked my song. You nailed it. The "Hey" was taken straight out of the song "Hey" by the Pixies. haha. The fishbone part is probably my favorite section too. I think I'm eventually going to end up rerecording the lyrics just to get it more dialed in. Thanks for listening!

Comment by jonniegrunge
I love the Pixies, and I can't fault you for sampling that, especially in that song. Worked really well.

downburst

39 weeks 5 days ago

Thanks for the good word on Headsqueezin'!

Billy Sea

39 weeks 5 days ago

Just wanted to stop by and tell you that I think you rock. Of course, I'm sure you already know that :D

Comment by jonniegrunge
Billy, you made my day, week, and at least a couple minutes on the side. I can tell you the feeling is mutual.

Das Binky

39 weeks 6 days ago

Here's the MIDI guitar:
http://www.yourockguitar.com/

Only $200, not the best thing ever but it's pretty cool! Enjoy. :)

Comment by jonniegrunge
Yeah, I think I know what I want for my birthday...

backward binoculars

39 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for the encouraging and thoughtful comments. :)

Gonzo Sombrero

39 weeks 6 days ago

Thank you for your comment on Dragon's eyes!

helenaustin

40 weeks 4 days ago

thank you so much for the comment you left on my latest song!!

PhilKMills

41 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks for the comment on "It's Time". What I was trying to do is something way out of my area of knowledge, so I appreciate the suggestions even more than normal.

accosmi

42 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for your comment on Go! Train! :P
I've been trying to learn how to structure my beat loops from the ground up, thanks for your advice... Really appreciate it. :)

Blue Haint 1

42 weeks 2 days ago

hello, JG,
Thanks for the compliments on Cavia Cobaya. I'm going to work some more on the vocals, and I might scrap the electric guitar track. Jacob's drumming was strong, and I hit a few bad notes on the bass, but that's easy enough to fix. The strat I was playing was out of tune, though (still don't know why I didn't tune it) and I'm not quite happy with my playing, so I've been practicing better fills and leads. I'm either going to use my Telecaster or borrow David's Les Paul for the next go round. Probably still plug into the JCM 900. Don't know...may wait until the Blackstar HT 60 that I've got on layaway is finally all mine.

Anyway, the bone structure is there, so I probably need to just let this one simmer awhile before fiddling around with it. Thanks a bunch and keep on rockin'!

downburst

42 weeks 6 days ago

Hey, thanks for your nice comments on my songs. I look forward to hearing yours. (So much stuff to listen to, so little time...)

angelinapowersuit

43 weeks 22 hours ago

Thanks for comments on "(No Longer) Stuck on You!" I always have difficulty pegging the genre of my music, and I dig '80's pop (and I'm old enough to remember it), thanks for helping me with that!

jonniegrunge

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