Dreaming Out Loud
By David Ullman
Dreaming Out LoudJan 06, 2023
Mix Albums with Kevin Conaway
As Rob Gordon says in HIGH FIDELITY, “The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. There are a lot of rules." Singer-songwriter Kevin Conaway joins me to discuss our shared tradition of making annual “Mix Albums,” a term he coined to represent the attempt to create a cohesive listening experience more akin to playing an LP by your favorite act than a disparate compilation of unrelated artists.
Link to Part 2 - https://youtu.be/4gjZLt8P-FY
Watch this chat - https://youtu.be/bb8UBf3VNAM
Kevin’s 2022 Mix - https://www.kevinconaway.com/mix-albums
My 2022 Mix - https://www.davidullman.net/2022mix
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10. Family Album: Legacy
The final episode of the FAMILY ALBUM podcast series fills in the full, 60-year context of how music became such an integral part of the Ullman Boys' family connection over the years.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Read the whole history @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
9. Family Album: Dream Lullaby
My dad and brother co-wrote this song, dedicated to my sister's two daughters. It's the first such collaboration and the first original composition my dad has recorded in my lifetime. For me, this closing track of FAMILY ALBUM is the heart of the collection. It's the reason I brought my song "How Loved You Are" to the group, and it inspired the approach to the artwork and the record's title.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
8. Family Album: Colors For Sound
In this discussion of the writing and recording of my original song, "How Loved You Are," you'll hear about how I literally won the lottery and met my wife at a U2 concert.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
7. Family Album: Putting Hair On The Bear with Producer Brian Ullman
Brian is in the hot seat as Dad recounts the grade school parent-teacher conference story that birthed the phrase "putting hair on the bear." PLUS: U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name"!
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
6. Family Album: We Play Our Rock 'n' Roll (U2's Vertigo)
"Unos dos tres catorce!" The Ullman boys take on U2's 2004 hit, "Vertigo" with Yours Truly on lead vocal. We had some technical troubles doing this song during our 2011 gig in which we played three U2 numbers in a row at the end of my album-fundraising show at Akron's Musica. All Ullman brothers are firing on all cylinders for this track!
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band featuring two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
5. Family Album: The Traveling Wilburys Tunes
The Ullman Boys gather around the mic for two songs from this British–American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
4. Family Album: One Headlight & The Paralyzed Vocal Cord
The Ullman Boys face their toughest challenge yet. Pushing past the difficulty of his paralyzed vocal cord, my dad Jim takes the wheel for The Wallflowers' "One Headlight."
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
3. Family Album: What Would Brother Jimmy Do?
A new singer steps to the mic. Overcoming the limitations of a paralyzed vocal cord, my dad Jim joins his brother Jack for the Alan Jackson / Jimmy Buffett duet, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download FAMILY ALBUM for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
BONUS: Harvesting Happiness with Josh VHSchafer
Part 3 of the FAMILY ALBUM series will be out next week. In the meantime, you're in for a treat, as I'm joined for this first stand-alone bonus episode by Josh Schafer for VHSuper-fun chat about his passion project: LUNCHMEAT.
Josh describes LUNCHMEAT as, "a print and online publication entity dedicated to the celebration and preservation of VHS and video store culture." LUNCHMEAT most recently rescued my 2001 documentary INERTIA: RE-MAKING THE CROW from total obscurity by releasing it on VHS.
After premiering at the 2002 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, this documentary about the four-year filmmaking odyssey that yielded the underground fan-film favorite JAMES O’BARR’S THE CROW sat on a shelf virtually unseen for 20 years—until now!
It's a story of passion, obsession, and creativity. Think HEARTS OF DARKNESS meets AMERICAN MOVIE—but with teenagers!
Dust off your VCR, head over to LUNCHMEATVHS.COM, and grab a copy while you can.
And while you're clicking through LUNCHMEATVHS.COM, subscribe to their YouTube Page, where you can VHStream our 1990's adaptation of James O'Barr's The CROW, as well as the exclusive 2020 video commentary I did for the channel, AND A BONUS VIDEO PORTION OF THIS CONVERSATION excised from the audio-version in which Mr. Schafer reveals his favorite VHSeven tapes from his collection of thousands of cassettes! The man has a veritable video store in his house, and don't you want to know which flicks are his favorite?!
I'm very grateful for all of the support Josh has shown me. He's really championed our shot-on-video Crow film and documentary, and it's been so gratifying to learn of the adaptation's growing reputation as a sought-after underground tape.
Follow @LunchmeatVHS on all the VHSocial channels for which you have an account to experience the great expanse of the radical rewind-inclined world of home video-lovin' history.
Thank you so much to Josh for taking a chance on me, thank you to my brother Brian for the intro and outro music for this episode--"Dal Segno" and "Memory Lane," respectively. Both are available on his Fascist Puppeteer albums, which you can find wherever you get your digital music—and (as always) for free at dreamingoutloudrecords.com. Thank you to John Noltner for the podcast cover portrait. Check out his "A Peace Of My Mind" project at APOMM.net. And thank you to YOU for sharing your time with me.
Episode Art by Hayden Hall for Lunchmeat Magazine #9
2. Family Album: Tie-dyed shirts & Levi's jeans
With a little help from "The Wednesday Night Crew," The Ullman Boys take on Alan Jackson's "1976." Brian dials in the Telecaster "country bend," Jack's wife meets Jimmy Carter, and Dave's high school band plays a middle school talent show.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me). The new record, FAMILY ALBUM, is our first studio-recorded collection of songs.
Follow the Family Album story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music.
Download it for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
1. Family Album: A Little Story About Jack & Diane
RHS Class of '69 alumnus, Ramstein Royals' Center Fielder, former Bushmen—and current Ullman Boys—drummer Jack Ullman sings lead on the opening pair of John Mellencamp covers that kick off FAMILY ALBUM. In this first installment of the series, Jack shares why he wanted to include "Jack & Diane" and "Small Town" on FAMILY ALBUM—the first studio-recorded collection of songs from The Ullman Boys.
The Ullman Boys are an Ohio-based band comprised of two generations of Ullman brothers, Jack, Jim, Brian, and David (me).
Follow the story on my blog for the next few weeks @ https://www.davidullman.net/blog
Read the whole history now @ https://www.davidullman.net/familyalbum
Listen to FAMILY ALBUM wherever you stream music
Download it for free @ https://dreamingoutloudrecords.com/album/family-album
Season 1 Preview: Family Album
Over the last 50 years, my dad, Jim, his younger brother Jack, myself, and my younger brother Brian have all introduced and respectively reintroduced music into each other's lives at key moments when we needed it most. The Ullman Boys' Family Album is the first recorded collection of songs created by these two generations of Ullman Brothers. In this series, we'll be reminiscing about the stories surrounding the song selections, the recording sessions, and inspirations for the project.