tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35655962280449326812011-07-28T19:50:52.879-07:00Henry Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09222144871856444411noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565596228044932681.post-8419840609605044112007-11-26T11:11:00.001-08:002011-02-03T20:19:27.332-08:00I’ve spent most of my time playing drums (Montag, Odes, JZ Barrell, Semi-Gloss). Sometimes I’ve played bass (Deformo, Eva Haze). I was always writing songs of my own. In 2001, I started recording to a digital 8-track. Recently I’ve graduated to recording on the computer. I play and record everything myself.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashtree/2067191744/" title="studio by Hbaum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385/2067191744_0f6dd77338.jpg" alt="studio" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><object height="305" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F88208"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F88208" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="305" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ashtree/sets/the-american-book-of-the-dead">The American Book of the Dead</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/ashtree">Ash Tree</a></span><br /><br />See <a href="http://www.treeashmusic.com">Treeash Music</a> & the <a href="http://blog.treeashmusic.com">Treeash Music Blog</a>.<br /><br /><br /><u>Reviews</u><br /><br />"Will Oldham meets Kurt Cobain meets good old fashioned American songwriting with the truth heard only from the home-recording machine" <i>Music Magazine</i> (Sweden)<br /><br />Review at <a href="http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=326305722158581">Splendid E-zine </a><br /><br />"You're not going to be lining up to catch Ash Tree at some crazy over-hyped show at Mercury Lounge in the immediate future but then that's not what this is about. This is just good, honest music." <a href="http://earfarm.blogspot.com/2006/01/ash-tree.html">Ear Farm</a><br /><br />Featured on NPR's <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5252718">Open Mic</a><br /><br />"I can hear his up and down moods swinging like a metronome inside the melodies, and detect razors of regret, the pump of a busted heart, and even the rippling heat-glow of sexual as well as other present and future tensions. Strangely, all this agita makes me feel good – if only for the moments I’m listening, but that’s what it’s all about, right?...And boy, are the lyrics clever … without ever being ponderously over-crafted or quirky to a fault. They demand that you listen through to the end." <a href="http://myspacemusicreview.blogspot.com/2006/05/ash-tree.html">Myspace Music Review</a><br /><br />Read my book notes for my novel, <i>North of Sunset</i>, at <a href="http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2007/03/book_notes_henr.html">Largehearted Boy</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3565596228044932681-841984060960504411?l=hbaummusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Henry Baumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09222144871856444411noreply@blogger.com0