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Pretend Record Club

30 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings

St. Ranger and Tim de Vil make records and mail them to your home. Subscribe at https://pretendrecordclub.com.

Music Arts shawn harris st. ranger tim de vil flexi disc club records song writing music production engineering
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Episodes

Issue 6 Episode 4, Tim de Vil's LONGER

July 20, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #6, Part 3  /   Tim breaks down his breakdown for Shawn; they talk about how the song was finally pushed across the finish line. Issue #6 finished song debut 'LONGER'.

Issue 6 Episode 3, Tim de Vil's LONGER

July 13, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #6, Part 3  /   Tim rips Shawn's heart out with the proposed last verse of 'LONGER'.

Issue 6 Episode 2, Tim de Vil's LONGER

July 08, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #6, Part 2  /   Shawn and Tim break the chorus for Issue #6 song 'LONGER'.

Issue 6 Episode 1, Tim de Vil's LONGER

February 19, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #6, Part 1  /   Shawn and Tim discuss direction for Issue #6 and suss out the difference between composing for an orchestra vs. composing for a band.

Issue 5 Episode 5, St. Ranger's BLOOD SPATTER

January 27, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 5  /   Shawn and Tim invite Pablo Mathiason to give us all a crash course on royalties and how they work.

Issue 5 Episode 4, St. Ranger's BLOOD SPATTER

January 02, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 4  /   Shawn interviews more contributors to show us further behind the scenes of BLOOD SPATTER. Tim pops in between interviews.

Issue 5 Episode 3, St. Ranger's BLOOD SPATTER

December 13, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 3  /   PRC gives IGTV a shot. Shawn and Tim talk about the samples submitted by club members, and how they became the DNA of BLOOD SPATTER.

Issue 5 Episode 2, St. Ranger

April 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 2

Issue 5 Episode 2, St. Ranger's BLOOD SPATTER

April 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 2  /   Pretender Collaboration Submissions. Shawn and Tim discuss how best to collaborate with a dozen people.

Issue 5 Episode 1, St. Ranger's BLOOD SPATTER

January 13, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 1  /   Tarot part 2; Shawn and Tim reach out to PRC members for audio clips that remind them of the cards Shawn draws in this episode.

Issue 5 Episode 1, St. Ranger

January 13, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #5, Part 1

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 6, Tim de Vil

September 23, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 6 of 6  /   Issue #4 Finale: Shawn and Tim discuss the fallout from last episode and debut The White Knight of Frosted Tips.

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 5, Tim de Vil

September 09, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 5 of 6  /   As Shawn and Tim continue work on TWKoFT, the world’s most polite fight erupts.

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 4, Tim de Vil

August 25, 2019 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 4 of 6  /   Shawn delivers a dissertation on Pusha T; Tim makes a James Woods-ian breakthrough.

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 3, Tim de Vil

August 12, 2019 06:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 3 of 6  /   Shawn takes a giant red pen to Tim's first draft of lyrics.

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 2, Tim de Vil

August 05, 2019 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 2 of 6  /   Shawn helps Tim define toplining and "divines" a new method for him to finish a two year old song. 

THE WHITE KNIGHT of FROSTED TIPS Part 1, Tim de Vil

July 22, 2019 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #4, Part 1 of ?  /   Shawn and Tim decide to try a new approach in writing the song for this Issue.

NO CLOAK Part 4, St. Ranger

March 25, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #3, Part 4 of 4  /   Shawn and Tim finalize the lyrics and orchestra in the conclusion of NO CLOAK.

NO CLOAK Part 3, St. Ranger

March 18, 2019 07:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #3, Part 3 of 4  /   Shawn discusses the difficulty of stop/starting lyrical writing. Tim gets real vulgar.

NO CLOAK Part 2, St. Ranger

March 11, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes - 12.9 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #3, Part 2 of 4  /   Tim and Shawn discuss the introduction of an orchestra.

NO CLOAK Part 1, St. Ranger

March 03, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #3, Part 1 of 4  /   Shawn brings a new chorus to the table; Tim puts back on the 'producer' hat.

Your Old Man's Old Band Episode 4, Tim de Vil

November 26, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes - 17 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #2, Episode 4 of 4  /   Tim breaks down the chorus and shares the sources of the samples from his old bands, while Shawn cuts them up.

Your Old Man's Old Band Episode 3, Tim de Vil

November 19, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #2, Episode 3 of 4  /   With the bulk of the lyrics fleshed out, Shawn and Tim begin paving the way for the musical composition.

Your Old Man's Old Band Episode 2, Tim de Vil

November 12, 2018 07:00 - 18 minutes - 8.4 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #2, Episode 2 of 4  /   Shawn picks apart Tim's poem, and helps put it back together to form lyrics for the song.

Your Old Man's Old Band Episode 1, Tim de Vil

November 05, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #2, Episode 1 of 4  /   Shawn puts on the producer hat and helps Tim begin the transformation of a recent poem into a song.

51/49 Bonus Episode, St. Ranger

October 28, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 36 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #1, Bonus Episode  /   Shawn speaks with Pretend Record Club members about their ratio for the day; Shawn and Tim conclude with a discussion of the 51/49 lyric book.

51/49 Episode 4, St. Ranger

August 27, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #1, Episode 4 of 4  /   Shawn and Tim put the final touches on 51/49; Shawn illustrates the recording process.

51/49 Episode 3, St. Ranger

August 20, 2018 07:00 - 17 minutes - 8.2 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #1, Episode 3 of 4  /   Shawn faces Tim's red pen... and then they embark on an adventure of good will.

51/49 Episode 2, St. Ranger

August 13, 2018 07:00 - 18 minutes - 8.53 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #1, Episode 2 of 4  /   Shawn and Tim continue working on 51/49; they try to relieve some drag in the verses.

51/49 Episode 1, St. Ranger

June 02, 2018 07:00 - 13 minutes - 6.79 MB

Pretend Record Club Flexi Disc Issue #1, Episode 1 of 4  /   Shawn starts writing a song from scratch, Tim de Vil produces.