Russ Somers 👓 🎸

I'm Russ Somers, an Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter and independent recording artist.

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@davidclowery Taught myself keyboards, picked up slide guitar, and learned a bunch of other things at 65 so I can record my own stuff. Doing the work may be an unpalatable option for many, but it does remain an option...regardless of age.

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@TreyMonroe60 @davidclowery Or possibly power anti-pop

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@paranoiacs And also Pressure Drop, Time is Tight, Wrong 'em Boyo, and my favorite - Look Here by Mose Allison. Made a playlist of their covers some time back. https://t.co/lfW8hkZaPK

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I have a new top city! I think I know why 🤣

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tbh, the thing I liked most about making this one was rhyming "modus operandi" with "candy" https://t.co/onZdNZJe3d

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New song! Slide guitar, Hammond organ, and a gear habit that gets out of control. cc @SweetwaterSound

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In seven days, the world will know how I feel about my Sweetwater Sales Engineer. Pre-save the new song now! https://t.co/s6TnttBFPE

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I want Eric Alper to ask "What artist is most likely to argue with music AI grifters on X?" so you can reply "probably me."

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Kind of hoping that @m_millsey and the band reunite to record a version of 7 Chinese Brothers as a tribute to the 7 Chinese dogs

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@JoyceCarolOates Trump loves America” seems to be proven by the same logic as “Obama divided the country.” Which is to say none. Both statements seem to be articles of faith to a certain audience.

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@davidclowery I hear the same from my college-age kiddos. My son is loyal to buying merch from the band because “they don’t make anything from streaming”, and his friend group shares that value. The kids are, indeed, alright.

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@BluebeardBard Thank you! It was one that felt really good to do.

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A song about watching your kids grow up, and also about becoming grown up. It switches perspective a time or two. Very happy with the airiness of the track and with the tremolo guitar. https://t.co/8Vj4DgtLxY

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@vurnt22 My humble opinion: people treat this like an attribute of the _player_ (“I use 10s”) when it is better thought of as an attribute of the _guitar_ (“my Strat is best with 10s, but my Les Paul is best with 11s”). Still subjective, of course.

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@davidclowery And most of that evolution happened during the three minutes and twelve seconds of Sweet Potato, many people are saying.

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@davidclowery Because of Sweet Potato

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@emollick Scarcity is inversely correlated with (perceived) value. When you have to dig for information, you value those insights. When they are abundantly on tap, you discard the ones you don't care for and cherry-pick the ones you like.

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@davidclowery And I now have this running through my head. Which is not a bad thing. https://t.co/czgqV02uyR

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@vurnt22 Les Paul said something similar - about how it will challenge you every day and you’ll never master it.