Bill Baird

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Goodbye Vibrations 03:15 Tools
World Gone Deaf 04:10 Tools
We'll Meet Again Someday, Or We Won't 00:00 Tools
Your Dark Sunglasses Won't Make You Lou Reed 03:25 Tools
Walking in a Straight Line 03:25 Tools
You're Someone Else 03:25 Tools
Spring Break of the Soul 07:44 Tools
Illuminated Night 03:18 Tools
Daily Dance 04:48 Tools
Caroline 04:54 Tools
Hard so Hard 03:18 Tools
Softly 02:08 Tools
Goodbye Dear Friend of Mine 04:07 Tools
Burn Burn Burn Burn 02:09 Tools
Go To Mexico 02:55 Tools
rain on the window 02:21 Tools
Surfing 03:22 Tools
Captain Brain 04:59 Tools
Dear Friend (Failing Domino) 05:32 Tools
24 Karat Soul 06:11 Tools
Loveshines II 04:14 Tools
Lost At Sea 03:41 Tools
Easy Machines 04:13 Tools
Sewage Sirens 02:24 Tools
Slow Implosion 12:26 Tools
Wino Strut 03:31 Tools
Sailing 00:30 Tools
Bow Down To The Brain 02:42 Tools
Silence 03:22 Tools
Cloud Breath 05:23 Tools
Big Sur Reverie 03:00 Tools
Our Dreams Did Weave a Shade 03:45 Tools
Late Night Dawning 03:45 Tools
You're Somone Else 03:06 Tools
Marooned 02:46 Tools
Black Fritz 03:06 Tools
Emotional Swings 02:42 Tools
Lake Eerie 02:58 Tools
Les Paul Pointillistic 02:44 Tools
Blob 01:59 Tools
Shave 01:54 Tools
Half a Man, Half a Man 05:32 Tools
Skull Castle Decorator 03:45 Tools
civil war 02:30 Tools
Hairy Sally 02:42 Tools
It's Already Here (Everything you're waiting for is Gone) 03:26 Tools
Inflated Head 01:31 Tools
Summer Is Gone 02:42 Tools
Santa Claus of the South 04:07 Tools
Graveyard Dawn 02:42 Tools
It's Empty Time 04:03 Tools
Man's Heart Complaint 06:13 Tools
I Burnt All My Black 02:32 Tools
Koyaanisqatsi 04:03 Tools
Baptize Your Wasted Face in Wine 01:04 Tools
Mellow Out My Mind 01:04 Tools
Soggy Soul 03:09 Tools
Life is Rad, Just Say Yes 03:53 Tools
Sonneries de la Rose + Croix 03:59 Tools
Everything Explodes 01:34 Tools
Dreams of Sandy 02:31 Tools
bourbon is my special friend, bourbon is my only friend 05:09 Tools
Strigidae 05:09 Tools
Telephones 06:12 Tools
Life's a Tv Show 06:12 Tools
I'm Sad but I Can't Play the Blues 04:48 Tools
Gone 04:33 Tools
Stingk 06:12 Tools
New City Lights 09:55 Tools
A Place to Fall Apart 03:47 Tools
You're Fat 00:51 Tools
Your Soul Glows in the Dark 05:57 Tools
Cosmic Hum 01:04 Tools
Christmas in Jail 03:44 Tools
Bleach 04:35 Tools
your eyes are mirrors 03:47 Tools
It Will Be Ok 05:36 Tools
Happiness Is Forgetting 03:59 Tools
Bill 05:57 Tools
Sailing (written by Christopher Cross) 03:18 Tools
You're Free (If You Want to Be) 05:13 Tools
dear friend (collapsing dominos) 04:33 Tools
Mister Treadmill 02:48 Tools
Does Not Compute_Head Wound Error 04:35 Tools
Quicksilver Slip 03:59 Tools
Diamond Studded Caskets 04:53 Tools
Live That Way 03:40 Tools
Ghost of Myself 04:03 Tools
The Ringtail Vs. Whiptail Trilogy 05:57 Tools
Expecting to Fly 04:21 Tools
In The Future 05:00 Tools
new york love 03:59 Tools
Slip into Shadow 00:00 Tools
Love Don't Exist (Until It's Given Away) 02:31 Tools
Origin 03:12 Tools
Be Yourself 05:13 Tools
Shape Shifting Game 03:30 Tools
There Goes My Ego 02:03 Tools
Velvet Rut 04:19 Tools
Luby's Purgatory 04:19 Tools
Oh Hi Mr Death 00:00 Tools
Everlasting Pleasure Cruise 04:25 Tools
Floating in Reverse 04:19 Tools
Other Side of the Sky 04:19 Tools
Bob 03:40 Tools
Bubo 03:40 Tools
Death Suite 09:55 Tools
Sunset's bathtime 05:13 Tools
The Ballad of Sammy Mudd 03:30 Tools
I Can't Turn Around 02:31 Tools
Bourgeois Blues 02:31 Tools
I'll Be Here in the Morning 04:25 Tools
Sea Song 04:19 Tools
Shady Grove 03:40 Tools
