Castles of Sand youtube video

Castles of Sand - An original song by me and recorded live in my apartment with my simple logitech webcam

http://www.youtube.com/madupp#p/u/0/etVjuFELcT0

Castles of Sand

Castles of Sand

The Story of my and my brother's original music.

http://www.myspace.com/mistlethistle

MistleThistle Biography

I met my brother some time after I was born. He is seven years older than me. His name is Tim and I am Walter. Tim and Walter Holstad. We started working on music together probably some time in 2007 I would estimate, maybe 2006. I was living at my mom's in Muskego at the time so we would practice in her living room on occasion or I would go over to my brother's apartment around 80th and Oklahoma in Milwaukee.

My brother is a very prolific writer and very determined. He writes a lot and makes a point to work very hard at his music. He is one of those people that were told to work hard in life and took it to heart I think. I on the other hand like to enjoy things in life and treating the music too seriously takes the fun out of it in my opinion. There is room for both. Certainly without some effort songs will not be written and polished to a decent level but if there is no heart or joy in your music it will sound lifeless and boring. I have about 15 or 20 songs that I have written. My brother has a lot but we play probably around 20 of his.

Our first show together was at my brother's wife's uncle's house in Minocqua, Wisconsin. We played out on the deck at his house on a lake. It was pretty fun and for the most part people enjoyed it. At the end we played a blues jam and people wanted us to keep playing but I was a little nervous and putting my guitar away at the time so we stopped.

I played a Battle of the Bands show in June of 2009. I played this show with my friends Ian and George and Tim did not play. Tim and I were not playing together at this time. We separated after working with a new drummer because the new mix of tension and egos was too much of a burden to continue. The battle of the bands show was at the Rave in a smaller side bar area. I had a lot of fun at that show and it went pretty well. We did about 6 songs, 5 originals and a cover of Eddie Vedder's Society.

Recently Tim, Chris ( the new drummer I spoke of ), and I got back together to play at a fashion show at Crisp bar that I had been invited to play at. The show was September 26th, 2010 and was a lot of fun. We had about 3 practices in the 2 weeks before the show and that was it so it was kind of tough. The songs were not fully polished and ready so the show had its ups and downs. It was good practice and there were some good parts for sure. I did get some applause after a guitar solo and some of the songs were pretty solid. It was definitely a learning experience and hopefully we will have more shows in the future to build on the experience of this one.

Running from the Cops 08102010 mp3

My latest song I wrote in humorist fashion about Running from the Cops.



http://www.archive.org/details/RunningFromTheCops08102010Mp3

em b a two guitars

em b a two guitars 08042010 mellow



http://www.archive.org/details/EmBATwoGuitars08042010MellowMp3

leadiest



http://www.archive.org/details/EmBATwoGuitarsLeadiest08042010Mp3

Instrumental G D C 3x Am G D

First one with no solo.




http://www.archive.org/details/InstrumentalGDC3xAmGD

Second one with guitar solo overlaid.




http://www.archive.org/details/InstrumentalGDC3xAmGDWSolo

Freak Show 1991

Carnival, Freak Show, or maybe Planet #3. This is a band practice where my sister and Scott attended to see how our band was and later Jake and French student stopped by (Arneau?).



Freak Show

I ain't going to no carnival
To amuse my thoughts with a freak filled show
There's an all day freak show passing by my window

Chorus:

The tickets are free on planet number 3
It's a lifetime showing starring you and me

I've no need for a 4 fingered man
Who salted and ate his other hand
A lifetime pass I've got to see an entire freak planet.

Chorus:

I know a freak a fellow peer
I wave him hello in the bathroom mirror
I'm sure you know a freak too
Who you call you

Chorus:

Acoustic Jam BbM7 C Dm

http://www.archive.org/details/AcousticJamBbm7CDm

First One on May 16




http://www.archive.org/details/May051610FirstTake

Open Hearts Acoustic Solos

Beauty



http://www.archive.org/details/Beauty_954

Acoustic guitar solo in the mood of beauty.

May

Society has no conscience
Some people call it freedom
Chaos would be a better word
Work inside on sunny days
Warm weather waste away
In a chair most of the day
In the evening time get away
The wind and the sky
The clouds go by
Summer's days are coming night

Lookie here it's almost noon
Guess I'll go and get lunch soon

Pedal powered cars. Music Corporation.

Open Hearts.



http://www.archive.org/details/OpenHeartsbeautyIi

My Latest Greatest Hits.

Rock and Roll Minor - guitar solo



http://www.archive.org/details/RockAndRollMinor

Kitty Says Love Me



http://www.archive.org/details/KittySaysLoveMe

Castles of Sand



http://www.archive.org/details/CastlesOfSand

Lovers and Friends Til the End



http://www.archive.org/details/LoversAndFriendstilTheEndEnhancedReproduction

Harambee



http://www.archive.org/details/Harambee

Freedom From Stocks and Bonds



http://www.archive.org/details/FreeFromStocksAndBondsNew

Rock and Roll Minor

http://www.archive.org/details/RockAndRollMinor

Free From Stocks and Bonds

http://www.archive.org/details/FreeFromStocksAndBonds

Kitty Says Love Me

Kitty Says Love Me

http://www.archive.org/details/KittySaysLoveMe

Sand Castles instrumental

http://www.archive.org/details/CastlesOfSandInstrumental

Castles of Sand

http://www.archive.org/details/CastlesOfSand

Something I was working on today.

Lovers and Friends 'Til The End

http://www.archive.org/details/LoversAndFriendstilTheEndEnhancedReproduction

An original song about Lovers and Friends recorded at Studio Harambee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Confident But Uncertain

Confident but uncertain because it starts out in a major key but then transitions to a minor key and back and forth. Click on the VBR ZIP to download the mp3 file, on the following link. http://www.archive.org/details/ConfidentButUncertain

A Ticket

Just finished this tonight with my house mate.

Mistlethistle band album

This is an album we put together for a show we played at the Rave which I thoroughly enjoyed. I will finish the rest of the tracks soon. It's getting late so just one for now.

A Story of Success and Failure



She Says She Loves Me



Society cover song originally done by Eddie Vedder



I actually messed up the lyrics of the second verse but otherwise I like how it came out. A friend of mine helped out with bass, computer, and backing vocals.

Hero's Triumph

The more I listen to this one I just really like it. Sometimes it takes a while to realise which tracks standout. I share music on Triond.com's website loudio.com and with their clout with stumbleupon I guess my music gets a lot of views there so I will continue sharing there for the sake of publicity and it's fun to watch something get 80 views or so within a half hour. But I want to have more control over content and everything centralized in one place and also bigger payout potential and more recognition which are all positive components of my blog.

I think this is one of the better tracks of late. Thanks! Thanks to internet archive for hosting the track and giving me the embedding code.