Scott Simons' Myndspill: Archive

Hate is hate.

I don’t mean in anyway to diminish the importance of today’s holiday or the invaluable history-altering contribution of its namesake. I don’t even mean to draw a direct parallel between the ongoing civil rights struggle in our country and current day politics. I only mean to say we can and should draw inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the...

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Dec 22nd

CHA-CHING!

While other kids my age had their sights set on being an all-star quarterback, world-renowned bioscientist or genius-inspiring teacher, when I was 15, I was pretty sure I wanted to be a professional jingle writer when I grew up. My dad had run an ad agency and at the time, produced all the identification commercials for the local NBC affiliate, often letting me write the music. About a week...

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RIP Cousin Earl.

Last night, I lost a cousin to cancer. My cousin Earl Kress was my only relative living in LA and one of my dad’s surviving first cousins. They practically grew up as siblings in south NJ and in the early 70’s Earl moved to LA to become a writer for cartoons. He was a writer on Disney’s “The Fox and The Hound” and later won Emmy’s for his work on...

Sep 19th

*fingerquotes* "Hits." *fingerquotes*

I’m about to go to a meeting with an A/R rep that I haven’t met before in NYC to play him some songs I’ve written and produced. The meeting will start with his assistant offering me water or coffee while I wait outside of his door. Once he finishes his BBM conversation about the weekend, he’ll ask his assistant to send me in. We’ll engage in disingenuous small talk...

Jun 30th

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14: A Blog For My Father

Some things just happen. They don’t happen because of us or in spite of us. They don’t even happen to us specifically. They just happen. I was finishing up my junior year at West Virginia University, spending the weekend studying for finals and music juries the following week. My dad had been in Baltimore accompanied by my mom for weeks preparing for a bone marrow transplant, a...

May 3rd

My friend Shira and I need a sitcom...

 My friend Scott has a loud upstairs neighbor too. We decided to battle it out in a chat conversation to see who could think of louder reasons why.
Scott: i know my neighbor has a 1br like me but she is so f-ing loud it sounds like shes always dropping shit down stairs
Scott: or moving pans
Shira: omg samesies with my upstairs neighbor – she has anvil shoes
Scott: or doing foley work from home
Scott: or collecting sheet metal
Shira: Mine is actually power-sanding a wooden deck
Scott: or creating “thunder” for a school play
Scott: or hosting a billiards tournament
Shira: Mine has a cinder block pogo stick
Shira: Haha I just pictured that
Scott: hahaha
Shira: And then pictured her on it
Scott: mine is doing gravity vs balsa wood experiments
Scott: mine is watching a WWII documentary in 5.1 surround
Shira: Mine is pouring concrete mixed with tnt and pop rocks
Shira: Haha
Shira: 5.1
Scott: haha
Scott: mine is building steel drums
Scott: in tap shoes
Scott: mine is shoeing horses
Scott: and playing croquet in her bedroom
Shira: Mine is jack hammering with anti aircraft weaponry
Scott: haha
Scott: mine is shooting out a star at a carnival booth
Shira: Mine is blasting for gold while watching top gun in THX
Scott: mine is building a portion of railroad track from her
 kitchen to the front door
Shira: Using her cabinetry?
Scott: mine is juggling cymbals
Shira: haha
Shira: Mine has a ship coming into port
Scott: haha
Scott: mine is chaining her winter tires indoors
Shira: Are you trying to think of the loudest shit you can
Shira: Haha
Shira: Good one
Scott: yes
Shira: Mine is mowing her lawn.
Scott: inside.
Shira: Yes.
Scott: mine is housing a Who rehearsal… which is ok b/c its sorely needed
Shira: Yeah wow
Scott: mine is clubbing baby seals…
Scott: …with adult seals
Shira: HAHA
Shira: peeing
Shira: ’cause I pictured it
Scott: what would that even sound like?
Shira: Loud, no question
Shira: Mine is doing a 3 point turn with a 53′ diesel trailer in her living room
Shira: That might actually be true
Shira: Ok must sleep, will email you this as a blog post before I “publish” it
Shira: Which reminds me of my upstairs neighbor’s printing press.

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flapjacksblog asked: Do you consider yourself a pirate adventurer?

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Feb 23rd

Writing w/ Audrianna Cole Round 2 →

Songwritin’ round two with Ms. Audrianna Cole… Here’s a little vid of me poking her in the eyes.

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What's In YOUR Wallet?

Having not worked for a few weeks over the holidays, compounded by the fact that I had moved into a new apartment, I found my bank account pretty low on funds (read: overdrawn) in early January 2011. I had $70-ish left on my Capital One credit card limit and 2 holiday gift cards to get gas for my car, a U-Haul rental truck and enough Honey Nut Cheerios to last me until the next paycheck. By the...