My Woman Hates My Guts 08:48 Tools
Baby Blue 02:31 Tools
Insomnia Insane 02:31 Tools
The Dirt 03:50 Tools
As the Sun Will Rise This Dream Recedes 01:34 Tools
A Newborn Crawls Across Death Valley 01:34 Tools
Last Fall 02:31 Tools
Bending the Truth 04:03 Tools
Until My Dying Day 04:03 Tools
Symphony Sunrise 04:35 Tools
Sound in Your Mind 01:34 Tools
Muzak of the Spheres 01:34 Tools
Trapped In Paradise 02:31 Tools
Wol 02:31 Tools
Heaviness of Flame 03:36 Tools
Neon Wake 03:36 Tools
End's End 04:03 Tools
Runcible 04:03 Tools
Social Swamp Quicksand Screen 04:03 Tools
Never Go Home Again 02:26 Tools
nature dot com 04:03 Tools
So Says Me 02:26 Tools
Rake and Rambling Boy 03:36 Tools
Frogs 03:36 Tools
Walking After Midnight (Searching for Me) 02:16 Tools
Koyannisquatsi 04:03 Tools
Long Ascent 02:26 Tools
you and me make 3 02:26 Tools
Je ne Parle pas Francais 02:26 Tools
Diamond Deserts 03:30 Tools
Robot Dan (digital only add'n) 04:35 Tools
Be Not So Fearful 02:03 Tools
Owl 02:03 Tools
Small Room, Big Mind 02:03 Tools
Megascops 02:03 Tools
This Land Is Your Land 05:20 Tools
Mosquito 05:20 Tools
Cabin Mix 05:20 Tools
Not a Perfect Person (Looks Like I Fucked Up Again) 03:07 Tools
Filoplume 03:07 Tools
Your Dark Sunglasses 03:07 Tools
Facial Disc 03:07 Tools
Hot Burrito 2 Digit 05:20 Tools
I'll Be Here In The Morning [Townes Van Zandt Cover] 03:07 Tools
Dear Friend, Failing Domino 03:07 Tools
Just Like Heaven 02:42 Tools
Shady Grove [Traditional] 03:41 Tools
I've Waited My Whole Life To Disappear / Diamond Eyepatch See / Endless Ocean 2 03:41 Tools
The End of the World 03:26 Tools
Q: has the end of the world already happened? A: this is how it ends. 03:26 Tools
Flying on The Ground Is Wrong 04:35 Tools
Robot Dan 04:35 Tools
I've Waited My Whole Life to Disappear / Diamond Eyepatch See / Endless Ocean 04:35 Tools
She Dreams in Diamonds 04:35 Tools
The Ringtail vs Whiptail Trilogy 05:57 Tools
Sailing (kriss kross) 03:34 Tools
Silence ! 03:22 Tools
Dear Friend (Collapsing Domino) 05:36 Tools
Tomorrow Never Knows 07:03 Tools
Bourbon is my special friend 05:33 Tools
Heart's Got a Hole 05:33 Tools
Sonneries de la Rose + Croix (Satie) 07:03 Tools
I've Waited My Whole Life To Disappear 03:13 Tools
You Can Call Me Al 03:47 Tools
Rebel Without a Brain 03:47 Tools
Sunshine Hair 03:13 Tools
Hide 03:13 Tools
Dear Friend (Failling Domino) 03:47 Tools
emerald arizona 03:13 Tools
Glad Tidings (Van Morrison) 00:00 Tools
Glad Tidings 03:46 Tools
Lunar Eyes 03:47 Tools
The Dirt [Mark Ashworth Cover] 03:13 Tools
Sea Song [Robert Wyatt Cover] 04:20 Tools
Silence 3 03:20 Tools
You're A Special Girl 04:20 Tools
Home 04:20 Tools
Pure Imagination 00:00 Tools
Remember Me 03:01 Tools
Ring Tail vs. Whiptail 03:47 Tools
Analog 06:01 Tools
Color of the Love You Have 04:03 Tools
This City is Sleepwalking 03:12 Tools
Sleepwalking Someday 03:12 Tools
Bending of the Light 03:12 Tools
Is Nothing There 03:12 Tools
Cloudbreath 03:47 Tools
Journey of 1000 Steps 04:46 Tools
Pain Pile 04:46 Tools
Last Fall [Sparrow House Cover] 00:00 Tools
Beef Captain 01:34 Tools
When Perfect Flames Expire 04:54 Tools
Civil War (live on Marfa radio) 03:26 Tools
World Is Awaiting 03:26 Tools
All I Know Is Now 03:26 Tools
Intro 00:55 Tools
The Sound in Yr Mind 03:42 Tools
Be Not So Fearful [Bill Fay Cover] 00:55 Tools
The World is Awaiting 02:38 Tools
Rake And Rambling Boy [Traditional / Carter Family Cover] 01:34 Tools
Fishtown 04:18 Tools
The Ballad Of Sammy Mudd [Sam Sanford Cover] 03:26 Tools
I Don't Know Where to Live Anymore 03:26 Tools
