( there is a voiceover of the newsletter this week for the first time ever! if you’d like to listen to me read it to you, click play above : )
Welcome to Vol. 6 of The Underground Binder-Clip Society™️
Grab your coffee Pizza, and take a seat.
(“Trying” by Mercury is out now. I got to record this song with my good friend Maddie Kerr, and I am quite proud of what we made together.
Here are this week’s “Quick Clips:”
* Screwtape Letter Number 14 - I have returned to you again. So Good. So many Good Reminders. The last paragraph or two specifically tends to get me back on my feet. It helps me remember to turn a 180 when necessary. You’ve also just got to check out the formatting on this website where I have linked the chapter. It’s so old-school and awesome.
* Our greatest weapons in this life are a good sense of humor, self-forgetfulness, and hospitality. Just some thoughts from the books I’ve been “Channel Surfing.”
* A good friend of mine has been doing some recording work for me for free, pretty much. New Legit Smitty songs, mostly. I’ve been trying to buy him pizza and beers to let him know how much I appreciate it. That way, we get to break bread together and make art together. I want to start trading food and drink for work more often. Or work for other kinds of work or random gifts.
* I’ve been enjoying the tones on the new Sinai Vessel song “Birthday.” Good Grief, what a beautiful song.
* My new song, “Grudges,” comes out next Friday, Nov. 3! You can Pre-Save it now by clicking here! Or listen to it early by becoming a paid subscriber for just $5 a month!
* I got to record OUTSIDE this week with my homies Harrison and Poly for a little video series that is going to be oh-so-awesome. The clip below is from Narrows of The Harpeth outside of Nashville. I built a pretty cool mobile recording rig out of a knock-off Pelican case from Harbor Freight. It worked great, and I was glad I had it when we started crossing some large streams of water for certain parts of the recording process.
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Yours Truly,
Jake Smith
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