To Keep Up with a Masterpiece

from Live 2014 Holiday Sampler EP by Bird Watcher

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"Casa de Felipe" and "To Keep Up with a Masterpiece" recorded live at Ardmore Music Hall (Ardmore, PA, 6/12/14) by Jesse Soifer.

Written by Julian Booker.

Produced by Jesse Soifer.

lyrics

Sketch a scene,
skin it back
and release.

Play it for me,
Mr. Record Man.

It's a tune
all alone in a room--
a Camden piece,
a herald in my dreams.

Dedicated to me
last Wednesday night;
I nearly screamed
a harmony
on the fadeaway line.

And time out of mind,
this can be a lowdown life,
but can't you see
it means more than you think?

As I take a drink
with my mojo hand,
I begin to speak
to an empty room,
for the record is through.

And out on the street
a summer night din is the scene,
as I repeat
to keep up with a masterpiece.

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from Live 2014 Holiday Sampler EP, released December 15, 2014
Julian Booker: Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Andrew Ciampa: Electric Guitar
Ashley Cubbler: Vocals
Ben Rosen: Bass
Mark Rybaltowski: Drums
Dan Wisniewski: Electric Guitar

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Bird Watcher Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bird Watcher is a live recording and performance project begun by singer/songwriter (and host of WXPN's "Sleepy Hollow") Julian Booker and producer Jesse Soifer in 2013. They have since enlisted guitarists Andrew Ciampa and Dan Wisniewski, bassist Ben Rosen, drummer Mark Rybaltowski, and vocalist Ashley Cubbler. Bird Watcher will release its first full length in September, 2015. ... more

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