Walking After Midnight (Searching For Me) [Patsy Cline Cover] 03:49 Tools
Expecting To Fly [Buffalo Springfield Cover] 03:49 Tools
Hot Burrito 2 Digital [Flying Burrito Brothers Cover] 03:49 Tools
Hot Burrito 2 Digital 03:49 Tools
Femme Fatale 03:06 Tools
This Land Is Your Land [Woody Guthrie Covers] 03:06 Tools
Life is RAD (Just Say Yes) 03:26 Tools
Garden of Eden 04:18 Tools
Old Growth (hair forest vrsn) 03:26 Tools
Silence! 03:32 Tools
Diamond Deserts [BB Cover] 04:18 Tools
Interview #1 03:26 Tools
Old Sandy Bull Lee 07:26 Tools
Sonneries de la Rose+Croix 02:49 Tools
Bones (Krispy) 05:57 Tools
Spring Break of the Soul [edit] 06:53 Tools
Moonlight 05:30 Tools
Spring Break of the Soul (edit) 00:00 Tools
Azure Shimmer 04:35 Tools
Ringtail vs Whiptail 05:57 Tools
We'll Meet Again Someday Or We Won't 02:05 Tools
It's Already Here 05:57 Tools
Dear Friend (Collapsing Dominoes) 02:49 Tools
A Perfect Light Awaits Me 05:30 Tools
Interview #3 02:44 Tools
Interview #4 02:05 Tools
Interview #2 02:49 Tools
Memory (It Glows) 02:49 Tools
Our Dreams Did Weave A Shade II 04:35 Tools
ZOMBIES! (FINAL) 02:49 Tools
Dallas 02:49 Tools
Black Hole Stopwatch 04:24 Tools
Does Not Compute/Head Wound Error 04:35 Tools
Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown 04:35 Tools
Rot down cellar 03:19 Tools
The World Is Waiting 03:19 Tools
The Ring Tail vs. Whiptail Trilogy 05:57 Tools
Oh Hi Mr. Death 03:06 Tools
Walking After Midnight (Searching for me) (existential crisis version) 02:19 Tools
it's already here, 4th draft 03:19 Tools
Dusty Diamonds (naked, alone) 03:06 Tools
Has The End of the World Already Happened? 03:06 Tools
Anything You Want Me To, I'll Be 03:06 Tools
Loud Green Lightning 02:44 Tools
Concerto #5 in Fminor (feat Brett shredder) 02:44 Tools
Gnossienne1 (feat. Brett) 02:44 Tools
Broken Harmonies 02:44 Tools
Right or Wrong 02:44 Tools
Graveyard Dog 06:06 Tools
Dear Friend, 3rd draft 05:32 Tools
We'll Meet Again Someday (Or We Won't) (6 Music session, 27 Apr 2016) 05:32 Tools
xylophone madness 05:32 Tools
Femme Fatale (bonus trk) 03:06 Tools
We'll Meet Again Someday (or We Won't) 03:06 Tools
Dear Friend 03:06 Tools
Natural Way 03:06 Tools
New City Lights (feat. Indianna Hale) 03:06 Tools
Kathleen 03:06 Tools
Long Black Veil (feat. Sam) 03:06 Tools
Chopin etude 10-3 03:06 Tools
Gnossienne 3 (feat. Brettt & Cory) 03:06 Tools
Keep it with Mine 03:06 Tools
Nothing Matters When We're Dancing 03:06 Tools
Worried Man 03:06 Tools
Lake Paul Pointilistic 02:44 Tools
mr. treadmill 02:44 Tools
My Woman Hates My Guts (Axes Knives Mace Machete Uzi Bazooka "Pitchfork" Garden) 02:44 Tools
You and Me Make 3 (1 + 1 = 3) 02:44 Tools
Your Dark Glasses Won't Make You Lou Reed 02:44 Tools
Interview #7 02:44 Tools
World Gone Deaf (6 Music session, 27 Apr 2016) 02:44 Tools
Interview #6 02:44 Tools
Be Not So Fearful (afraid of singing solo) 02:05 Tools
World Gone Deaf - Live In Session 02:05 Tools
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Bill Baird is an American musician and creative technologist. He was one of the founding members of the band SOUND TEAM and current leader of Sunset (formerly {{{Sunset}}}). His own material pursues experimental approaches to folk / pop / ambient. Much of his work can be found on his bandcamp page, here. Baird has been writing and playing songs for a while. The early songs were "lo-fi" and contained numerous recording experiments. Lots of backwards flange pedal. These tapes were given to friends and sold to foes. "Sounds great, Bill," they would smile out the words through gritted teeth. Besides