Ok, maybe sponsor is a bit much; Backer? Supporter? Emotional brassiere? Whatever you want to call me, that’s what I am (that works for so many other things in my life too).

Confused? Let me esplain. No, there is too much to esplain. Let me sum up. My friends at the Radio Bean (pretty much the coolest place to see music in downtown Burlington because it’s pretty much the only place you can see Milton Busker) are expanding and they need assistance from the community to do so. They’ve spun up a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to finish construction for their “Lamp Club Lamp Shop” and wine bar. Yes, you read that right: Lamp Shop and Wine Bar. It sounds kind of insane to me too, but so does opening a coffee shop in Burlington that has live music 7 nights a week… and buying a low-signal radio station to broadcast many of that music live over the airways and internet… and expanding into a full service restaurant. All insane. And it all seems to working out pretty well for them so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and help them out because they’ve helped me out so much.

Go watch their video on Kickstarter. If you can donate, please do. Anything helps but if you can be a little generous they have some pretty cool gifts that they’re giving away (why yes, I do want a signed Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band CD. Thank you).

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Anyway, they’re good people and if you can help them out, please do so. If you can’t, spread the word.

And please continue to call me anything you like. I don’t mind.

Hi there. I’m Milton. Milton Busker. I’d like to take a moment of your time to tell you about this fantastic offer that’s available to anyone that feels like winning. Do you feel like winning? I know you do.

“But Milton, how do I win so hard like you do?”

Easy kids. You attend one of my patented “Milton Busker Sings in Your General Direction” seminars. It’s forty-five to sixty minutes of me, Milton Busker, singing in your general direction and it gives you the power to do something with your life. Something like win.

“But where can I find the next ‘Milton Busker Sings in Your General Direction’ seminar”

I’m glad you asked. The seminars occur all over one location in Burlington, VT. Radio Bean. The next one is February first at 8PM. I guarantee that it will be practically winning with the winningest win you’ve ever winned. Win.
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So here it is: almost 2014. Time to reflect on the past year and take stock, right? Right. Here’s what was awesome about 2013:

1. Radio Bean.
   I resolved to play out more, so starting earlier this year I booked 1 show per month at Radio Bean. Lee Anderson and Joe Adler are such strong supporters of local art and if it weren’t for them, I would have no place to play for people.
2. Dance Songs, Vol. II+
   This past summer I realized that I was not going to finish enough new recordings by the end of the year to release the full length album that I’m slooooooooowly putting together. And then I realized that I had this old 4-song EP that I had never officially released. And then I remembered that I had two other songs I recorded around the same time sitting on my hard drive. So I pulled them all together and released a digital album this past September, which leads me to…
3. Dance Songs, Vol. II+ gets a positive review in the Seven Days.
   If you’re not from VT, you probably don’t care about local paper Seven Days. But you should. It’s a good paper. And music reviewer extraordinaire Dan Bolles said he liked my album. I like to say that I write, record, and release music for my own benefit, and while that is true, a really nice review in VT’s most widely read arts magazine is pretty fan-fucking-tastic.
   Dance Songs, Vol. II+ on Seven Days
4. Ordinary Day – The Music VideoMy friend John made Ordinary Day into a music video. I really like it. Go watch it again, yes?
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5. The Precipice Music Festival
   Ok, it was a bit of a bummer that the acoustic tent was really acoustic (no sound system), but that doesn’t take anything away from the 3 day music festival featuring local music that I got to be a part of this past July. It was amazing and reinforces the awesomeness of Lee Anderson and Joe Adler.
6. My family. awwwwwwww. They’re really #1, but since this is a music blog, I have to demote them a little.
7. My fans.
   I would rather have the small group of thoughtful, dedicated fans that I have today than a gigantic throng of sycophants and worshipers… … … ha, ha, I almost made it through that with a straight face. I would love a lot more fans. But I did mean it when I called you thoughtful and dedicated. Y’all make me happy.

Now, how about stuff that didn’t go so hot this year? I just have one; my old friend Mike “Meistah” Deutsch died unexpectedly this fall. He will be dearly missed by those who knew him.

As for 2014, I have a good feeling about it. I’m really hoping to finish enough recordings to release an LP. I have a title all picked out and everything. I just need to finish a few more songs…

Now then I mentioned Radio Bean in the title and I did play there this evening. The set list:

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1. Gravity
2. Ordinary Day
3. Jesus In Chains
4. Drones
5. We Get Over
6. A Jerk’s Lament
7. The Pentophobe
8. Rehearsing Our Goodbyes
9. Let You Down
10. Mind This Mind
11. All the Same to You
12. Things Behind the Sun
13. The Interrogator (enhanced)
14. Glad to See You Go

Really excellent crowd tonight, and the Buskerettes were in rare form; bringing the eye candy and comic relief. I’ll try and get a video of their antics if I can.

I had some pretty obvious mess ups in Let You Down and Things Behind the Sun, but overall I feel good about the performance. I need to practice more. Or play out more. Perhaps both.

