For the longest time I’ve been meaning to up my YouTube presence from barely existent to, hopefully, thriving. I have some things in the works to this end, including live videos, videos made for album cuts, and even some instructional guitar videos. Those are in the works. In the meanwhile, I’m just going to post songs (stuff from albums and new ideas as they come about) and see how that goes.

I’ve noticed that more and more of the music clips on YouTube don’t even have videos, and nobody seems to care, myself included (it may seem obvious not to care, but I doubt such a thing would be well-accept at a place like Vimeo; in other words, YouTube isn’t so much about the video medium as it is the sharing of a certain kind of information). Aside from old and out of print stuff that predates the video age, this non-video approach is a great way to share deep album tracks from current artists who generally can only invest in videos for their singles. It’s also the easiest way to share music on Facebook.

So, last night I posted “Elegy,” a composition for solo classical guitar that appeared on my album Reattachment. It is also one of my biggest sellers on iTunes.

I’m excited to announce that two of my songs have been featured in American Artifact, a documentary by Merle Becker about ”The Rise of American Rock Poster Art”. It premieres on June 20th in San Francisco at the Red Vic Movie House.

Also, there’s an awesome website at www.americanartifactmovie.com with screening schedules, message board, info about the artists, artwork, and links to press items buzzing about the movie (such as the USA Today Pop Candy blog by Whitney Matheson). Check out the trailer:

“American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art” movie

Here’s the description from the website’s About page:

American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the ’60s.

Director Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century “rock poster art movement”, where thousands of artists around the country are doing silk screened rock poster art inspired by their local scene, the music of our time, and the spirit of our era.

The film features interviews with renown artists including Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, Frank Kozik, Art Chantry, EMEK, Tara McPherson, Derek Hess, COOP, Jay Ryan, and more, as well as fans, collectors, and musicians.

This is “Vante Left Them Human”. It appears as a piano-driven number on my album Neon and Gold, and here I’ve arranged it for classical guitar and violin for myself and Emanuel to play (thanks Emanuel!).  And thanks to Vante (the vampire who inspired this song). This is the first of many videos I plan on posting. Enjoy

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 CREDITS:
Dan Wallace: guitar and vocals, music and lyrics
Emanuel Ban: violin

LYRICS:
god only knows what you have done
to become who and what you are
today is a new day, where will you go?
will you leave us here to wonder
who you are and what you know?
all you know, or is all this just for show?
god only knows what you have seen
to become who and what you seem
today is a new day, where will you go?
won’t you stay here teach us
how to forget everything we know?
all we know, even if its just for show
is it life, is it time
is it everything combined?
god only knows what well become
now that your time
here’s done and gone
today is a new day, seen it before
when our skin is still skin
and our times running thin
yes weve seen it all happen before
all before, before you and all your lords
is it light, is it night is it
all these things combined?
god only knows what we will do
now that your time
here’s done and through
today is a new day, seen it before
still our skin is still skin
and our times running thin
yes weve seen it all happen before
all before, before you and all your lore