engaging in 4track experiments, he also began "jamming" with his dad, who passed along a love of old blues (Robert Johnson, Hound Dog Taylor, Mance Lipscomb, Leadbelly, etc) folk (Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Townes), and 60's pop ( Beatles, Motown). Some of their jams even made it onto Bill's tapes, notably a cover of Elvis' classic "Little Sister." Baird's early shows explored a "performance art" style; he and his "bandmates" found every way possible to make the audience feel uncomfortable. Theatre of the absurd, some call it. "What is art?" they might ask themselves after a particularly riveting Bill Baird performance. Or not. Most people said, "Why is that guy screaming a Madonna song and banging a coat hanger on his lapsteel guitar?" Bill was banned from a number of clubs in the Austin area during this early "performance art" phase. He had already put out several tapes and cd-rs when he met Matt Oliver and they started SOUND TEAM together. For the next few years, Bill concentrated mostly on ST material. For the first couple of years, Bill took many of the vocal duties on material explored old-folk, silly hip-hop, droning electronics, and psychedelic pop. Several cd-rs later, ST's sound had become much louder and heavier, drawing largely on 60's and 70's German music and deep, heavy drumming; this is the ST most of the world know. Himself a pretty quiet singer, Baird relinquished singing duties; he remained a songwriter in the band. As his vocal duties diminished in ST, Bill started writing and recording on his own again. So Baird compiled some song-y, folk-y, strum-y, pop-y songs he'd recorded and called the album {{{SUNSET}}}. He simultaneously compiled a whole bunch of instrumental ambient soundscapes and called that album SILENCE ! You can find those releases for sale, down below. Baird also made a DVD, "Candlelit Television Eyes," the 1st in a genre he calls the "DIY DVD" --- take the same DIY spirit of self-released tapes, cd-rs and zines and apply that to our new, YouTubed, media-overloaded age. It's like a zine, except you can watch it. Same basic idea. You can find links to purchase volume 1 and 2 down below. Anyhow, back to our "bio." After releasing {{{SUNSET}}} and SILENCE !, Baird toured the country, playing to small crowds all over this great land. He played taquerias, open mike nights, parking lots, Taco Cabana, sheet metal factories, historic statue plazas, you name it. Upon returning to Austin, Baird assembled a group called {{{SUNSET}}}. Bill originally intended on naming his stage act after his latest release. Like if Michael Jackson had called his band "THRILLER." You get the picture. But this proved an unsatisfying approach, and a search was undertaken for a new name. In the end, Baird decided to conflate the names of his two recent releases and keep his own name at the top. This conflation represented his hope for the group : a combination of the ambience, experimentation and "New music" of SILENCE with the spontaneity and folk songwriting of {{{SUNSET}}}. This delicate synthesis is still a work in progress, but their shows have been interesting and even occasionally engaging. Sometimes they march through the streets like a parade. Sometimes random crowd members join the show. They played a show outside the Clear Channel World Headquarters, which was pretty strange. In December 2008 Baird wrote a song for a Christmas compilation called 'An Indiecater Christmas' which was put out by Indiecater Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.