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http://www.examiner.com/x-16006-Digital-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Pick-of-the-week-David-Mead-offers-free-downloads-live-album

Pick of the week: David Mead offers free downloads, live album

August 12, 7:52 PM · Marianne Meyer - Digital Music Examiner

David Mead - things are looking up
One of the great things about digital music sharing is that it lets
artists who have talent and something to say spread the word without
having to answer to the bean counters at major labels. Case in point -
Nashville-based singer-songwriter David Mead.

Mead writes in classic pop music style and has a beautiful high and
clear voice. A critical favorite over the course of his career, he’s
released a great catalog of material, starting with two albums for RCA
Records (1999’s “The Luxury of Time” and 2001's “Mine and Yours,”
produced by Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne); a third album,
“Indiana,” for the Nettwerk label (2004); and two releases – a 2005 EP
(“Wherever You Are”) and 2006 album (“Tangerine”) – via independent
labels.

Over the years, Mead has garnered rave reviews and glowing comparisons
to Lennon-McCartney and Paul Simon, but his commercial sales have
never matched the praise. He tours regularly to a loyal fan base drawn
to his dry humor, charming onstage demeanor and, of course, his smart,
melodic songs.

As Mead gets set to release his fifth album “Almost and Always” on the
Cheap Lullaby label, he’s offering two ways for fans to hear his music
and share their enthusiasm.

First off, there are two free downloads of songs from the new album:

"Blackberry Winters"

"Rainy Weather Friend"

And perhaps even better to showcase Mead’s delightful live show,
there’s a full-length live album, recorded earlier this year in
Decatur, Georgia, that you can sample and download by visiting
noisetrade.

It’s a bit of a barter deal at noisetrade. You can pay what you wish
for the download link, which is sent via email, or you can get it for
free by recommending Mead to five of your friends.

And if you like what you hear, be sure to catch David Mead on tour:

Sept. 3 – Schuba’s Chicago, IL

Sept. 4 – Radio, Radio Indianapolis, IN

Sept. 5 – The Basement Nashville, TN

Sept. 9 – Rockwood Music Hall, NYC

Sept. 10 – Jammin’ Java Vienna, VA

Sept. 11 – Burlap N’ Bean Newton Square, PA

Sept. 17 – Eddie’s Attic Decatur, GA

Sept. 18 – The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC

Sept. 19 – The White Mule Columbia, SC

Sept. 26 – Flying Otter Vineyards, Adrian, MI

Sept. 27 – White’s Bar Saginaw, MI

Sept. 28 – One Trick Pony Grand Rapids, MI

For more info: www.mineandyours.com
www.myspace.com/davidmead
www.davidmead.com

[bobbym529]

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/08/npr-shines-a-light-on-david-mead/

NPR is showing a little love to our own David Mead today (the singer-
songwriter, who writes the Under the Radar column in our magazine, has
started his own American Songwriter blog here).

NPR named “Last Train Home,” the new single from Mead’s latest album,
Almost and Always, their “Song of the Day.” We’ll agree to that, any
day.

Check out his website here.

Who is David Mead? This press bio tells the story:

Almost and Always is David Mead’s fifth full-length release. His most
intimate work to date, the album examines life after marriage and the
promise of things to come. Mead collaborated with producer Brad Jones
(Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Jill Sobule, Butterfly Boucher, Over The
Rhine, Josh Rouse, White Light Motorcade) and new songwriting partner
Bill DeMain (Swan Dive) to create a quiet, soulful collection that
sets 21st century pop songs in classic arrangements that recall Harry
Nilsson, Paul Anka and Harry Belafonte. As always, Mead’s honeyed
voice is front and center, gently accented with classical guitar,
woodwinds and string quartet.

When asked about the three year lapse since the release of his last
album, the critically acclaimed Tangerine, Mead is characteristically
frank. “I had to take some time away from touring. I had basically
been in a rental car by myself for eight months of every year since
2000 and I was just fried. And perpetually broke. It wasn’t fun
anymore.” After spending 2007 living in Brooklyn, Mead separated from
his wife and returned to his native Nashville in early 2008, initially
landing in a room in his father’s basement for a few months. “The
change was a little paralyzing. I had left pretty much every- thing
but my books and a few lamps in Brooklyn, and there I was, back in
Nashville, well into my 30’s, doing manual labor and wondering what
was supposed to happen next.”

