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Migration

by Bug Toast

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Sometimes It Snows 07:56
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Instrumental composition. "Sometimes It Snows" features guizouk, bouzouki, accordion, bass, and drums.
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Migration / The V 09:50
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MIGRATION / THE V by Christopher Shotola-Hardt, Dave Andrews, Mark Andrews Wind, wind in my hair No reason, angle of light Standing in this cloud, geese all around Hat sits still, hands in pockets Vapor beneath, caressing my shoes So far… Some will die Do not sleep Beat your wings Continue to fly! Up here with geese, wearing our overcoats Standing in this cloud, geese all around In the middle of the V, wind all around Migration…
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Veranda 07:32
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Instrumental composition featuring bouzoukis, accordion, bass, percussion, men's chorus, and field recordings of goats.
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Diego Goes to Hollywood 06:58
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Instrumental composition featuring bouzouki, guizouk, accordion, bass, percussion.
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Easy 04:29
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EASY by Mark Andrews [In a Portland pub at 2:00 a.m.] Take it easy on me I’ve had a rough year I’m having trouble getting acquainted with my new enemies And my hands are busy untying my tongue Take it easy on me I’ve had a hard time adjusting My feet embedded in a mudslide My life washed over by the high tide (Chorus) And I…can’t get my foot out of my mouth Can’t get the egg off my face And I’m not hungry, I’ve had too much humble pie Take it easy on me I’ve had a hard, hard go of it I’m all messed up and I feel like a chump And my brain is leaking out through my ears She said she’d be back, that’s what I heard She said I wouldn’t even know that she was gone When will she be back…? And it can’t be the worst thing in the word But it feels like the worst thing in the world Take it easy on me I’ve had a hard, hard year I’m having trouble getting acquainted with my new enemies And my hands are busy untying my tongue
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The Upper Bunk 04:40
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Instrumental composition featuring bouzouki, two guizouks, vibes, and lap steel guitar.
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Super Long Cowboy 04:44
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Instrumental composition featuring bouzouki, two guizouks, percussion, and field recordings from the BBC sound effects archives.
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Going Home 06:08
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Instrumental composition
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J'Celti 07:34
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Instrumental composition
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Take Heed 05:32
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TAKE HEED by Dave Andrews Take Heed, it’s the picture that gets you down. Take a stand, it’s the feeling that moves you up and out. Now hear this! It’s lonely when you’re there and when you’re moving toward. Take Heed, move your fingers to make it happen again. Give in, the pain is crossing to the other side. Give out, let conscience fly out in front of the door. Now hear this! It’s trouble. Check you out! Lift here, directions will get you where you are. Give in, lose the moment, but don’t feel lost. If I could be, then you could be, we all could be, couldn’t we…? If you would be, then I would be, we all would be, wouldn’t we…? Be still, your eyes can move, look around! Be aware, I am one of the moving ones on the floor. Now hear this! It’s lonely when you’re there and when you’re moving toward. Downtown, the cowboy’s taking his last ride. Be still, it’s a moment for all to think. If I could be, then you could be, we all could be, couldn’t we…? If you would be, then I would be, we all would be, wouldn’t we?
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Fire / Susie's Reel 10:12
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FIRE / SUSIE'S REEL (for Susanne) by Christopher Shotola-Hardt We are two, and you are mine. Visible to my eyes, your ultra-violet wave. Garden of Eden, I’m in your paradise. Gave me this feeling to love you every day. Tempt me, I beg you, the room is heating up. Fire….. I feel compelled to say I love you. Is it any wonder, you make me feel this way? You are my fuel, ignite me your way! Fire….. You are true, I feel your depth. Looking now straight at me, you see now who I am. No fear, no, never … no insecurity. I feel you always with me, you fill me to the core. We are one, you set me on… Fire…..

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MIGRATION: Bug Toast's 2010 release features original, world-influenced, progressive folk music. As one might expect from Bug Toast, this CD spans vast musical terrain. The seven instrumentals will take you from a pensive mood ("Going Home"), or minimalist state of mind ("The Upper Bunk," "Super Long Cowboy") to the Mediterranean-atmospheric "Veranda," and back to a place in Toastyland, with "Diego Goes to Hollywood" (is it Hollywood or the Middle East?). Two fiddle songs ("J'Celti" and "Susie's Reel") once again grace the spectrum. The four vocal songs will take you from the clouds (Migration) to a place unknown ("Take Heed"), and finally back to rest at 2:00 AM in the empty pub ("Easy"). Bug Toast thanks the guest artist support (Alan Ames, Stephen Cohen, and Ken Brewer).

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released May 25, 2010

BUG TOAST
David Andrews (guitar, bouzouki, guizouk, violin, bass, vocals)
Mark Andrews (bass, guitar, guizouk, vocals)
Christopher Shotola-Hardt (bouzouki, guizouk, bass, field recordings, sound design, vocals)
Susanne Shotola-Hardt (accordion, shakers)
Robert Shotola (percussion, vibes, men's chorus & field recordings on "Veranda")

Guest Artists:
Alan Ames (lap steel guitar on "The Upper Bunk")
Stephen Cohen (slide guitar on "The V")
Ken Brewer (men's chorus on "Veranda")

TRACKS
1. Sometimes It Snows (D.Andrews & C.Shotola-Hardt)
2. Migration / The V (C.Shotola-Hardt, D.Andrews, M.Andrews)
3. Veranda (D.Andrews & C.Shotola-Hardt)
4. Diego Goes to Hollywood (D.Andrews & C.Shotola-Hardt)
5. Easy (M.Andrews)
6. The Upper Bunk (C.Shotola-Hardt & A.Ames)
7. Super Long Cowboy (C.Shotola-Hardt)
8. Going Home (for Dad) (C.Shotola-Hardt)
9. J'Celti (D.Andrews & C.Shotola-Hardt)
10. Take Heed (D.Andrews)
11. Fire / Susie's Reel (for Susanne) (C.Shotola-Hardt)

MIGRATION was mostly recorded at Studio 909, Portland, OR (*except).
Engineered & mastered by Ken Brewer. Mixed by Bug Toast & Ken Brewer.

* "J'Celti," "Diego Goes to Hollywood," and "Easy" were recorded at Jackpot Recording Studio, Portland, OR. Engineered by Dean Baskerville. Mixed by Bug Toast & Dean Baskerville. Mastered by Ken Brewer.

Painting: Christopher Shotola-Hardt (www.blackfish.com)
Design: seano (www.seano.me. seano@seano.me)

Six-Legged Music. All songs by Bug Toast.
Copyright 2010 BMI

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Bug Toast defies categorization, playing genre-bending, world-influenced, progressive folk on bouzouki, accordion, guitar, bass, violin, percussion, and sound samples, with textured instrumentation, vocal harmonies, and interesting time signatures. Blended from two musical families, Bug Toast creates richly textured, interwoven pieces with careful attention to counterpoint, voicing, and rhythms. ... more

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