Cat's Coffee Shop

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Here is sonicmagpie's contribution to the macjams coffee shop challenge.

This challenge just happened to coincide with bryn's visit to Utah this weekend to meet cat. So we decided to get out Cat's dusty old acoustic guitar and blaze through some of our greatest hits.

Here in all of their raw unplugged glory are some of sonicmagpie's finest moments and for the first time ever with NO production.

Played live with virtually no rehearsal time and recorded directly to an H4 digital recorder, exclusively for the macjams coffeehouse challenge, here is the sonicmagpie set live at Cat's Coffeeshop in Utah.

(Click song titles to hear original tracks)

1) The Summer Day - written by bryn and cat

2) Go To Sleep - written by David Griffiths

3) I Don't Know - written by bryn and cat (from the phoenix sessions)

4) Remember When - Leonids cover

5) Mount Saint Helens - written by michael2, bryn and cat

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Song Stats

Hits: 1396
Comments: 30
Fans: 27
Plays: 160
Downloads: 89
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Jun 02, 2008 - 11:22:23 PM
Last Updated: Jun 02, 2008 - 11:37:57 PM Last Played: Aug 28, 2009 - 10:39:44 AM

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Hardware:

Cheapo Johnson Acoustic, Zoom H4 Digital Recorder, mystivox, bibavox

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Comments

magnatone

magnatone said 540 days ago (June 2nd, 2008)

Cat's Coffee Shop
OH MY GOD!! This is a treasure of treasures! I'm totally in love with every one of these. What a special moment where the Utah visit and the Coffee Shop challenge came together in time. I LOVE THIS. (I totally totally love it!) (Completely) This goes directly to the ipod motorcycle roadtrip playlist! (Highest compliment I've got). thanks you guys

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Feter

Feter said 540 days ago (June 2nd, 2008)

Cat's Coffee Shop
Awesome awesome coffee time singin ..what a wonderful
thing so the magpie met in real life wow owow !!
congrat for you ... :-) love to see these meetin
happened for our Mjers Amen to us all to meet someday!

I just loved your singin and the decent friendly
singin ..just amazing ... thank you for sharin
such awesome time ...loved all the songs WOW
what a treat !!

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	said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	The real McCoy! Awesome medley! My favorite part, of course, is where Mysti says "Hi Mike!" (Just kidding...well...er...sort of...) I love this. HOWEVER, I really think folks in the shop should have sat still and listened! If i had been there I'd have blasted offenders with straw covers and spit-wads! A triumph you two! Be well!

stevel	stevel said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Great set It's a treat to hear you to collaborating live in the coffee shop....Expresso Magpie! Great stuff Steve Check out my latest song called Electricity

Nick_Flash	Nick_Flash said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Wow This is a great set! I enjoyed the entire 15 minutes. Is that a record length here on MJ? Definitely worth it. Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called Wake Up

Peter Bauckham	Peter Bauckham said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Lovely session - live and acoustic - I will be downloading this one too! Thanks. Peter Check out my latest song called All The Same (CBGB) (Last Chance Challenge)

	said 535 days ago (June 7th, 2008)
	Cheers Peter Glad you liked. Thanks for stopping by at the coffee shop b

	said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Great! Congrats, this is one of the best things ever posted here. Seeing each other are a very happy news to hear. Great song by all means, amazing combo we have here. KUDOS! Take Care - Yeman A. Al-Rawi

Go_Turtle_Go

Go_Turtle_Go said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)

wow
please take it to the next level!? For us mortal;)). I presume Bryn is doing the guitar and the percussion and Cat the vocals. Well, the other way around would really be a shocker.hahahaha....Having said that, more on the songs. I love the feel to them, it shows you two are like in love with each other, well musically speaking. The horror!! Never mind that, ey Marlon!? The execution is so relaxed and fragile. Her voice is yum yum, even without a harmonizer. I liked the unison parts, I liked it all. I don't know is a fav of mine. All little treasures. Love the British accent. Hi 5! The turtle

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	said 535 days ago (June 7th, 2008)
	Hey Marc Thanks for stopping by and taking a listen to our live set. You are right - me guitar, cat vox. Next time maybe Cat piano and me vox?? It was quite a trip relearning some of our back catalogue and then actually playing them together like this. Glad you liked (the accent and the music) Marlon

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Wow I expected top shelf but this is out of sight! Thank you so much guys!!! Wish the coffee shop hadn't been sold out for this show... I tried to get tickets but they sold out in seconds... I can hear why! Check out my latest song called Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge

Roxylee

Roxylee said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)