Through the transition, Mead had been continuing to write with DeMain.
The pair had amassed an impressive catalogue of songs that were
initially intended for a female singer. “We had all these gorgeous
songs that didn’t have a home… we wanted to find a young Bette Midler
to sing them. Or Bette herself.” But Mead had been singing the vocals
on their demo recordings of the songs, and a friend who heard them
thought otherwise. “So I asked Bill if I could hijack some of our
Bette Midler torch songs for my album, and he graciously allowed it.
It was interesting going back into them that way. It was almost like
doing a covers album… at first it seemed less personal, but then I
realized that it was just less self-conscious and therefore a lot more
personal.”

Almost and Always Track list:

1. Rainy Weather Friend
2. Little Boats
3. Blackberry Winters
4. Mojave Phone Booth
5. Twenty Girls Ago
6. From My Window Sill
7. Sicily
8. Gramercy Vaudeville
9. Last Train Home
10. Almost and Always
11. Love Don’t Leave Me Now
12. Sleeping In Saturday
13. Home

[DAVID]

And some others...

Absolute Punk

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1270162



AltSounds

http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/109006-david-mead-almost-and-always-4-added-on-fmqb-triple-a-americana.html



American Songwriter

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/08/npr-shines-a-light-on-david-mead/



Blog Critics

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-david-mead-almost-and/



Chewing Gum for the Ears

http://chewinggumfortheears.blogspot.com/2009/06/royal-citys-lovely-odds-n-ends.html



The Daily Rind

http://www.dailyrindblog.com/?p=540



The Dead Hub

http://thedeadhub.com/david-mead%E2%80%99s-long-awaited-%E2%80%9Calmost-always%E2%80%9D-will-be-out-september-1st/



Direct Current

http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2009/7/28/radar-redux-david-mead.html



Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/x-16006-Digital-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Pick-of-the-week-David-Mead-offers-free-downloads-live-album?cid=examiner-email



File Under?

http://www.sequenza21.com/carey/?p=617



Frantik Mag

http://frantikmag.com/blog/2009/07/13/david-mead-almost-and-always-4-added-on-fmqb-fall-tour-dates-anounced-new-song-for-download/

http://frantikmag.com/blog/2009/08/17/david-mead-npr-song-of-the-day-new-single-tour-dates-and-more



The Glorious Hum

http://www.theglorioushum.com/2009/06/david-mead.html



Guilt Free Pleasures

http://guiltfreepleasure.blogspot.com/2009/05/almost-and-always-david-mead.html



Limewire

http://blog.limewire.com/posts/23081-what-should-i-buy-this-week-new-releases-for-72809/



Movement Mag

http://movementnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/david-meads-long-awaited-almost-always.html



Napster Blog

http://blog.napster.com/napster/2009/08/david-mead-almost-and-always.html



Nashville Scene

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2009/06/me_and_my_arrow_locals_cover_n.php



No Depression

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/gregs-grab-bag-david-meadthe



Out the Other

http://outtheother.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/me-and-my-arrow-harry-nilsson-night-mercy-lounge-tonight.html



Signal to Noise Blog

http://signaltonoisemagazine.blogspot.com/2009/07/david-mead-new-album-2-mp3s.html



Skog Blog

http://theskogblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-music-monday-night.html



Skope Mag

http://skopemag.com/2009/08/17/skope-exclusives-david-mead-%E2%80%9Clast-train-home%E2%80%9D



Speed of Dark

http://www.speedofdark-web.com/blog/2009/07/03/finally-friday-lost-in-translation/



Swan Dive

http://swandive.org/2009/07/last-train-home-2/



Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090702/COLUMNIST0501/907020318

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090716/TUNEIN/90715065/1005/ENTERTAINMENT/Stellar+Nashville+pop+voice+David+Mead+releases++Almost+&+Always++in+August



Things I’d Rather Be Doing

http://www.tirbd.com/2009/07/monday-interview-david-mead.html

On Aug 18, 6:44 am, bobbym529 <bobbym...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/08/npr-shines-a-light-on-david...

[Joe Brookhouse]

Good Lord. Obviously, our Google fingers are not providing adequate
results if your press is all over these places. I'll try to catch
up...

On Aug 20, 9:45 am, DAVID <davidmea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And some others...
>
> Absolute Punk
>
> http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1270162
>
> AltSounds
>

> http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/109006-david-mead-almost-and-always...
>
> American Songwriter
>
> http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/08/npr-shines-a-light-on-david...

