From September 2nd, 2008 thru September 3rd, 2009, Brian Speaker wrote, recorded and posted one song a day. The goal was to grow as an artist, the outcome is an eclectic array of songwriting and performances spanning many musical genres. Through discipline, collaboration, trial and error, Spiral Notebook was born. The entire catalogue will be available on to one DVD with an expected release of January 2010.
Brian Speaker writes music from all sides of his personality. A balladeer one moment and a humorist the next, he continues to grow as an artist with help from the NYC Antifolk scene. With two albums so far (revolution of one & Off This Planet), several of Brian's songs have been licensed for television and his voice has popped up in movies and video games. He's also a founding member of the spontaneous, improv musical act, Crabs On Banjo with friends Ben Krieger, Brook Pridemore and Ariel Bitran. Crabs On Banjo performs spontaneous songs with titlles suggested by their audience. COB released their first album during the 2008 Fortified Antifolk Festival and their second record, a 40 song triple CD, was released in early 2009.
Off This Planet & Revolution of One CD's available at cdbaby and itunes. You can learn more about Brian Speaker at www.brianspeaker.com.
Thanks for adding me. We have probably crossed paths... but Im so glad Ben told me about you in an email. Hopefuly I can catch your NYC shows and be inspired to write as you did. Dorit
bri, If everything were to go super swell on the music front for the next 5 months maybe I'd get to drop in for a visit next may. Maybe I'll muster up the strength of mind to schedule a successful tour? That'd be nice, says the dreamy boy batting his dreamy eyes... Kudos to the journey-bri
how bad ass are your songwriting skills now since this song a day project? Are you keeping to it? I've met a few others that have embarked in similar endeavors and they all seem the wiser for it. Can you now find a melody and a line at the drop of a scrabble letter? kudos Mr. Speaker.
So we finally finished our CD! We also have many shows coming up in NYC over the summer, including a benefit for Cancer Research this Thursday, July 23rd. Please come out a support a good cause. And thank you so much for supporting us!
Brian Speaker on the Speaker! I miss you- I hope to be back real soon...maybe I can see you when you tour europe! I'm sore I'm not seeing your Sidewalk residency! -c