Awesome, you two!
What a treat- thank you! :-) Realistic coffeehouse feel. I think the people should clink and chat between songs, not during them. But I understand you were going for how it usually is in a coffeehouse. I like the patter (Oh, my knee. --"Money?" ) Too funny! You sound great together, and I'm glad you got to meet and sing together in person. How cool!!! This is a great coffeehouse set! :-)

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drakonis	drakonis said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	so fun OK, I really was there... sipping the coffee, smirking at Bryn banging the guitar so he could ask for mo-ney, and enjoying the choice of music and fun unplugged performance. Mt. St. Helens was a perfect end-cap. Bravo/Brava! ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

magnatone	magnatone said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Cat's Coffee House I just listened to these again with my morning coffee and loved them all even more! You guys should do a CD of your music naked - er - your naked music! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

HipHopMoses	HipHopMoses said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Cool idea... Making it a set ahh man wish I'd thought of that lol but I don't enough acoustic songs for that... Definitely a coffee shop Gem and I don't even like coffee :D you guys rock can that be a coffee shop phrase? Moses Check out my latest song called Thank you

michael2	michael2 said 540 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	awesome i'll take a double americano please; no, it's for here, I want to hear the band. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

saymme	saymme said 539 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	bliss.... ( : Touches deep .. Flowres for You... A BIG buquette Love & Peace Helena : )

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 539 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	excellent a nice full set of some cool tunes, what a cool idea! really liked how the vocals locked in together. Check out my latest song called November

	said 539 days ago (June 3rd, 2008)
	Does Not get better than this it's so good it makes me want to...stop making music because I can't do this kind of music and I so badly want to, but it's not in my genes...marvelous work..I just love it...

	said 539 days ago (June 4th, 2008)
	Cat's Coffe Shop Very nice enjoyable listen. Nice singing. Peace Dee.

lavalamp	lavalamp said 539 days ago (June 4th, 2008)
	This is really nice Sweet tune. Liked it very much. Keep it coming. LL Check out my latest song called Googolplex Times Zero

lengold	lengold said 537 days ago (June 5th, 2008)
	What a perfect listening experience - so lovely to hear you both enjoying yourselves so much and playing and singing so beautifully. I have sent myself an email to remember to download when I get my mac back. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

Moviz	Moviz said 537 days ago (June 5th, 2008)
	Very Coffee shop Nice to hear the raw sounds too, so fresh and natural, nice songs too..... love the clattering cups for atmosphere, cheers M Check out my latest song called Come Back Billie

Mystified	Mystified said 535 days ago (June 7th, 2008)
	Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed this set of songs! It really was a lot of fun doing a quick-arrangement for acoustic recording (well, Bryn did all the work, there--I don't play the guitar!) I certainly had a blast singing along :D Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

caroline	caroline said 537 days ago (June 6th, 2008)
	i cried for happy to hear this... perfect ... how wonderful to listen to the purity and the fun .. awww ... ouch (heart chakra) and thank you xoxoxoxo Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

dajama	dajama said 536 days ago (June 6th, 2008)
	Very cool The performances are great - wonderful singing, and what great songs! A truly impressive set of songs. Magnificent. Kudos. Peace. Check out my latest song called Across the Wire (MJRF)

Alannah	Alannah said 536 days ago (June 6th, 2008)
	Very groovee guys .... ... very groovee .... couldnt' wait to hear this since chatting about it last weekend ... well worth the wait .. sounds like you two had a blast together .... Check out my latest song called I'm Drownin' - Smokey VW (feat Alannah) + Outtaorbit

NorthPoint	NorthPoint said 535 days ago (June 7th, 2008)
	Phenomenal Wow - this is a treasure. The comment at the beginning of "that's my mic this is your mic" sets the tone. Free form, heartfelt, spontaneous, magical. This is such a treat. Thanks Cat and Bryn for this beautiful music. Check out my latest song called Still Waters

Mystified

Mystified said 534 days ago (June 9th, 2008)

Thanks for all the comments!
Thanks so much for listening, commenting, and laughing along with us!

This was a lot of fun to do (though I think Bryn did most of the work in playing the guitar and singing along!).

While B and I do a LOT of production on most of our sonic_magpie songs, it was fun to 'unplug' this set and see how they fared w/out the effects.

Again, thanks for coming along for a listen!

(And thanks again, B!!)

Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Diviner	Diviner said 528 days ago (June 15th, 2008)
	Brilliant Not only done live (to give a true coffee shop open mic) but well played and well sung. Really good recording, vibe and everything. Well done, thoroughly enjoyed, I'm there, clapping. Check out my latest song called Space Program (Space Race 2009)