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This is George's little clearinghouse
for backlogged songs that don't
make it into the New Born Pods.
BULLET-HISTORY OF GEORGE DOBBS Aug. '95 - Feb. '97: Singer/keys/bass for NJ rock band 3RDegree (3rdegreeonline.com) Aug. '97 - Oct. '98: Keyboards for Mark Lizotte in NYC (MarkLizotte.com) '98 - '00: Keyboards for Joe Whyte band (www.joewhyte.com/music-4.html) '00 - '02 : Keyboards for Robert Melosh (cdbaby.com/cd/robertmelosh) '04 - Present: Various work co-produced by or co-written with Crawford Brown of Loft Studios (www.sarahbanner.com, myspace.com/bigblueballband, garageband.com/newbornpods) 2006: Collaborates on NewBornPods album "Here Comes Mephisto" (myspace.com/newbornpods) '07 - '08: Reunited with 3RDegree to independently niche-market a new album, "Narrow-Caster" (reverbnation.com/3rdegree)
BIO (long version):
After jumping in for a time as new frontman for the Clifton, NJ-based hard prog-rock band, 3rDegree
(not to be mistaken for the band
of the same name hailing from Virginia),
(one possible website:
www.3rdegreeonline.com),
George went on to hone his keyboard skills
during short stints with Aussie rock/pop sensation Mark Lizotte
(www.marklizotte.com), Americana-tinged Joe Whyte
garageband.com/artist/joewhyte
and the Grateful Dead tribute band,
Avalon Ballroom.
George has maintained a long-time
collaboration with Singer/Songwriter
Declan Power
(garageband.com/artist/DPower)
through various bands over the years,
the most current being "New Born Pods" (a.k.a. Newborn Pods)
(www.newbornpods.com).
George occassionally records with the
New Born Pods at the Loft Studio
in Bronxville, NY. (loftstudio.com), and from time to time has lent his keyboard
talents to recordings by singer/songwriter
Sarah Banner.(Sarahbanner.com).
About 2X a month for the past 2 years
he has played keys for
a mostly Grateful Dead cover band called
JP JAmmin' (ulteriormotiveband.tripod.com
THE SONGS:
COLLECTION #1: "DOBBS 1.4X"
1 -So Complicated: There are 2 other versions of this; one with the middle breakdown adumbrated, and another, very different version recorded with NewBorn Pods. The title was changed from "Complicated," to avoid confusion with the fine Avril Lavigne song.
2 - Never Gonna Put You Down
3 - Love, You Let Go
4 - Waking Up
5 - You Lose Me
6 - Yes, You Do Love Him
7 - If you Have to Please
8 - Why Don't You Try (Supplication)
9 - Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
10 - Window to Your Soul
11 - Only if You're Good to Me
This collection first congealed circa 2002 in effort to finally have at least one consistent song-cycle/presentation in a songwriting "career" that always indulged my far-flung enthusiasms and multiple collaborations. This lack of focus always made it difficult to accomplish the seemingly simple task of completing anything resembling an "album." For I was always developing a rock song here, a "jazz song," there, songs with an art rock flavor, and then pop ballads, too. And then I'd join a band and my sound didn't fit into theirs, so I'd have to re-invent myself all over again for other people, if I ever hoped to have a voice in the project. So personally, I never settled on a goal of that one "sound." I guess that made me post-modern or something. Yeah, right. Obviously, I just lacked discipline or vision. However, a common thread did begin to emerge among some songs over 10 years, and thus "Dobbs ver. 1.41" was born --compiled in a flurry of organizational inspiration, from a fistful of songs that were in various stages of completion. The song with the newest content was "Waking Up," which lacked a middle-8 and lyrics as of 2001, even though it had basically been written in 1998. So now it is years later, and the songs have remained the same, but every now and then I get the gumption to give the songs "needed" updates, which is why I opted for the version number in the title. Already moving on toward a more guitar driven sound, I was aware that as complete a collection of my "R&B/Jazz" sound "1.41" was, I was never going to polish it up in a timely manner. Actually, 2 songs written in the 90's, ("Yes you Do Love Him" and "Let the Punishment..." ), were recorded in 2007/08 to replace 2 songs written with Declan Power that were deemed more appropriate to the NewBorn Pods ouvre. Hence, due to the "new" songs, plus new mixes of "Window to Your Soul" and others, now we are on version 1.42 ...for any of you paying attention.
COLLECTION #2
Sophomore slump weighing heavily, and a computer crash in 2006 which lost 50% of the recordings, this has taken quite some time to come together. It is distinctly more guitar-driven. It should be ready round-about Autumn 2008.
1 - 100 Percent of Nothing
2 - Karen Thorne
3 - Self-Taught Man
4 - Highly Strung
5 - I'd Get on the Bus
6 - Gone to Find My Home
7 - Idiot Savant
8 - Always Gonna Pass
9 - Re-Write History
10 - No End in Sight
11 - More than Merely Human
COLLECTION #3
What with Collection #2 taking so long to congeal, Collection #3 has begun to take shape, stealing some of the more complex songs from the original Collection #2 lineup.
1 - Let the Whole Thing Slide
2 - Buried in the Ruins
3 - One Pill
4 - Dave
5 - What is Real?
6 - Follow Through
7 - Your Every Emotional Meltdown
8 - Under the Radar
9 - If This is All You've Got
10 - Who Needs Love?
11 - Selling 2nd Chances