>
> Blog Critics
>
> http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-david-mead-almost-and/
>
> Chewing Gum for the Ears
>

> http://chewinggumfortheears.blogspot.com/2009/06/royal-citys-lovely-o...

>
> The Daily Rind
>
> http://www.dailyrindblog.com/?p=540
>
> The Dead Hub
>

> http://thedeadhub.com/david-mead%E2%80%99s-long-awaited-%E2%80%9Calmo...
>
> Direct Current
>
> http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music-news-new-music/2009/7/28/rada...
>
> Examiner
>
> http://www.examiner.com/x-16006-Digital-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Pic...

>
> File Under?
>
> http://www.sequenza21.com/carey/?p=617
>
> Frantik Mag
>

> http://frantikmag.com/blog/2009/07/13/david-mead-almost-and-always-4-...
>
> http://frantikmag.com/blog/2009/08/17/david-mead-npr-song-of-the-day-...

>
> The Glorious Hum
>
> http://www.theglorioushum.com/2009/06/david-mead.html
>
> Guilt Free Pleasures
>

> http://guiltfreepleasure.blogspot.com/2009/05/almost-and-always-david...
>
> Limewire
>
> http://blog.limewire.com/posts/23081-what-should-i-buy-this-week-new-...
>
> Movement Mag
>
> http://movementnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/david-meads-long-awaited-alm...
>
> Napster Blog
>
> http://blog.napster.com/napster/2009/08/david-mead-almost-and-always....
>
> Nashville Scene
>
> http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2009/06/me_and_my_arro...

>
> No Depression
>
> http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/gregs-grab-bag-david-meadthe
>
> Out the Other
>

> http://outtheother.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/me-and-my-arrow-harry-nil...
>
> Signal to Noise Blog
>
> http://signaltonoisemagazine.blogspot.com/2009/07/david-mead-new-albu...

>
> Skog Blog
>
> http://theskogblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-music-monday-night.html
>
> Skope Mag
>

> http://skopemag.com/2009/08/17/skope-exclusives-david-mead-%E2%80%9Cl...
>
> Speed of Dark
>
> http://www.speedofdark-web.com/blog/2009/07/03/finally-friday-lost-in...

>
> Swan Dive
>
> http://swandive.org/2009/07/last-train-home-2/
>
> Tennessean
>
> http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090702/COLUMNIST0501/907020318
>

> http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090716/TUNEIN/90715065/1005/ENTER...

> > 13. Home- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Linda]

I've seen several of them since I do have a google alert for Mead news...although I tend to get a lot of some Aussie futballer and some preacher with an airplane.  And that other David Mead who writes guitar instruction books.

It is quite impressive to have them all in a nicely organized list though.  My new reading list.

~Linda

[Joe Brookhouse]

Found another article today while toodling on Twitter; this one is a
brief interview with Stereo Subversion. Anyway, worth a look at.
Now, we'll just be waiting for the emergence of those songs that were
thrown away...

http://www.stereosubversion.com/features/david-mead-10-01-2009/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=David+Mead

[bobbym529]

Just noticed a nice nod to David in a Landon Pigg bio.

Indie pop/rocker Landon Pigg received his informal musical education
via his father's record collection. His first CD ever owned was by
popular novelty artist Ray Stevens. Born in Nashville on August 6,
1983, Pigg was the son of a studio musician father and a mother who
was fond of poetry. The family moved to Chicago briefly when Pigg was
a child, though he returned to Nashville as a teenager. Soon, Pigg
started to delve deeper into music, discovering the artists who
eventually inspired his own music. He credits David Mead and Rufus
Wainwright for instilling in him an appreciation for a beautiful
melody, Radiohead for encouraging him to expel his emotions into his
songwriting; and rock music icons the Beatles and Led Zeppelin for
exhibiting to him the importance of catchy licks and hooks. Says Pigg:
"Maybe there is a naïveté in my approach. I never had a guitar lesson
when I started out. I've always felt that when you don't learn all the
rules you're much more inclined to break them with a smile." For his
self-titled debut, released in 2006, Pigg was guided by producers Dan
Brodbeck, Paul Ebersold, and Clif Magness, who worked with such
popular artists as 3 Doors Down and Avril Lavigne.
— Megan Frye , All Music Guide