tag:jarretcooper.com,2005:/blogs/blogBlog2022-11-22T04:00:00-08:00Jarret Cooperfalsetag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/71065302022-11-22T04:00:00-08:002023-10-16T07:55:26-07:00"Shotgun" available now!<p>Lock + load -- it's "Shotgun" day! Check out my <a contents="new album" data-link-label="Shotgun (2022)" data-link-type="page" href="/shotgun-2022">new album</a>! Buy/stream <a contents="here" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jarretcooper.hearnow.com/shotgun">here</a>!</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="TZCArAvRuj4" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZCArAvRuj4/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZCArAvRuj4?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/71065152022-11-19T18:23:36-08:002022-11-19T18:23:36-08:00"Shotgun" is out 11|22!<p>Yes, after all these years, my third album "Shotgun" will be released on Tuesday, November 22! Very, very proud of this one -- <a contents="check it out" data-link-label="Shotgun (2022)" data-link-type="page" href="/shotgun-2022">check it out</a>!</p>
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="hw__-jDy80w" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/hw__-jDy80w/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hw__-jDy80w?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/70861342022-10-21T11:04:37-07:002022-11-01T12:22:31-07:00Coming soon...<p>Can you call this a blog when it goes over six years without updates? Well, if you're kind enough to be reading this, I'll let you in on a secret, which is that my third album is almost finished and will be out by the end of the year, probably in November.</p>
<p>I think you'll like it. And hey, if you're reading this, send me an email at jarret@jarretcooper.com and I'll do something nice for you. :)</p>Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687282016-04-20T17:00:00-07:002016-04-23T14:19:10-07:00Prince
<p>It's fatuous and narcissistic for someone like me to even pretend to be a "musician" long enough to "pay tribute" to someone like Prince, the greatest musician in living memory. There are certainly enough wonderful and well-written tributes coming thick and fast today (I recommend <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-nothing-compared-2-him-20160421" data-imported="1">this one</a> by the great Rob Sheffield) that I don't need to put in my two cents. But I've never been this shaken by the death of someone I didn't know and never met. Stunned, didn't see it coming, still trying to absorb it.</p>
<p>No one came close, ever. I'd hate to blame him for my musical output, and would hate to hold my best song up to his worst, but he was the biggest musical influence in my life. Every aspect of his artistry was, and remains, staggering. I couldn't touch him, and neither can you, and neither can anyone. It's heartening to see the world (seemingly) realize this en masse...and heartbreaking that it had to happen this way.<br></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sometimes it snows in April</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sometimes I feel so bad</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sometimes I wish that life was never-ending</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">But all good things they say never last</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">And love, it isn't love until it's passed</p>
Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687272015-12-10T16:00:00-08:002016-01-19T05:50:05-08:00Yes, it finally happened...
<p>It's a bit (or a lot) embarrassing to look at all the blogs and Facebook posts I've made in the past three or four years, saying "new CD coming this year for sure!" I clearly can't be trusted. :) But now that "Stars On The Ceiling", five years in the making, is finally out in the world, I couldn't be happier with how it turned out, and I'm glad I only put it out when it was really ready.</p>
<p>So thank you all for the incredibly great response -- all I ask is that if you like it, tell your friends. :) (And thanks to those of you who have -- you know who you are -- I will have to send you something like a "Kickstarter reward" as soon as I think of something worth sending...).<br></p>
<p>Oh, and tell ME too! Email me at jarret [AT] jarretcooper [DOT] com and let me have it!</p>
<p>Hope you all had a great 2015 and happy holidays to one and all.<br></p>
Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687262015-07-10T17:00:00-07:002015-07-11T10:54:38-07:00Free "preview" track
<p>I recorded a cover of this unreleased McCartney/Costello collaboration last summer. Enjoy it for nothin' while I finish the new album...</p>
<p><em>(Click to stream, right-click to download)</em></p>
<p><span style="color:#3366ff"><a title="Tommy's Coming Home (M4A)" href="/files/532245/tommys-coming-home.m4a" data-imported="1"><span style="color:#3366ff">Tommy's Coming Home (m4a)</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#3366ff"><a href="/files/532246/tommys-coming-home.mp3" data-imported="1"><span style="color:#3366ff">Tommy's Coming Home (mp3)</span></a></span></p>
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Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687252015-05-26T17:00:00-07:002015-05-27T11:30:23-07:00Can't talk now!
<p>I'm too busy recording!</p>
<p>Will come STORMING back soon with newses and such, I promise. In the meantime, check out my show from last year with Oren & Annie (and Nic):</p>
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Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687242014-05-13T17:00:00-07:002014-05-14T11:55:48-07:00Tomorrow night at Thee Parkside...
