Episode 55. Paul Kitchen | Strings Attached Podcast

Episode 55 of Strings Attached!

Welcome to Episode 55 of my podcast. Let me take you on a tour of over 45 years of words and music. Strings Attached. We’ve got a new name, but we’re still free range and use the words Zazen and Zafu every now and then. This episode features tracks from the albums Lost in Babylon, Turquoise in Blue, A Matter of Time and Trip Note Vol. 3. It also includes an unreleased live rehearsal track from 1988 or so. Check it out.

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Episode 54. Paul Kitchen | Strings Attached Podcast

Episode 54 of Strings Attached!

Welcome to Episode 54 of my podcast. Let me take you on a tour of over 45 years of words and music. Strings Attached. We’ve got a new name, but we’re still free range and use the words Zazen and Zafu every now and then. This episode features tracks from the albums And We Dream, Trip Note Vol. 3, Black and Grey, and an unreleased track from 1987’s No Poetry Allowed.

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The Making of Turquoise in Blue

I thought about doing a follow-up to my 2022 album ‘Black & Grey’ for a while and finally got the opportunity to get started on it this past summer.  The concept behind all of the ‘Live From the inSync Asylum’ albums was to revisit songs I hadn’t sung for a long time, and film it as well.  With ‘Turquoise in Blue’, I took my time, and think I ended up with another nice recording.  The process is basically figuring out what song I want to attempt and seeing if I have a suitable backing track already available to use.  When I have one, I strip it down as far as I can and start again.  When I don’t have one like on ‘Only You Know Why’ –  a song I wrote 44 years ago, I start from scratch.   

I go into more detail in the ‘Turquoise in Blue’ update video below.  Check it out and be sure to let me know if you like the album – and share it while you’re at it. Also, most of my activity recently has been on my YouTube channel, so please subscribe to that.  Thx Paul. 

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Episode 51. Paul Kitchen | Strings Attached Podcast

It Happened! Episode 51 of Strings Attached!

Welcome to Episode 51 of my podcast. Let me take you on a tour of over 45 years of words and music, Strings Attached. We’ve got a new name, but we’re still free range and use the words Zazen and Zafu every now and then. This episode features a look back at my 2024 releases and videos.

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Purple Rain Single

Remix/Remaster out today

In the first week of December 1984 I recorded a cover of Prince’s Purple Rain. I loved the song Purple Rain at the time, and must have felt like I could do it justice. Whether I did or not is another question. That was nearly 40 years ago now. It was recorded on half-inch 8 track tape. At the time I think I had my Gibson Melody Maker, a Prophet 600 synth, an Oberheim DX drum machine, a Fender Twin Reverb and a Rockman. I’d love to take that drum machine out , but its still in there. I guess it’s a vintage sound now.

This track was included on the unreleased collection of songs titled ‘Inner Dialogues’, and was one of only a handful of cover songs I’d attempted at the time.  And I’m pretty sure it’s still the only 5 minute guitar solo I’ve ever recorded.

When he passed in April of 2016 I did a quick release of the original mix, which was pretty quickly removed from the streaming sites by Prince’s estate. I re-released the same mix two years later, and it stayed up that time. I had forgotten that I had removed it last fall from the streaming sites due to the licensing expiring. I decided to remix it from the original 8 track tapes and remaster it this time around. I hope you like this moment in time…

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Paul Kitchen | Caught by Your Heartbeat | Live From the inSync Asylum

The 31st date on my ‘No Rhyme or Reason Tour’. I’ve recorded this song a couple times, going back to when I wrote it in 1983 I think. As on the other videos from this series, I did the take sans headphones or monitoring the guitar, Just hearing myself and the studio monitors, which contributes to the stripped down mood. If you like it please share, and check out the studio versions on my website.

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