Links

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin at 7:12 pm on Monday, July 24, 2006

Musicians

Burr Settles
Friend and fellow troubador. FAWM is his baby.
Matt Hopper
Fellow FAWMer and a darn good songwriter.
Andrew Norsworthy
A great singer/songwriter!
Josh Schramm
Fellow FAWMer and road-warrior. He’s a great singer/songwriter!
Erin O’brien
Fellow FAWMer. Very talented performer and songwriter!
The Ballet School Troublemakers
Friend and former After the Dawn bandmate Russ Brown’s latest project.
Pushin’ Daisies
Friends and former Minnesotans newly relocated to Nashville Jerry and Sheila Oliver.
Nancy Rost
Fellow FAWMer. Creative and wonderful piano stylings and wordplay.
Autoclamp
Fellow MN FAWMer. Awesome acoustic duo.

Miscellaneous

FAWM – February Album Writing Month
If you are a songwriter and you are looking for a challenge, this is it.
FAWMers.com
Where the FAWM community hangs out the other 11 months of the year.
Eric Distad’s My Space Music page
Online space where I’ll occasionaly post news, demos and what not.
Eric Distad’s Pure Volume Music page
Online space where I stream my best work. Send this link to anyone you think might appreciate my stuff.

Upcoming Shows

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin at 6:25 pm on Friday, July 21, 2006

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th
PRE-FAWM MIDWEST SONGWRITERS JAM
w/ G-Slab, Matt Pierce, Autoclamp and MORE!
Dunn Brothers Coffee – White Bear Lake
2751 E County Rd. E
White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Past Shows

2007

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20th Ginko’s Coffeehouse
w/Autoclamp

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th Crow River Coffee

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24th Dunn Brothers Coffee – Roseville

SUNDAY, JULY 29th 2nd Annual Midwest FAWM Showcase Acadia Cafe
w/ G-Slab, Nancy Rose, Matt Pierce, Autoclamp.

FRIDAY, JULY 27th Dunn Brothers Coffee – White Bear Lake

TUESDAY, MAY 22nd Kitty Cat Klub
w/Burr Settles and Willis Fireball

SATURDAY, MAY 6th The Green Note – London, UK (UK FAWM MEET!)

SATURDAY, MAY 6th The Stage Door – London, UK (UK FAWM MEET!)

THURSDAY, MARCH 8th Crow River Coffee

2006

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH – FAWM SHOWCASE Ginko’s Coffeehouse
w/Russ Brown, Amy Curl and Nancy Rost

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH Minnesota State Fair – Carousel Stage

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in White Bear Lake
w/ G-Slab

SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH – MIDWEST FAWM SHOWCASE Acadia Cafe
w/Burr Settles and Erin O’Brien and G-Slab

FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in White Bear Lake

2005

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Linden Hills

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Excelsior

MONDAY, MARCH 28TH Segue Cafe

FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST Dunn Brothers Coffee in Andover

TUESDAY, JULY 5TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Uptown
w/Burr Settles

FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND Dunn Brothers Coffee in Stillwater

FRIDAY, MAY 20TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Uptown

SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH Dunn Brothers Coffee Riverside

FRIDAY, JULY 1ST Dunn Brothers Coffee in White Bear Lake

TUESDAY, JULY 5TH Dunn Brothers Coffee on Grand Avenue
w/Burr Settles and Josh Schramm

FRIDAY, JULY 29TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Inver Grove Heights

SATURDAY, JULY 30TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Maple Grove

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th Dunn Brothers Coffee in White Bear Lake

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st Dunn Brothers Coffee in Inver Grove Heights

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th Dunn Brothers Coffee in Hudson, WI

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH Dunn Brothers Coffee on Grand Avenue
w/Burr Settles

2004

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th Dunn Brothers Coffee in Andover

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH Dunn Brothers Coffee @ Xerxes and 50th

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH Dunn Brothers Coffee in Linden Hills

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6TH Dunn Brothers Coffee on Grand Avenue
w/ Andrew Norsworthy, and Matt Hopper

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7TH> Dunn Brothers Coffee on Grand Avenue
w/ Burr Settles, Andrew Norsworthy, and Matt Hopper

Music

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin at 5:53 pm on Friday, July 21, 2006

Here you’ll find lyrics, background information, and demo MP3s for Eric’s songs.
Click the links below to get the skinny on the song and go to the download link.

FAWM 2007

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  Ballad of Johnny McGee

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  I’m Blue

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  Semaphore in the Dark

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  Hey Heroes

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  My Excuse

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  Don’t

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  Two Chord Sundae

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  The Last

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  Wood for Sheep

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  Perfume

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  Seal It Away

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  The Riddle Song

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  Cat in a Sack

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  Speeding for Jesus

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  The American Way

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  Unhappy Holidays

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  Off the Ground

FAWM 2006

FAWM 2005

Other Tracks

Toy Garden

SONG ARCHIVES>>

Merch

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Image Gallery

Filed under: TestEvent — admin at 3:49 pm on Wednesday, July 19, 2006
LIVE SHOWS – 2007


August 24th, as the Eric Distad Trio at Dunn Brothers Coffee in Roseville, MN
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July 29th, FAWM Midwest Songwriters Showcase at Acadia Cafe
with G-Slab, Matt Pierce, Autoclamp, and Nancy Rost

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MAY 5th – UK FAWM Get Together – The Green Note and The Stage Door

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2006

Sep 9th – FAWM Midwest Songwriters Showcase at Ginko’s Coffeehouse
with Nancy Rost, Amy Curl and Russ Brown

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June 18th, FAWM Midwest Songwriters Showcase at Acadia Cafe
with G-Slab, Erin O’Brien and Burr Settles

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2005

July 30th, Dunn Brothers in Maple Grove

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July 5th, Dunn Brothers Grand with Burr Settles and Josh Schramm

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ARCHIVE >>

NEW SITE!

Filed under: News,Site — Eric at 12:00 pm on Thursday, July 6, 2006

Hello all! This the new site for Singer/Songwriter Eric Distad. This is a work in progress, so bear with us as we move things around and get things tweaked.

06/21/06

Filed under: News — Eric at 3:50 pm on Wednesday, June 21, 2006

To all those that made it out to one of our shows on Friday or Sunday: A Big THANKS! We hope you had a good time. We certainly did!

The FAWM Showcase at the Acadia was a blast. The G-Slab crew turned in a great performance that was a lot of fun. Erin O’Brien and Burr’s sets were outstanding. Our sets were pretty good as well (we hope). I debuted 11 of the songs I wrote for FAWM 2006.

(Read on …)

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