Am I Old?, by TaughtMe

Am I Old?

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1.	The Kids 02:32	buy track
2.	Into The Thicket 04:42	buy track
3.	Over Inches and Inches 04:52	buy track
4.	Am I Old? 05:09	buy track
5.	Really That Cute 04:12	buy track
6.	Tipped Me Over 03:15	buy track
7.	The Truth (Really?) Every Time 03:43	buy track
8.	Boys You Don't Love Me To Be 04:30	buy track
9.	Do I Let You? 01:10	buy track
10.	Well Maybe 03:11	buy track
11.	I Saunter, You Roost 04:05	buy track

about

I didn't intend to build a collection of brooding monologues. I had even planned to avoid first-person pronouns altogether, imagining instead sonorous landscapes that flirt mindlessly beyond the ego. So I was quite troubled when "Am I Old?" and "The Kids" arrived: clearly human, undeniably egocentric. But they felt right! Gradually, as other tunes surfaced, I accepted that I was composing soliloquies and chose to own the fact rather than temper it. I then named the collection "Am I Old?" and decided to decorate the album with a single person toppling over. "Am I Old?" is my rawest album and my best try so far to get real deep.

credits

released August 31, 2013

These tunes were built between 2009 and now, recorded mostly by myself in San Francisco and Oakland. My hands and mouth are responsible for all that you hear, besides contributions by the folks listed below. The core of "The Truth (Really?) Every Time" was recorded by Jay William Henderson in Salt Lake City, and the string quartet portions of the album were tracked by Scott Mcdowell at Hyde Studios C in San Francisco.

Cover art is a photo by Brooke Shaden called "A Delivery Deterred"
Mastered by Eric Broyhill

I wish to give special thanks to Michael Sempert for being my heart coach/friend as I struggled to wrap this up.

1-The Kids
Erin Wang - Cello
Stephanie Bibbo - Violin
Liana Berube - Violin
Evan Buttemer - Viola
Mike Sempert - Piano
Andrew Maguire - Vibes
Jeremy Harris - arranging/conducting

2-Into The Thicket
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Emily Ritz - voice
Andrew Maguire - Vibes

3-Over Inches and Inches
Mike Sempert - Piano
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Aubrey Trinnaman - voice

4-Am I Old?
Emily Ritz - voice
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Michelle Moeller - piano
Erin Wang - Cello
Stephanie Bibbo - Violin
Liana Berube - Violin
Evan Buttemer - Viola
Anton Patzner - Violin
Jeremy Harris - arranging/conducting

5-Really That Cute
Mike Sempert - guitar
Aubrey Trinnaman - voice
Andrew Maguire - Vibes
Anton Patzner - Violin

6-Tipped Me Over
Mike Sempert - Piano
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Andrew Maguire - Vibes

7-The Truth (really?) Every Time
Andy Strain - Trombone
Mike Sempert - Piano
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Anton Patzner - Violin

8-Boys You Don't Love Me To Be
Erin Wang - Cello
Evan Buttemer - Viola
Michelle Moeller - piano
Anton Patzner - Violin
Emily Boulton - violin
Nick Aives - Bass
Jeremy Harris - arranging/conducting

9-Do I Let You?
Aubrey Trinnaman - piano composition

10-Well Maybe
Erin Wang - Cello
Stephanie Bibbo - Violin
Liana Berube - Violin
Evan Buttemer - Viola
Aubrey Trinnaman - voice, composition
Sonya Cotton - voice
Anton Patzner - Violin
Jeremy Harris - arranging/conducting

11-I Saunter, You Roost
Erin Wang - Cello
Stephanie Bibbo - Violin
Liana Berube - Violin
Evan Buttemer - Viola
Mike Sempert - Pedal Steel
Jeremy Harris - arranging/conducting

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words and sounds by Blake Aaron Henderson

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