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Scott Paris : If... Dog... Rabbit!
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A testament to a truly scatterbrained artist looking for his place in the creative world.
Genre: Rock: Psychedelic
Release Date: 2006
If... Dog... Rabbit! Record Label: Vlad Records
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Autumn Brought The Termites 3:28 $0.99
Stop Being A Sally 3:42 $0.99
Endings (Raw Nerve) 3:17 $0.99
A Weasel, Well Greased 2:25 $0.99
Experiments In Modern Medicine 3:00 $0.99
Blacklight 4:06 $0.99
If I Were A Rabbit (I'd Cut Off My Own Foot And Rub It For Luck) 2:59 $0.99
Franchise Yourself 3:38 $0.99
A Chainsaw To The Face 2:16 $0.99
Fireflies With Icicle Faces 3:33 $0.99
Poverty Sucks Ass 3:18 $0.99
The Joke's On You 3:06 $0.99
Medias Res In The Rearview 4:13 $0.99
Ghost Stories (Demo) 2:36 $0.99
Black Rose 4:33 $0.99
Ill-Fated Grace 3:27 $0.99
The Curvature 6:51 $0.99
Memorandum 2:43 $0.99
Everyone Thinks They're Getting Swindled 2:38 $0.99
The Sphere That Holds You, Dear 3:29 $0.99
We're Building A Mythological Legend In Your Likeness 3:18 $0.99
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Album Notes

This is not an uncommon story. If you want something done, at least your way, then you do it yourself. I taught myself to play every instument I could get my hands on just to make music like the people I admire. I grew up wanting to be among the likes of Beck, or Mr Bungle, or Tom Waits. I started releasing indie cassettes of original songs at age 12. I couldn't afford a four track recorder, I used a Kareoke machine instead. I got into digital recording in 2000, and realized that I could make my shitty home recordings sound better and still not spend any money. I would release a new ep (short cd with 6 or so songs) every 6 months, selling them to the same two dozen friend/fans that would care. As time went on the recordings got better and the songcraft, more focused (a tragedy to some). In late '05 I became a registered songwriter and publisher with ASCAP and started doing commercial work including movie scores and jingles. "If...Dog...Rabbit," is an expression I heard that folds out to, "if the dog wouldn't have stopped to take a shit he would've caught the rabbit." This statement to me, justifies having made 12 releases in 5 years. This album is inconcise and weird and scatterbrained, and it wasn't intended any other way. Some of the craft and production is rocky, but that was the foundation to what I do now. And, done any other way I wouldn't have caught my own metaphorical rabbit.

Love always,
Scott Paris

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