I also ran into Tim Lewis, a Burlington-music aficionado, DJ for WBKM, and blogger. He’s played my music on his radio show and said some nice things about me on his blog, so it was nice to meet him. And then he sent me this: Tim’s Triangle Tribune – Milton Busker at Radio Bean

Pretty sweet. Overall a good night to cap off a good year. I hope you all have a wonderful 2014!

I’m about a day late with this post. I contracted a cold and desperately needed sleep after last night’s show, and then I spent the day making the homestead ready for the Glorious Day of Gravy (I believe normal people call it Thanksgiving).

Set list from last evening:

1. Ordinary Day
2. Jesus In Chains
3. All the Same to You
4. A Jerk’s Lament
5. For Milly – With Mostly Squalor
6. How to Disappear Completely
7. Dogs at the Door
8. The Pentophobe
9. Rehearsing Our Goodbyes

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10. Gravity
11. Mind This Mind
12. My Fear of Losing You
13. Big River

As I mentioned earlier, I have a cold. Luckily it started yesterday so the voice wasn’t too bad for the show. I had to struggle on a couple of the high notes, but I think it sounded ok. No one complained to my face.

AND I was able to stay after the show to watch some of the Honky Tonk Tuesday. All I can say about it is DAAAAAAMN! Brothers can play! Do yourself a favor and get out there some night. It’s a five piece outfit – drums, upright bass, fiddle, guitar, pedal steel. They are tight and they are fun. Go see them. Totally worth it. I didn’t stick around as long as I had hoped because my stamina was quickly deteriorating, but I did get to hear them play George Jones’ “White Lightning”.

Seriously, go see them.

My next show is December 27. It’s an early one – 7-7:45PM. I may have something special planned for it… stay tuned.

Yeah, you read the title right. ELVIS COSTELLO! More on that later.

Every year, Radio Bean hosts a daylong bash to celebrate the anniversary of their opening. They’ve done 13 of them, and I for one am hoping for many, many, many more.

The Radio Bean has carved out a very special place in the Burlington music scene – they have live music pretty much every day and are willing to give just about anyone an opportunity to perform for an audience. While they can’t offer much in the way of cash to the folks that play, they offer a free drink and a serious discount on the food. They also have a “hat” for tips and if you plan it right, bring in a good crowd, and keep reminding folks, you can pull in enough for gas and dinner.

Anyway, I will personally be eternally grateful to them because they have single-handedly kept me performing live by setting me up with shows and asking me to their special events like The Precipice Festival and their birthday celebration. And it is quite the celebration. Two stages. 60-something different artists starting at 8AM and running until who knows when. They also serve free coffee and pancakes all day.

Because of the number of artists playing throughout the day, everyone gets about a 10-15 minute set. Mine was supposed to start at 2, but got pushed to around 2:30 because of delays earlier in the day. I played two songs, War Pigs and Mind This Mind. I played War Pigs to honor “Meistah” Mike Deutsch, who died earlier this year. He was a huge supporter of Radio Bean and an old friend from my Currently Nameless days (and he set me up with an apartment many years ago). He was also quite the metal-head with a special place in his heart for Black Sabbath. Radio Bean’s proprietor Lee Anderson had dedicated the celebration to him earlier that morning and seemed to appreciate my humble tribute. As for Mind This Mind, it’s a bluesy/jazzy number that generally plays really well in front of new audiences, thus the second song.

One of the really cool things about the Birthday Bash is that there are so many artists playing for such a short time that it ends up being something of a showcase where you can check out a bunch of different acts that perhaps you wouldn’t have taken the time to go see at their own show. The folks that went before me were all pretty great and I wish I had been able to stay after my set was over, but given how late I started, I had to leave.

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What can I say? The man is an incredibly inventive songwriter, an excellent singer, and not too shabby on the guitar. It was a solo show and lasted about two hours. He didn’t play everything that I had hoped he would (I was really hoping for So Like Candy, Veronica, and Oliver’s Army) but he did Everyday I Write the Book, Alison, and Accidents Will Happen, among many others. The highlight for me was Beyond Belief. I love that song. Love it.

So after Elvis was done, I figured I would head back to Radio Bean to see who was playing and get some of that free coffee before heading home. I was stopped at the door. Radio Bean was at maximum capacity and you had to wait to get in.

Good for them. They deserve it.

I didn’t want to wait so I went home.

Pretty fantastic day.

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Another night at the Bean, and I gotta say I felt pretty good about this show. The crowd was fantastic, primarily because the artist who went before me stuck around. His name was Chris Velan and I was really impressed with his set. He’s got a Boss recording pedal and uses it to layer different guitar parts on top of each other to excellent effect. He also sang a few songs with Ria Mae and they sounded lovely. Lastly, he has a real easy stage presence that I marvel at. Why can’t everyone be awkward and mumbly like me?

Anyway, I also had The Buskerettes on stage with me, and they really brought the eye candy. True, one of the them is five and just makes faces at the audience and the other one is eight and plays her DS on stage throughout the entire set, but they’re much nicer to look at than me.

