Between February 1 and March 1, 2012 Earl embarked on a 30 day blogging challenge, where he wrote a blues composition daily. Each piece was posted on his blog, everupandonward.blogspot.com.
On April 24 & 26, 2012 he recorded all thirty songs, using an iPhone, with the assistance of four of his students: Tom Lee – trumpet, Emily Lavins – saxophones, flute, Nick Trautmann – string bass, and Mike Allegue – drum set. Each piece was recorded in one take, playing the “in head”, a couple of choruses of improvisation, and the “out head”.
All 30 tunes appear below.
- To listen to a specific song, click on the gray “play” arrow.
- To download printed music of a song, click on the song title.
- To read the original blog post, click on “Blues #__”.
30 Day Blues
Toy Trane
Compound Line
Bottom Feeders
Fifth Dimension
Riff Raff
Stella’s Stroll
Cow Tippin’
Chunka Skunk
Force of Habit
Upping the Ante
Blues #12: Ad Nauseam
Ad Nauseam
Blues #13: Struggling To See The Unseen
Struggling To See The UnSeen>
Lover’s Quarrel
Conspiracy Theory
Flip Side
Brood of Vipers
Solar Flare
Un-American
Big Brother
Sensory Break
Internal Candidate
The Stalker
Google Is Watching
Jacob’s Blues
8 Bar Snooze
Blues #27: You Would If You Loved Me
You Would If You Loved Me
Disillusionment
Blues #29: Good Riddance
Good Riddance
Blues #30: Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
