Summer Dregs: Recent Episodes
Carl Cadwell
Stream the full album: https://tinyurl.com/4h94vxw2Ben VanWinkle - CelloEmily Drexler - ViolaGiven Arnold - Electric BassJohn Hooker - DrumsetSam Miller - Additional EngineeringSummer Dregs - All other instruments, Composer, EngineeringVersion 06b
A lot of people associate East Lake (my neighborhood) with broken bottles, old tires, loud cars, kids yelling and sirens. I took those sounds and made them sound the way I hear them: beautiful.0:00 garbage truck picking up trash.0:19 flicking metal tab0:27 Rubbing inside of ribbed tire0:28 rubbing plastic bags, hitting bottles, hitting tire with hands0:40 blowing on bottle0:52 blowing on bottles with tremolo on it, squealing brakes0:55 hitting the taped up tire (kick sound), hitting carburetor (metal snare)0:57 hitting plastic part on instrument1:15 truck driving away1:22 geese1:26 motor revving, hitting tire with hands, rubbing inside of ribbed tire1:37 more revving motors, hitting tire with brushes1:39 geese1:56 siren1:50 brakes squeal1:58 dogs2:09 carburetor2:14 trash truck2:22 dirt bike motor2:34 kids playing
Written to the choreography of Ariel Grossman and Eugene Peabody
Live Performance: https://youtu.be/HV61gpta2nw
The best of Summer Dregs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3whR9whB602zAccqyq5Lvc?si=LwlBNBsGS5OJ662zU-h6wA
Summer Dregs on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQTREUOF2I7D5St6pqIFb_c9PsOPtPrS
Play Pretend is the moment taking too long on a selfie gives way to existential crisis. Where the gadgetry of modern life falls away to reveal a longing for something real. Where toy pianos and casio beats give way to slicing synths and marching bands. And where panic attacks lead to undeniable hooks.
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A song for my lil baby homie. https://SummerDregs.com
Paul and Carl were working in the studio. Myra, Paul's daughter was there, too. At one point Paul started singing and rhyming Myra's name to keep her quiet while he came up with melodies. What came out was so fun and funny we HAD to use it. And that's how we got Paul and Myra on a track together, a song for his little baby homie.
Made 100% by dads
Production: Summer Dregs Vocals: Paul Smallman Drums: Jared White Organ: Anthony Wiley
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Video: https://youtu.be/l2zNvJXtIqk
In which Summer Dregs injects some of the undeniable energy and vibe that is Kindora back into her own song. What emerged is a bonkers, funhouse-mirror version of the original. A rainbow buffet full of roiling snares, funk guitar, oversaturated bubble-synths, hyperactive beat boxing and slap bass.
So enjoy this like you would any cartoon with a dark underbelly of paranoia
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What to do when in a relationship with a body that’s gone cold? When your S.O. can only approximate human emotion? When your relationship is in the uncanny valley? Body Language explores the murky depths of this emotional state via bone-crack snares, vocal yelps and bracing lyrics.
The portrait of Carl by Travis Knight reflects the tangled beats, glowing synths and emotional guts of the song.
Composed by Carl Cadwell, Stephen Nichols Produced by Carl Cadwell Vox: Paul Smallman Vox: Swayyvo Bass: Travis Knight Acoustic Drums: Joshua Caleb Green Additional Vocal Engineering: Chad Caroland Art: Travis Knight Photo: Jered Martin
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Wherein three CHA heavyweights take R&B jam "Heaven on Earth" to ecstatic new heights. All three musicians (and Flock House affiliates) push and stretch each other in new directions. Swayyvo takes a break from spitting fire to show off his angelic falsetto. Johnny Balik luxuriates in his own virtuosic croon. Underpinning it all is Summer Dregs, who brings his most sumptuous, spacious production to the table, all without loosing his funhouse edge.
What in the original was a spark, they rebuilt into a smouldering fire. Get lost in the waves.
Song by Swayyvo and Carl Cadwell Vox and Sax: Swayyvo Vox: Johnny Balik Production: Carl Cadwell Guitar: Brandon Paris Mixing and Mastering: DeJuan Cross Johnny Balik Vocal Engineering: Roark Bailey Original: https://soundcloud.com/swayyvo/heavenonearth
Summer Dregs turns Johnny Smathers' exquisitely post-breakup melancholy into a freewheeling and woozy party. Sometimes you gotta get lost in the music (and smoke) to numb the pain, at least for one night.
Featuring drums and bass of premier CHA jazzers Jim Crumble and Given Arnold.
https://summerdregs.com Original: https://soundcloud.com/johnnysmathers/your-own-supply Song by Johnny Smathers and Carl Cadwell Vox: Johnny Smathers Production: Carl Cadwell Drums: Jim Crumble Bass: Given Arnold Art: Nate Giordano & Michael Mahaffey
Sometimes all it takes is a random text from an old friend to remind us of how the passage of time can take its toll. On relationships, friendships, ourselves. And when that happens, sometimes the only choice is to dance it out.
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Original Song: Birds With Fleas Remix: Carl Cadwell (Summer Dregs) Drums: Josh Green Guitar: Andrew Hobbs
Release Date: Sept 21, 2017
Video: https://youtu.be/sUM2lrEkd4U
Paul Smallman - Vox, Composition Carl Cadwell - Keys, Production, Composition Josh Green - Drums Brandon Paris - Guitar Stephen Nichols - Composition
A remix of Dirty Blonde's song by the same name: https://soundcloud.com/dirtyblondetunes/backseat-pressure
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Song by: Chad Caroland and Carl Cadwell Vox: Chad Caroland Production: Carl Cadwell Guitar: Andrew Hobbs and Chad Caroland Acoustic Drums: Joshua Caleb Green
LIVE, Aug 19: SummerDregs.com/Tickets
Song by Carl Cadwell & Paul Smallman Vocals: Paul Smallman Production: Carl Cadwell Drums: Josh Green Guitar: Andrew Hobbs Art Design: Michael Mahaffey
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Song by Carl Cadwell and Paul Smallman Vox: Paul Smallman Production: Carl Cadwell Mixing: Derek Garten Mastering: Glenn Schick