I was messing around with this audio file that Jacob sent me from when we played Christmas Eve at the Lilly Pad.
"Computer Geek Blues" is about a fictitious computer geek who is going to be from Walnut Creek from now on, even though in this version of the song, he is from Fountain Valley, California.
He steals a fictitious girlfriend from a fictitious guy; and the song attempts to describe how that would go down...
Time crept along until it was midnight when I arrived at the playing spot; without the amp and microphone, just the spotlight.
I made 32 bucks in right around 80 minutes of playing.
It was good to know that I can make money playing without the amp; people just stand a little closer.
I have all kinds of ideas about what kind of songs to add to my list; I've been limiting them to a few keys that match the harmonicas. A really good player can get something like 5 different keys out of a harmonica.
Well, I've been up all night after getting home; and before I know it, it will be time to go back out; this time with fresh batteries in the amp and the spotlight; and hopefully a brand new song. I have just about learned "Half A Person," by The Smiths.
If I was smart, I would find all the songs I can that have harmonica in them; maybe by Googling; "which songs use a D major harmonica?"
I'm pretty sure "Heart of Gold," by Neil Young does.
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