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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2010 in Other Music
Glad to see he will be exposed to alot of new fans as he is on one of the biggest albums and tracks of the year with Kanye's latest magnum opus.

Anyways, been listening to For Emma lately, tearing up as I listen to Lump Sum, jesus what a song...

anyways, Im hoping any Bon Iver fanatics can answer a quesiton for me.

so the story has been told a million times. But he retreats to a cabin in michigan to figure things out, and records these songs on some cheap tape machine, but ive never heard who or what, or how those songs on crappy studio equiptment, bedroom recordings, then went viral so to speak and became for emma. How did he get signed to jagjaguwar?

its quite clear he made the songs that became For Emma for his own personal use, to get through that horrific time in his life. But how did he get to the next step?
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  • ahill721ahill721 Posts: 2,071
    The cabin is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he went to college. Their live performancesvare amazing!
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    I'm fairly certain he released it in very low numbers himself,.. then it got picked up by a label and released with different artwork. i've seen two different covers for this record.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I really like his song Blood Bank... :?
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    i agree blood bank is great, but what song of his isnt. As I said, For Emma is a classic album, one of the best of decade. a stunning album
  • killmoretroutkillmoretrout Burque, NM Posts: 162
    Didn't vibe the Blood Bank EP so much. And when he breaks out that auto-tune shit, I auto-tune out. 'Emma' is brilliant. Been listening to that so much the last week (and trying to decipher some of the more undecipherable lyrics, too).
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    great memories of standing in the rain & mud on a busted ankle to see Bon Iver....great set.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUtFizU ... re=related
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  • killmoretroutkillmoretrout Burque, NM Posts: 162
    mfc2006 wrote:
    great memories of standing in the rain & mud on a busted ankle to see Bon Iver....great set.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUtFizU ... re=related

    great vid. he played a sunrise show @ the hollywood cemetery (!!!) and I've been kicking myself for missing it ever since.
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