Monday, July 6, 2020

I Been There -- From Out Of My Way (1997)


Since it's on sale for five bucks, and since many of y'all have never heard note one of it, here's the lead-off track for Out Of My Way, my 1997 solo debut.

Buy it here: https://peterholsapple.bigcartel.com/

Thursday, July 2, 2020

2020 FIRE SALE AND DIGITAL SESSION AVAILABILITY!


Hi everyone
With 2020 having thrown the proverbial spanner into the works, I’m here to do what amounts to a fire sale to gain independence from the first half of the year.  Starting Independence Day SATURDAY JULY 4:
 1. Black vinyl copies of 2019’s Amplifier-Live at Q Division 12” EP 
available through Big Cartel at $25 each.
 2. Red vinyl copies of Amplifier are sold out!
 3. Out of My Way, my 1993 debut solo CD now priced at $5! 
Go to Big Cartel to order.
 4. Also, in case you don’t have them already, 
both The dB’s Falling Off the Sky (2012) 
and Holsapple & Stamey’s hERE aND nOW (2009) 
are available for download at Bandcamp.

Working hard on new songs, hopefully to be released in some form later this year 
(unless I can get into a studio and make a real record).
In the meantime, I am offering my services for your digital recording pleasure. 
As you know, I can make my way around a plethora of instruments, 
and I would be happy to use my Pro Tools set up to record some overdubs for you. 
Electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, organ, accordion… 
Please feel free to contact me at halfpear@gmail.com or PM me on Facebook.
So that’s where it’s at, baby! 
Happy second half of 2020, let's make it work out.

PeterH

Friday, April 24, 2020

Our Back Pages!

Our Back Pages - Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey


In the great new reorganization of life as we knew it, I'm working toward ultimate pro-activity and transparency, facing up to the fact that self-promotion is a game I have avoided participating in; it's put me behind the eight ball in that respect. So here we are, April 2020, mid-social-distancing, and I am going to reaffirm my commitment to getting more music out and getting it (and me) to The People Who Are Interested.

We had a good run with the PH Combo over the past couple of years, but the time had come for me to shift gears again, so we played our last shows in January. It occurred to me that I should start writing songs that I could play on guitar and sing that didn't require my usual predilection toward overproduction. Keep it simple. Be smart about it. Portable. So it begins again.

And then this. Time for reflection, losses, silver linings, walks, 'horse' and mostly just time.

And Our Back Pages.

Chris and I recorded a bunch of our old songs from The dB's in our duo format, as we'd been playing them in our shows for years. A lighter touch, less early adult angst and more gentle harmonies, acoustic guitars and space for the songs to breathe. Chris mixed these tunes and we presented them to Omnivore for their support of MusiCares.

Our Back Pages is an easy record to enjoy at home, and if you purchase it online (the only way to get it presently), you will help us benefit MusiCares COVID-19 fund that assists musicians affected by the pandemic's scope. Here's the link to purchase it via Omnivore Recordings, but it's available on almost every platform there is. And here's the MusiCares link if you want to bypass the record completely and just make a donation.

Thanks for your patience here, and I hope you order OBP for some weekend sounds.

Love
PeterH

P.S. -- I have a new Facebook artist page which has replaced the old one. So please 'like' me here.