Tonight’s set:

1. Gravity
2. Ordinary Day
3. Jesus In Chains
4. Angeles
5. Pitseleh
6. Dogs at the Door
7. The Meanest Thing I’ll Ever Write

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8. Rehearsing Our Goodbyes
9. Mind This Mind
10. Glad to See You Go
11. I Put a Spell on You
12. War Pigs

I missed the Elliott Smith Memorial Celebration at Radio Bean last week, so I had to throw a couple of his songs into the set. I do Angeles pretty straight, but Pitseleh is an interpretation. It’s out on SoundCloud if you’re interested in taking a listen.

And yes, that is Black Sabbath’s War Pigs. It doesn’t sound like Sabbath, though. It sounds like me covering Sabbath. If I can get someone to capture a video of me playing it, maybe I’ll post it for Halloween.

It was a good night. I was very grateful to the Bean for letting me take the stage and allowing my daughters to share it with me. Next show is Tuesday, November 26. I’ll have to learn some Turkey-themed songs…

Here’s something I do every Friday that, I just realized, I have never explained. Perhaps it needs no explanation, but I’ve learned recently that my communication methods can lead to multiple interpretations. Go figure.

So every Friday, around noon I take a well-deserved break from the hustle and bustle and listen to the Radio. But not just any radio – I listen to Pandora radio.

Now as a working musician, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the service; I hate that they pay musicians (the whole reason people use the service) a pittance and I hate that I’m not on there. Search for Milton Busker and you get bubkis and while I’m sure bubkis is a fine band, they’re not Milton Busker. If you want to get better informed about the service and how it’s not exactly the best thing to happen to musicians, David Lowry is your man. It’s eye-opening stuff.

So why do I still use it? It’s very good at what it does – which is creating interesting and relevant playlists related to artists or songs. And I’m optimistic that they will find a way to work with artists to update their pay policies to be more equitable to those who are providing their content. Also, you just might find out about artists you’ve never heard of and start patronizing them, which is one of the arguments I find most convincing (although I’ve never seen any hard evidence about it). Lastly, it’s not Napster or bittorrent.

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I take suggestions about on whom (or what song) I base the radio station and having folks follow along and interacting is my favorite.

So how do you know I’m #tweetingPandora and not just listening to music? Well, the tweets are always structured as follows:
“Artist. Song Title. Comments #tweetingPandora”

If you follow me on Twitter (if you don’t, why not?) or ‘Like’ me on Facebook, you’ll be a part of the fun. And that’s it. #tweetingPandora explained.

I used to get in arguments with my former band mates and management (back in the days when I had band mates and management) about how honest to be at the end of a show. If someone approached me and said, “Wow, that was a great show,” when I didn’t think it was, I would proceed to school them on why that was NOT in fact a good show, much less a great one. I would say thank you, but then describe every mistake; every missed beat; every note I didn’t quite hit; in painstaking detail. I am masterful when describing my faults.

I’ve since decided that the people telling me to cut that out were right, and I’m working on being better about it. We are often hardest on ourselves and can’t always make the most rational judgment on the things we do.

Plus, you don’t want to change anyone’s mind from “that was a pretty cool band” to “wow, I didn’t see it before, but this band really sucks”. That’s just bad business.

So how did this evening go? It went great. Yes. I’m going to say it went great. Here’s what I played:

1. Ordinary Day
2. Isham 605
3. Jesus In Chains
4. All The Same To You
5. While Watching the Window

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6. Stupid Lullaby
7. Dogs at the Door
8. Mouthful of Cavities
9. Rehearsing Our Goodbyes
10. We Get Over
11. The Pentophobe
12. Gravity
13. Glad to See You Go

You may note that the first 6 songs also happen to be the same as the track listing for “Dance Songs, Vol. II+”, available on your favorite digital music store. I did that on purpose.

If you missed coming out tonight, you’ll have the chance to catch me at Radio Bean again on October 26 at 9:30 PM.

This is a song about how bizarre everything is.
We are conscious mammals on a gigantic ball of metal, dirt, and water; soaked in oxygen and nitrogen; held fast to an object that is incredibly tiny compared to the gigantic ball of plasma it’s circling; which in itself is incredibly small compared to the vastness of the galaxy it’s a part of; which pales in comparison to the entirety of the universe; which most of us can’t even fathom.
We are conscious mammals unable to detect the vastness of everything around us; the untold numbers of organisms swirling around you when you walk out your door.
In the backyard is a creature you’ve never seen. It’s searching for food, or someone like itself to make more of itself with; it’s trying not to be eaten or stepped on, and it doesn’t care about you, to the extent that you are something it wishes to avoid.
We are conscious mammals sharing space with other conscious mammals. There are millions upon millions of people who will never hear of you; who at this very second are doing something you will never know about. Sharing intimacies that will forever be lost when they are gone.
And we have to pretty much ignore it or go mad …and to you, it’s just an ordinary day…
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