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  • Chords and Lyrics for Simple Pleasure by Josh Rouse

    Simple Pleasure (By Josh Rouse) Here’s a link to a downloadable .pdf of the Lead Sheet: SimplePleasureLeadSheet.pdf G                             D It’s right here in my face, A                            D but I…

  • Chords and Lyrics for Julie (Come Out of the Rain) by Josh Rouse

    You capo the 4th fret to play these chords. Here’s a diagram of the chord voicings in this photo to the right. I included, at the bottom of the page, a video of him playing it live where I was able to catch the chords. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get them right by ear,…

  • Michigan

    I recently made two different covers of the Josh Rouse song, “Michigan.” The first I made on the iPad with Garageband. I played the Spanish guitar and sang into the the little pinhole microphone. Then I added some “smart” instruments, bass, drums. So this one is done basically in “click” time, but I still think…

  • Considering an Investment in Pandora ($P) in Light of Spotify, Rdio, and Songza

    I really fell in love with Pandora a year or two ago. I think the market cap was treading around 2 billion. I told myself that if the Market Cap hit 1.5 billion, I’d make an investment. Well, I haven’t logged it, but it seems like it must have bounced off 1.5 billion about 7…

  • Suburban Sweetheart

    Cover of the Josh Rouse tune “Suburban Sweetheart” I did on logic.   “Suburban Sweeheart” Lyrics by Josh Rouse Got a gift, hesitate Never make the same mistakes If you could only see the person If you could only reach the man yeah We could move back to the suburbs Rent a house, change our…

  • Song Produced Entirely on iPad: “Kuzbass”

    Hey, I really love working with Garageband on the iPad. I think it’s a revolution. It’s so intuitive, unintimidating, and most importantly fun! Of course, it still has a way to go to be a “professional” production device, but I feel that is coming in years to come, and as you can hear this production…