{"id":5,"date":"2011-07-26T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T08:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2012-01-28T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T03:09:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week from August through December, 2011, I asked a new Minnesota songwriter to let me produce one of their originals, pro bono. Why did I decide to take on this beast of a project?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I wanted to hone my mixing skills and get a little more exposure as a music producer in the Twin Cities.<\/li>\n<li>I wanted to help promote my friends&#8217; music, as well as other talented but unheard Minnesota songwriters.<\/li>\n<li>I wanted to light a match under some songwriters who haven&#8217;t had the money or motivation to get their songs recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The compilation album is now available to <a href=\"http:\/\/songaweek.bandcamp.com\">stream<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/charliemccarron.com\/the-song-a-week-sessions-volume-1.zip\">download<\/a> for free. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s enough interest, I&#8217;ll continue the project with a whole new group of songwriters. If you&#8217;d like to get involved, please <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehfVjf6-_QQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Song A Week Sessions: Volume 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 410px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=3828575930\/size=grande3\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More about each song:<\/p>\n<p>1. Daniel Jenstad &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 15: Daniel Jenstad \u2013 \u201cIn Transit\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/12\/week-15-daniel-jenstad-in-transit\/\">In Transit<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n2. Maria de las Nieves &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 18: Maria de las Nieves \u2013 \u201cCanto Di Caino\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2012\/01\/week-18-maria-de-las-nieves-canto-di-caino\/\">Canto Di Caino<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n3. Paul Spring &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 12: Paul Spring \u2013 \u201cPlum Street\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/11\/week-12-paul-spring-plum-street\/\">Plum Street<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n4. Alpenglow &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 10: Alpenglow \u2013 \u201cMountain Man\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/10\/week-10-alpenglow-mountain-man\/\">Mountain Man<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n5. Matt and Donna &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 5: Matt and Donna \u2013 \u201cCanard Dige\u0301rateur\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/09\/week-5-matt-and-donna-canard-dige%cc%81rateur\/\">Canard Dig\u00e9rateur<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n6. Andy Price &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 7: Andy Price \u2013 \u201cDaytime Superhero\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/10\/week-7-andy-price-daytime-superhero\/\">Daytime Superhero<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n7. Pat Boerner and Brittany Miller &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 3: Pat Boerner and Brittany Miller \u2013 \u201cSomething To Say\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/09\/week-3-pat-boerner-something-to-say\/\">Something To Say<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n8. Lazerw\u00fclf &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 11: Lazerw\u00fclf \u2013 \u201cBreakthrough\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/11\/week-11-lazerwulf-break-through\/\">Breakthrough<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n9. Whitaker Trebella and Charlie McCarron &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 8: Whitaker Trebella \u2013 \u201cGhosts of Hallemot\u201d (Cardinal Quest Theme)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/10\/week-8-whitaker-blackall-cardinal-quest\/\">Ghosts Of Hallemot<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n10. Brandon Dvorak &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 17: Brandon Dvorak \u2013 \u201cKingdom\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/12\/week-17-brandon-dvorak-kingdom\/\">Kingdom<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n11. Kurtz &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 4: Kurtz \u2013 \u201cEverything Burns Alike\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/09\/week-4-kurtz-everything-burns-alike\/\">Everything Burns Alike<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n12. Jake Anderson &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 14: Jake Anderson \u2013 \u201cFull Of\u2026\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/11\/week-14-jake-anderson-full-of\/\">Full Of&#8230;<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n13. Jason P. Schumacher &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 2: Jason P. Schumacher \u2013 \u201cSecret Selves\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/09\/week-2-jason-p-schumacher-secret-selves\/\">Secret Selves<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n14. WC Tank &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 9: WC Tank \u2013 \u201cAchoo\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/10\/wc-tank-achoo\/\">Achoo<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n15. Simon Sperl &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 16: Simon Sperl \u2013 \u201cLatent Promises\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/12\/week-16-simon-sperl-latent-promises\/\">Latent Promises<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n16. Pete Eisenberg and Tom Holmes &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 1: Pete Eisenberg and Tom Holmes \u2013 \u201cA Penny Around My Neck\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/08\/week-1-pete-eisenberg-and-tom-holmes-a-penny-around-my-neck\/\">A Penny Around My Neck<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n17. Luke Friedrich &#8211; &#8220;<a title=\"Week 13: Luke Friedrich \u2013 \u201cJust Like Today\u201d (Charlie Parr Cover)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/11\/week-13-luke-friedrich-just-like-today-charlie-parr-cover\/\">Just Like Today<\/a>&#8221; (Charlie Parr Cover)<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Producer, Charlie McCarron<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/charlie-mccarron-headphones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-487\" title=\"charlie-mccarron-headphones\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/charlie-mccarron-headphones-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/charlie-mccarron-headphones-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/charlie-mccarron-headphones-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/charlie-mccarron-headphones.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been writing and recording music of my own for several years, from acoustic to electronic, classical to pop to off-the-wall experimental. For my senior thesis at Saint John&#8217;s University, I undertook a major album project, <a href=\"http:\/\/polyalbum.com\"><em>The Mystery of Grey Matters<\/em><\/a>. It&#8217;s a three-disc concept album where you can listen to disc 1 and 2 separately, or simultaneously (on disc 3), to get a different perspective of the album&#8217;s story.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating, I spent nine months in Tanzania, teaching English, Computers, and Music. I had fun recording a bunch of my students&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/hangaabbey.org\/help\/muziki\/\">original songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning from this voyage, I got into some online songwriting communities and organized a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.coverofthemonth.com\/archive\">Cover of the Month Club<\/a>, a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/frankensong.tumblr.com\/\">Frankensong<\/a>&#8221; challenge. I also wrote a bunch of songs for the online songwriting challenges SpinTunes and A Songwriting Cycle, which you can hear on my <a href=\"http:\/\/charliemccarron.com\/music\/\">music page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In doing all these projects, I started to develop a love for the production side of music. But it still felt like a dark art to me. So I decided to work at it more methodically, but starting this Song A Week project. I felt like I would learn much more by collaborating with other musicians. And I hope it will be a springboard to fame for these talented local artists I worked with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Videographer, Jeffrey Schwinghammer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the project, my good friend Jeff shot and edited a ton of amazing video, from behind the scenes footage to all-out music videos, like this one for Alpenglow&#8217;s &#8220;Mountain Man&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SF-volP1b3c\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/jeffrey-schwinghammer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-486\" title=\"jeffrey-schwinghammer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/jeffrey-schwinghammer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>Jeff has been making a name for himself around the Twin Cities as an excellent cinematographer and local film enthusiast. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SchwingStudios\/videos\">YouTube channel<\/a> is a treasure trove of fun videos. You can also read more about his work at <a href=\"http:\/\/jeffreyschwinghammer.com\/\">JeffreySchwinghammer.com<\/a> and follow him on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JSchwinghammer\">@JSchwinghammer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being the lead videographer for The Song A Week Sessions, Jeff has also graciously taken on the role of PR Director. Shoot him an email at <a href=\"mailto:jeff@charliemccarron.com\">jeff@charliemccarron.com<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to find out more about the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week from August through December, 2011, I asked a new Minnesota songwriter to let me produce one of their originals, pro bono. Why did I decide to take on this beast of a project? 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