Author Archives: McMinion

Are there charts or scores of Marian Call songs? Can I cover them?

Sorry, no charts with chords or transcriptions are officially published by me, only lyrics. But… you are welcome to cover a Marian Call song if you like!

I don’t give people chord charts, because I believe in good ear training. I am a total stickler on that point, a jerk really. Sorry.** But if you wind up with some of the wrong chords, that is absolutely OK, play it loud & proud anyway!I

If you just want to play the song for friends or cover my song and post it (for free) on the internet, no need to write me for permission, you have permission!  If you plan to make money in any way on your cover of my song (i.e. selling it on a CD or the web, or posting a video that generates ad revenue), Continue reading →

Which Marian Call songs are covers?

Here’s a list of all the covers and co-writes you can find for sale on the internet…

  • “It’s Good to Have Jayne on Your Side,” originally titled “Shaner,” written by Justin Boot
  • “Love and Harmony,” co-written with Joel Hermansen
  • “Sunday Afternoon,” lyrics by Jeannie Rose Field, music by Marian Call
  • “Shark Week,” co-written with Patrick Race
  • “The Last Song in the World,” co-written with Patrick Race . . .

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Tell me more about the Donors’ Circle!

You can read all about that right here. The Donors’ Circle helps keep me afloat through the challenges of being a full-time artist deep in debt. They funded Something Fierce and they get first listens to things, as well as many other special privileges. The threshold to join is low — $200, which many folks paid in several affordable installments. If you’re interested, read more or write Marian and ask for more information about joining the Donors’ Circle!

Who are the Donors who funded Something Fierce?

You can read a complete list of names here as part of the longer set of liner notes I’ve published online.

Rule One: Q&A for people attending my concerts

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/booking-a-house-concert/rule-one-attending-my-concerts/

I found I needed this, so I made it.  Just to refer back to when people have questions and I’m running too fast to answer.

Do you have questions about attending one of my shows? Here’s my notions, and why I notion them. There’s an important rule that I call Rule One of Concertgoing, and that will pretty much have you covered. Continue reading →

A Little Help, Please: The Something Fierce Pseudo-Scholarship Fund

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/a-little-help-please-the-something-fierce-pseudo-scholarship-fund/

So I made this new double album and it rocks.  I am totally proud of it. You can be listening to it for free while you read the rest of this blog by the way, just click here and hit play. Continue reading →

In Which I Officially Cover They Might Be Giants

This blog originally posted at http://mariancall.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/in-which-i-officially-cover-they-might-be-giants/

THERE IS NEW MUSIC FROM ME!  TODAY!

Here I am on a record called Mink Car Cover and it’s now on sale! http://minkcarcover.bandcamp.com/album/mink-car-cover

If you are a fan of They Might Be Giants I hope you know their great album Mink Car.  It’s canon for me and my family.  I was thrilled to be invited to record a cover of the song “Hovering Sombrero” (with extra accordion) for this officially approved album cover project. All proceeds go to the FDNY Foundation.  You can read more at http://minkcarcover.com/ and see all the other amazing artists involved! Continue reading →

My Real Actual Influences

This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/my-real-actual-influences/

So I made a list once upon a time of my musical/artistic influences, and wrote them down and touted them proudly.  But my parents saw that list and called baloney.  So with their help I’ve drawn up a more accurate list of childhood influences, as well as the roster of the top 10 most influential albums I’ve loved and listened to in becoming a musical self.  Here ya go, world, more honesty.  In no particular order, stuff I listened to a gazillion times at some point in my youth, with a few I’ve spun enough times to make the list even though I came to them in college or after: Continue reading →

Good Girls should try not to be born on Mardi Gras.

This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/good-girls-should-try-not-to-be-born-on-mardi-gras/

…if it’s at all convenient.  My birthday is on February 24th, and this year it fell on Fat Tuesday, as it is occasionally wont to do.  It was a tough birthday this year — no celebrating, really. Continue reading →

A Song Crowdsourced from Twitter

This blog originally posted at http://marianmarginalia.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/a-song-crowdsourced-from-twitter/

So once I was bored in Hollywood.  Bored at Le Pain Quotidien in Brentwood to be more specific, since I’d been stood up for a meeting. Now, bored is really not my M.O. — on principle I am almost never bored — but Twitter is always there for me in such emergencies.  So of course that’s where I turned. Continue reading →