The number which has now accrued to my cover of Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile" on Soundcloud seems large enough to me to make it equivalent to a Soundclick hit. Beyond the obvious proud Philadelphia heritage level, this cover has a story behind it: I recorded it during the fall months of 2006 at the Eris Temple in North-West Philly, with Matt Stevenson producing. The sessions were fit in to a frenzied time, while I was also starting as a "gradjunct" with the University Fellowship at Temple and writing/publishing my first books. Matt used the sessions to test a bunch of new recording techniques, as his experiments with Pro Tools continued. Of what I recorded then, "Sara Smile" turned out the best, despite the botched, verite opening; Matt and I agreed; and it reaffirmed my determination to keep making music, no matter what else I happened to be doing.
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