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in 1996, i was introduced to an album that changed both what i listened to & how i listened: eno’s 1975 breakthrough another green world. although this album led me into eno’s later ambient projects, the stand-out track for me was the more teleological composition, “st. elmo’s fire“. this is not to be confused with [...]

the five-year anniversary of yearlonday’s founding has come and gone. i thank each of you for your support and enthusiasm over the past half-decade. it’s been our pleasure & privilege playing in front of & alongside you, from our first humble performances in suburban coffee shops & bakeries, to our highest-profile metropolitan bookings. while some [...]

far be it from me to build mountains from molehills, but 2011 is showing potential to be another epic year for jonathan t marlowe & co. consider the evidence… – march: my first album, “humans” is restored and expanded to 29 songs, including 14 bonus tracks of rare, previously unreleased material & new, decade-anniversary mixes. [...]

i am very pleased to announce that the restoration of my first three albums is now complete. on march 8, humans: expanded edition became commercially available on compact disc. although it was the last of  the pre-yearlongday trilogy to be restored, humans was my very first attempt at producing an original demo album. the new “expanded [...]

to those of you still reading, thank you, and please continue. this may be the closest thing that comes to a “history of yearlongday” type of publication (but we can still dream of something more “printed & bound”). though you won’t be seeing us live, yearlongday is still alive. our last blog explained why the stage [...]

my first recording sucked. that’s a statement i can make 10 years later, a decade after thinking how great it sounded, recorded onto demo cassette tapes through radioshack gear. ”studio 4“ probably cost me less than $200 to assemble.     the core elements of “studio x” are now being gathered. i hope that it won’t be long until [...]

now that the guitars are silent, and the percussion has ceased, i’ve had the peace of mind to focus on what we’ll do next. i’ve already announced that there is a new, yet-untitled, album coming, and even played some songs from it. however, looking over our set lists from the past 3 years, i’ve also noticed [...]

is it agreed that MTV’s “unplugged” series had an significant impact on the direction taken by music over the past decade? in my opinion, popular performances, like those by eric clapton and neil young, who re-opened their catalogues to share obscure songwriting gems, revealed that both live acoustic music and edited studio recordings are equally valid artistic [...]