BEHOLD! by Paul Kotheimer
Twelve songs written and recorded 2021-2022. Released 2023.
Tracklist
| 1. | BEHOLD! | 4:08 |
| 2. | 95th & Cicero | 2:36 |
| 3. | On Friday Nights | 4:00 |
| 4. | Idleness | 2:28 |
| 5. | Isaiah Hunt | 3:52 |
| 6. | The Way the Time Goes By | 2:23 |
| 7. | (Ain't Nothing Gonna Buy My Baby) That New Pair of Shoes | 2:55 |
| 8. | Going Through Something | 4:01 |
| 9. | The Weaving Fates | 3:33 |
| 10. | Fishhook, Illinois | 3:26 |
| 11. | WHAT IS THIS? | 5:08 |
| 12. | Thorny Ol' Waltz | 3:16 |
Credits
released February 12, 2023
Written, arranged, performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by Paul Kotheimer, mostly at Pillow Monster Home Studio in east Urbana, Illinois, with these special musical guests:
1. BEHOLD! : Cody Jensen - percussion. ElizaBeth Simpson - opening 3-voice chorus. PK - harmonium, vocal, piano.
2. 95th & Cicero : V. V. Lightbody - flutes and electric guitars. Jim Standerfer - drums. PK - piano, bass, guitar, synths, programmed percussion, arrangements, vocal. Final mix by PK and James Treichler.
3. On Friday Nights : PK - piano and vocal.
4. Idleness : PK - piano and vocal.
5. Isaiah Hunt : PK - guitar and vocal.
6. The Way the Time Goes By : PK - piano and vocal.
7. (Ain't Nothing Gonna Buy My Baby) That New Pair of Shoes : Meagan Gillis - trombone, banjo, jug. Brighten Godfrey - trumpet. PK - pianos, bass, guitar, vocal. Final mix treatment by PK and James Treichler.
8. Going Through Something : PK - guitar, bass, vocal. Jacob Croegaert - backing vocal. Emily McKown - backing vocal.
9. The Weaving Fates : PK - guitar, bass, two-piece drumkit, harmonium, vocal. Vocal session co-produced by Kenna Mae Reiss.
10. Fishhook, Illinois : PK - guitar, vocal. Bird sounds by birds of east Urbana.
11. WHAT IS THIS? : PK - guitar, bass, harmonium, vocal, suitcase drum. Vocal session co-produced by Kenna Mae Reiss.
12. Thorny Ol' Waltz : Rob Sweedler - accordions. PK - guitar, bass, vocal, harmonium, percussion.
Mastered by James Treichler at Wave Upon Wave Studio, Champaign, Illinois.
Written, arranged, performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by Paul Kotheimer, mostly at Pillow Monster Home Studio in east Urbana, Illinois, with these special musical guests:
1. BEHOLD! : Cody Jensen - percussion. ElizaBeth Simpson - opening 3-voice chorus. PK - harmonium, vocal, piano.
2. 95th & Cicero : V. V. Lightbody - flutes and electric guitars. Jim Standerfer - drums. PK - piano, bass, guitar, synths, programmed percussion, arrangements, vocal. Final mix by PK and James Treichler.
3. On Friday Nights : PK - piano and vocal.
4. Idleness : PK - piano and vocal.
5. Isaiah Hunt : PK - guitar and vocal.
6. The Way the Time Goes By : PK - piano and vocal.
7. (Ain't Nothing Gonna Buy My Baby) That New Pair of Shoes : Meagan Gillis - trombone, banjo, jug. Brighten Godfrey - trumpet. PK - pianos, bass, guitar, vocal. Final mix treatment by PK and James Treichler.
8. Going Through Something : PK - guitar, bass, vocal. Jacob Croegaert - backing vocal. Emily McKown - backing vocal.
9. The Weaving Fates : PK - guitar, bass, two-piece drumkit, harmonium, vocal. Vocal session co-produced by Kenna Mae Reiss.
10. Fishhook, Illinois : PK - guitar, vocal. Bird sounds by birds of east Urbana.
11. WHAT IS THIS? : PK - guitar, bass, harmonium, vocal, suitcase drum. Vocal session co-produced by Kenna Mae Reiss.
12. Thorny Ol' Waltz : Rob Sweedler - accordions. PK - guitar, bass, vocal, harmonium, percussion.
Mastered by James Treichler at Wave Upon Wave Studio, Champaign, Illinois.
License
All rights reserved.
For almost 40 years now, Paul Kotheimer has been writing songs. And then recording them. And then putting them together into albums.
At first, way way back in the actual 1980s, he used a cassette player and a microphone from Radio Shack. Now he's the proprietor of Pillow Monster Home Studio, complete with lots of musical instruments and recording gear and one actual pillow monster. YAY MUSIC!