<p>See you Thursday! - Jarret, Oren, & Annie</p>
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Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687232014-04-08T17:00:00-07:002014-04-09T12:41:51-07:00Things ARE happening, I promise...
<p>Busy recording, playing, writing. There WILL be a new CD this year...but I'll have a couple of other things to announce PRETTY DAMN SOON.</p>
<p>Keep hope alive - jc</p>
Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687222013-11-30T16:00:00-08:002013-11-30T09:16:35-08:00Update
<p>Hey it's me again, the guy whose name is the URL for this site. I have news both good and not-as-good. The not-as-good news is that the new album won't be out until <strong>early 2014</strong> (I'm just a helpless target of "sorry for the wait" jokes at this point...). The good news is that it's going to be much better than it would have been had I rushed it out (which I was basically doing until I realized it was a bad move), and it's coming along quite nicely. This one's going to be more ME than before, as far as instruments go, though I'm lucky (again) to have a superb drummer helping me out -- this time it's <strong>Oren Williams</strong> from Pirate Radio.</p>
<p>And speaking of <strong>Pirate Radio</strong>, some more good news: we're playing at the <strong>Hotel Utah</strong> in San Francisco next Sunday <strong>December 8</strong>, on a bill with Rust & Whiskey and the Tough Brothers. And if you can think of a triple bill more manly than that, all toughness, whiskey and pirates, well, more power to you, but think about coming out to hear us instead. Adding a couple new songs to the set, and you can also admire my beautiful do-it-yourself keyboard/MacBook rig.</p>
<p>Oh, and keep watching this space...there won't be a new CD announcement for a little while yet, but I think I'll have <strong>something for you in December</strong>...</p>
Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687212013-08-25T17:00:00-07:002013-08-25T13:33:36-07:00Still back! Busy though
<p>So <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpzq8GK-u1w" data-imported="1">here's</a> a clip of Pirate Radio's show last month at El Rio. A little shaky (and brief) but it sounds pretty good! This is probably my favorite PR song to play; we really click as a four-piece here. I also learned, watching this, that I should probably put down the Macbook screen while I'm playing guitar. People paid money, they deserve to see me.</p>
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<p>I'm in the middle of a hectic self-imposed schedule to get my new CD out by the end of the year. In service to this madness I spent five hours in the studio today recording acoustic guitar. it takes awhile when you have not "mad skills", and although my rhythm playing in the PR clip above is pretty good, I am no Django Reinhardt. I'm not even Django Unchained, although since I don't know what that would even mean, maybe I shouldn't go that far.</p>
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<p>In other news, I think I have an album title (and it does not have to do with waiting or sorrow). But no album art yet; I need a hand with that. <a href="mailto:jarret@jarretcooper.com" data-imported="1">Email</a> me if you do that kind of thing and you're not too far from SF.</p>
Jarret Coopertag:jarretcooper.com,2005:Post/60687202013-07-11T17:00:00-07:002020-01-08T09:54:11-08:00Welcome back!
<p>And that goes for me too. This site has languished for a couple of years now -- don't they all? -- but my absence has been particularly embarrassing given that the video intro for the site (which was used to advertise my first CD) featured a big text block saying "it's 2008" well into 2013. And, of course, the joke was that the CD was called "Sorry for the Wait", and its release was then followed by -- you guessed it -- another really, really long wait.</p>
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<p>Well, the end of that wait is in sight. I can't really excuse myself for taking <em>this</em> long to finish my (as yet untitled) followup album, but I will say that 2013 in particular has been, shall we say, one for the books. As you probably know, I haven't been completely idle -- most of my musical energy for the past three years has gone into playing and recording with "my" two bands, Pirate Radio and The Wandering Jews. But the task of writing and recording my own music has hit one setback after another -- some silly, others quite profound. Believe me, no one's more disappointed than I am.</p>
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<p>Anyway, I'm back with a completely overhauled website, soon to be updated further with photos, videos, new audio tracks, and regular (knock wood) posts to this here blog. I'll provide vague progress reports on my new CD (tentatively scheduled for December 2013) and real information about upcoming shows with the Pirates and/or the Jews (both of whom also have new CDs coming out this year, with me on 'em and everything). Beyond that, I'm just another dude with a blog, so hold onto your chairs, folks. The ship has relaunched, so take a look around and let me know what you think -- email me at <a href="mailto:jarret@jarretcooper.com" target="_blank" data-imported="1">jarret@jarretcooper.com</a> and by god let's put this thing into motion.</p>
Jarret Cooper