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Netflix helps me plan ahead...

While packing to move tonight, I’ve watched “Dogs:Decoded”, “Enron: Smartest Guys In The Room” and “A Night At The Opera” Classic Albums. So… if I’m the only human alive in a dog-ruled post-apocalyptic world where all art is lost and natural gas futures are our currency, I’ll know how to recreate “Bohemian Rhapsody”...

Jan 13th

Luckily you get 1 chance at a 2nd impression,...

Me (wrapping up conversation to new roommate): “Cool, man. I’ll ask the landlord. Bye.” Hang up. Call landlord. Me (finishing conversation): “…Ok, Jonathan! See you at 10:30 to sign the lease.” Hang up. Call roommate. Roommate: “Hey, what’s up?” Me (jokingly): “Ohhhhh, nothing. Just missed your voice, dude. Kidding, actually just got...

Jan 11th

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Request from @MsEstep: One more Twitter/Tumblr roadtrip singalong request from today’s car ride with my friend Shira (www.shiraselko.tumblr.com). This was two big too upload from the phone so this is the first time it’s been posted. Enjoy… maybe. (There’s a Tumblr community singalong part at the end… Chime in. We can see you)

Jan 2nd

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Another Twitter roadtrip singalong request from earlier… “Life is a Highway” shiraselko: This one came in as a request by sarcasticrylie. Tom Cochrane’s “Life Is A Highway.” As you can see we started to innovate here, and used the music to accompany us.

Jan 2nd

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Another roadtrip singalong request from Twitter earlier today… “Fast Car” while IN a fast car… How ’ bout them apples? shiraselko: This was a Twitter request by @sj_martin. Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” Scott Simons on keyboard IN *MY* FAST CAR. Also, I wish I didn’t look like I weigh 450 pounds in all these videos.

Jan 2nd

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Earlier today, my friend Shira (www.shiraselko.tumblr.com) and I drove from Pittsburgh to NYC. To pass the time, we took requests on Twitter and Tumblr for singalong road songs… Here’s one to check out. shiraselko: I will end the series on this video. It’s a mashup of Chumbawumba’s “Tubthumping” and The Proclaimers’ “500 Miles.” Requested by @sweetlindsay from Twitter and...

Jan 2nd

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Best. Voicemail. Ever. This is about a year old...

Dec 14th

"Shrug It Off" - Audrianna Cole (Audrianna... →

I don’t usually share demos that I’ve done for other artists until it’s properly released but check out the song “Shrug it Off” I co-wrote with Audrianna Cole and produced for her. She’s an up and coming artist that you’re sure to hear more of soon enough! She was kind enough to put this song up on her SoundCloud for folks to hear. Hope ya like it. ...

Dec 13th

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Jewish Journal blog about my song "Chanukah in... →

Dec 8th

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A song I co-wrote with Todd Wright and Aaron Barnhart was recently featured in a commercial for ABC’s Private Practice! Woooohoooo… aaronbarnhart: My song Day in Day Out was recently placed on ABCs Private Practice. Here is the trailer.I was having a rough day yesterday and this definitely cheered me up.

Nov 19th

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Anonymous asked: Have you ever driven off (after gassing up) with gas pump in still your vehicle? Will you marry me?

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Oct 22nd

Houston... Hmmm...

I’m at Houston Hobby Airport waiting for my flight back to Burbank after a quick one day trip to play a show at Lone Star College in Conroe, TX. I landed at 1130pm CST, drove a rental car to Spring, TX to stay at the sketchiest motel possible - Extended Stay America. You pay for what you get I suppose and this $40 room didn’t buck that trend. There was a sign on the lobby (I use that...

Oct 20th

thislovehas asked: Do you liked Brazil? what did you think of the show in São Paulo?

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Anonymous asked: what is the greater defect than you know of drake Bell

Sep 22nd

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Drake Bell Brazil Tour: Day 1 - "Obrigato"

Through a set of amazing circumstances, I was asked to play keyboards for Drake Bell’s Brazilian tour… coinciding with my birthday. I stopped celebrating birthdays a few years ago, but beachfront Rio De Janeiro is good enough reason to acknowledge this year. After a week of rehearsals, a van picked us up in Burbank on Monday morning and drove us to LAX. All of of us checked in at the...

Sep 22nd

daily-drakebell asked: What you think about drake's hair? Smells well? :) haha i'm not crazy.

Sep 22nd

Anonymous asked: Do you like lobster omelets?

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