tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63761966650099554392012-02-16T13:04:40.673-05:00A personal journal regarding the making of his 5th record. Personal notes, thoughts, breakthroughs, good news, bad news.John Haydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13599566162323976939noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376196665009955439.post-86850921282899576722008-07-28T06:27:00.003-04:002008-07-28T06:34:53.986-04:00

Very quick video from my friend, Pete Weiss, who owns Verdant Studio and plays in the coolest 22nd century rock band in North America, Weisstronauts!Pete himself claims no role in how the piece became a featured video on YouTube stating "We have no idea why this happened, or who is responsible".John

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Spreadshirt Market Place ProductPhantom Heart Tee

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Listening to "Cure For Pain" constantly these days. Brilliant work from Mark Sandman. Recorded 15 years ago - clearly on two-inch tape. 

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Picked the hardcopy version of "PostSecret" again at Margaret's house. Added the feed to this blog on the right. Enjoy.

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Cracked open my copy of "Silver and Gold" by Neil Young, which I haven't heard in years and I became a re-initiated fan. The man has no pretense, no false banners, no bright-colored mask. He is a man of the highest art that cannot be mass produced: love & sincerity.A few weeks ago I saw the movie "Heart Of Gold". Basically, the movie is about Neil Young, but it's more about life-long friendships

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Review of Phantom Heart on Three Monkeys eZine"Haydon, from Waltham Massachusetts has been playing the local scene for over thirteen years, with phantom heart being his fifth album released. Impressive and soulful, it immediately catches attention and sets out its stall as redemptive music (there's a cover of Daniel Johnson's Good Morning You - to give you an idea of where we're coming from here)

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Found this video of a performance I did this last Summer at the Lizard Lounge open mic series:

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Steve Chaggaris, who played drums on a few tracks for Phantom Heart, wrote the following blurb about his experience:"I did some recording for singer/songwriter John Haydon. John is another old friend of mine who has really come into his own as a songwriter in the past few years. I was honoured that he invited me to play some drums for him on his forthcoming CD. It was a treat to play on such

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Great show at the Lizard Lounge this past Saturday night, although it was not sold-out like I thought it would be. Rick Berlin and Peter Linnane opened the night and I was able to catch a few songs.Rick told a story about his 7-year old nephew who was in a coma after a snowmobile accident. Upon awakening, he asked his Uncle: "Uncle Rick? Do you still love me?". Rick said that this question has

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Great article written by Francis Ma in the Tab Newspaper. He was mainly interested in the personal story behind creating the album. Bits and pieces of my life are now in print, making me feel somewhat naked. However, the courage and openness of this act outweighs my vulnerable position. After all, it's not like I'm the only person to ever be divorced and depressed.

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This is a short film by Ted Resnikoff that captures the personal story behind the songs on "Phantom Heart". Dawn Kamerling, my publicist at The Press House asked me about music videos. Because the record was really about vulnerability and openness, I decided that a short personal documentary would be more appropriate than a slick video with a lot of fast edits. Also, everyone has a music video...

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This video was shot by Franky Butkus - entirely in super 8 film. I chose super 8 because I felt it would express the emotion and darkness of "Peel Away".I met Franky last year on Craigs List when he posted an offer to shoot some super 8 film he needed to use before it expired. We went on top of my roof deck and I played through the tune a couple of times. After that, we just drove around

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The cover below is the final artwork for the Phantom Heart CD, which was released on 3-25-08. For a while, I had a completely different cover (the chair to the right). An old friend of mine, Matt Condron, is a painter whose subjects are often empty chairs. I always liked his paintings and was inspired to come up with something similar. An empty chair in a room really speaks about the person who

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I just found this definition from Urban Dictionary which fits completely with how Phantom Heart was created:"The condition of finding out that just when you thought you has so soul and no emotion left, something reminds you that you can still feel."

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I've been doing live shows and a radio shows with a friend of mine, Jordan Rodu.I met Jordan at work one day. We started talking and he mentioned that he has a Masters in conducting. We talked about the high demand for conductors in today's job market and he went on to say he owns an Opera company and plays Viola. I invited him to check out some tunes because I needed Viola on a few.Turned out to

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Just got off the phone with Dawn, a publicist with The Press House in New York. Talked about the disc and my idea of two CD releases... told her that my goal was to get some buzz so that I can break into licensing (TV, Cable, Movies).After listening for a while, she recommended that I come up with a timeframe (April - June) and list of cites where I'd like to focus. We're targeting April - June

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Have not posted for a while, have mainly been in love and busy with tracking.Spent the weekend of 11/17 & 11/18 up in Athens Vermont with a good friend, Pete Weiss. He owns Verdant Studio and has worked on a number of projects with me.Very, very happy with the results and love the plate reverb he has (he asked me several times to move the reverb level on the tank which was a room away from the

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Matt Duane Griffin encouraged me to take a week down in Nashville and hang at the Blue Bird Cafe, an all-night open mic. He said I could really learn the music biz there just by talking to people and asking them what they do. Maybe I'll do this in the spring right around when Phantom Heart comes out.I feel like I've slowly broken through a limitation in my mind about my music - as if I really do

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For the session next weekend, I have mapped out the following game plan:Tendril Stem: Me on Acoustic, electric, drums and vocalsLast Night What You Told Me: Me on Acoustic and Vocals, Drums, Seiki on Acoustic.Coming Down on Me: Me on Acoustic, Electric, Floor Tom, Tamborine and Vocals, Seiki on Acoustic. Seiki on Classical Guitar percussion.You Got Me Lost: Me on Acoustic and Electric, Tamborine,

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Wondering if it might be a good idea to have fans/friends have a say in cover art, track order and design of the CD. Have been reading a lot about the closer relationship between artist and fan....

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Because I want to get my thoughts down, recorded for the future - maybe I'll be the only one who reads it, but maybe other will find it useful somehow. I hope someday my son, Guthrie, will read it and say "Uh, my Dad was really interesting".I also want something that I can refer to as the project develops and changes. I have many ideas about production, arrangements, who I want to play on the

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