CLOCKWORKBIRD: design, animation, illustration » music http://www.clockworkbird.com/site Clockworkbird (aka Heather Smith) : Chicago based web designer, developer, animator, illustrator, artist and musician. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:17:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bone & Bell @ The Ace Bar- February 3rd, 9pm http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2012/01/21/bone-bell-the-ace-bar-february-3rd-9pm/ http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2012/01/21/bone-bell-the-ace-bar-february-3rd-9pm/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:17:24 +0000 hey hey http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/?p=705 Bone & Bell, Chasing Shade & Shiloh @ the Ace Bar, 2/3/12

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/230259077055616/

Chasing Shade: Fantastic 3-piece leaving Iowa City to come serenade the Windy City for one night.
www.chasingshade.bandcamp.com

Shiloh: A 7 piece of people who enjoy American Music.
www.shilohchicago.bandcamp.com

$5 – - – 21+

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Bone & Bell is getting to play the SongCircle Showcase (http://www.songcirclemusic.com/) at Schubas tonight. There are some really great songwriters lined up, so be sure to come on down.

$10, 18 +
Show starts at 8:00pm sharp

The lineup:
Bone & Bell (around 9pm)
Tyler James Beach (of Leaf Bird)
Ryan Anderson (of Go Long Mule)
Ashley Brooke Toussant
Anna Vogelzang
Steve Leaf

http://schubas.com/Shows/03-15-2011+SongCircle

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That’s right! Both of my musical projects are playing on the same night (Bone & Bell and Seek Dark Seek Flesh) AND we get to play with my good friends, The Columbines. I, for one, am excited. This is gonna be awesome.

March 2nd, 9:30pm @ Quenchers

$5 donation, 21+

9:30pm – Bone & Bell

10:15pm – Seek Dark Seek Flesh

11:00pm – The Columbines

Here is the faceplace event (in case you care): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194047457283395

]]> http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2011/02/26/bone-bell-quenchers-march-2nd/feed/ 0 PRF Songwriting Challenge: Armageddon (week 117) http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/12/13/prf-songwriting-challenge-armageddon/ http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/12/13/prf-songwriting-challenge-armageddon/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:45:05 +0000 hey hey http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/?p=642 So, I threw together a quick song for the PRF Songwriting Challenge. This week’s challenge (Armageddon) was issued by last week’s winner, my dear friend, Butternut. My interpretation incorporates a bunch of found sounds tells the brief story of a couple survivors. It represents the aftermath… and the optimistic shock that often accompanies such intense overhauls.

My submission is “The Survivors”:
http://www.purevolume.com/PRFWeek117Armageddon/albums/Armageddon


PRF Songwriting Challenge - Armageddon

]]> http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/12/13/prf-songwriting-challenge-armageddon/feed/ 0 Loom cover art & CD released! http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/12/08/boneandbell_loom_cd_released/ http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/12/08/boneandbell_loom_cd_released/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:10:53 +0000 hey hey http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/?p=636 I finally got around to making some cover art for my EP, Loom. Now that is completed, I’ve has some CDs made, which are available for $3 bucks each. Of course, the mp3 versions are still available for a free download.


I made this using pencil, watercolors, india ink and water soluble oil pastels.

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Come out and hear Bone & Bell (my solo project) play a show with the incredible Cloudbirds live at the Burlington Bar. Show starts at 8pm and is complete free. Come drink a beer and hear some sweet musak.




The Burlington Bar
http://www.theburlingtonbar.com/
3425 W Fullerton
8pm, FREE FREE FREE

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Well, it took a bit longer than expected, but I finally finished my baritone ukulele EP, Loom. It’s a collection of some of my earliest songs… The majority of them are 7 years old at this point. Needless to say, it’s been a long time coming. One million thank yous to my lovely boyfriend for recording and mixing it for me.



You can download it for FREE for a limited time, so get it while the gettin’s good.

http://boneandbell.com

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So, it’s 11pm last Sunday. I’m watching a Dr. Who episode I’ve seen before and it suddenly strikes me that the PRF songwriting challenge is due in one hour.

So, I whipped out the ‘ol baritone uke and wrote a simple, little ditty in about 20 minutes, recorded in 2 takes , with 1 mic and ended up tying for first place. Woo hoo! I’m kind of a winner!

The challenge was the write a song that somehow has to do with vegetables. Here is a link to the whole week’s entries:
http://www.purevolume.com/PRFWeek71/albums/Call+Any+Vegetable

Mine is titled: Iamnotavegetable

]]> http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2010/02/02/prf-songwriting-challenge-week-71-im-sort-of-a-winner/feed/ 1 The Fader Magazine: New Favorite Podcast http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2009/06/25/httpwww-clockworkbird-comsitewp-adminpost-new-phpthe-fader-magazine-new-favorite-podcast/ http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/2009/06/25/httpwww-clockworkbird-comsitewp-adminpost-new-phpthe-fader-magazine-new-favorite-podcast/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:26:41 +0000 hey hey http://www.clockworkbird.com/site/?p=393 I’m a podcast lover, fiend, addict, whatever title you want to slap on. I just can’t get enough. They are an intregal part of my workflow and one of the primary ways I keep up with news, entertainment and business stuff. Long live the podcast.

Fader

The Fader magazine podcast is my new favorite addition to the podcast collection.
It features great new artists from a variety of genres. I can already see many more CD purchases in my future.

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