Daniel Fritz's Songpull Springfield
Located in Springfield, MO
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Songpull 18 (05 Jan 2008)
Songpull, Brogan's style! My wife and I transformed what used to be a typical, old, scary basement area of our house into an irish pub suitable for the Cliffs of Mohr. So, this Springfield Songpull was still held at my house, but the atmosphere in the basement pub, was a much needed change for us and Songpull alike. We had 6 pullers, including newco...
Songpull 16 (06 Oct 2007)
Each month seems to bring new things with it everytime for our Songpull group. This time, we heard Ty Beasley talk about the first song that she's ever written. It's a touching ballad about her cousin. She's been to many, many Songpulls and has finally taken the leap with this song, Miss You. Dan Fritz and Oran Thornton really went out there with a...
Songpull 15 (08 Sep 2007)
This was the smallest Springfield Songpull that ever was! You can find other Springfield Songpulls that look smaller on the site (SP7-4 videos), but there were more pullers that night who requested to have their videos removed from the site....what a bunch of babies....call the whambulance! On September 8th, though, we had nearly an equal mix of Son...
Songpull 14 (04 Aug 2007)
After a long Songpull break our group was gathering again to stake a claim in all that we had accomplished in the last year and a half. We were still excited about the outcome of our first ever National Songpull held right here in Springfield Mo. in June of 2007. Having learned so much about all the things that can happen in a Songpull that are so u...
Songpull 13 (03 Feb 2007)
At this point, Springfield Songpull has got to the point where we are just enjoying each others companty and music. The push to continue writing song is still at the top of the Songpull list, but getting together and requesting already performed Songpull songs (which we dubbed "Encore") happens more and more, the longer Songpull keeps going on. Ther...
Songpull 12 (06 Jan 2007)
It's the beginning of a new year and our Songpull group was fast approaching our first year anniversary. We had grown so much and had produced so much music. It was really mind boggling to know how far we had come. For me personally, I was amazed at how much my 5 year old son loved the idea. He wrote "Meouch" for Songpull 7, but I sang it for him. H...
Songpull 11 (02 Dec 2006)
We had decided in November to attempt our first ever theme Songpull. What better theme than Christmas. So when December 2nd rolled around (first saturday of the month... which is standard for our group) we gave it a shot. From Trevor Thornton's accapella version of "The Christmas Blues" to a very heart felt and sung "Christmas for Cowards" by Eli Ch...
Songpull 10 (09 Nov 2006)
According to the Songpull rules, the instruments must be acoustic. It doesn't state that it has to be a guitar. So once again, we wanted to continue digging into new ideas and keep it fresh. Also, since Songpull started in Springfield, it was almost our duty to define what it was. Does it still work on the piano? Does it have to be planned? Can inte...
Songpull 9 (04 Nov 2006)
Yet another great Songpull night. Stephanie Snadon had joined the group for the first time and performed a great song called, "Open Roads". At this point, the feelings we used to get in the early days of Songpull had changed from nervous butterflies to simply trying to get better as songwriters. Jason Gaylor performed an extremely honest, "I've Seen...
Songpull 8 (18 Oct 2006)
It was great to have a few new pullers join the group at Springfield Songpull 8. Joe Pulley was a guy that Jason and I saw perform at a local irish pub and during his break we would talk about Songpull and what it was all about. A couple of weeks later he came and performed this really gutsy song, "This is How the Story Goes". Chelsea Bassham also j...
Songpull 7 (07 Oct 2006)
You may be wondering, "How do you go from 18 performers to 4, from one month to another?" Springfield Songpull 6 had tons of performers and now there is hardly any?? Once again, with Songpull being so new and trying to push the envelope over and over...we put together our first un-announced Songpull. A few of us were hanging out downtown and just de...
Songpull 6 (05 Aug 2006)
By far, our biggest Songpull. We ended up having 18 pullers! This is so exciting to see Songpull grow so fast and to find so many people, seasoned or unseasoned, interested and even excited to come and share what they've got. You'll notice that every single song is an official Songpull 30 day song. Jason Gaylor had decided to take his writing somewh...
Songpull 5 (01 Jul 2006)
A very emotional Songpull for the Springfield gang...just a couple of weeks earlier, my Dad died unexpectedly the day after father's day. That father's day weekend was spent in Branson, Mo. on the lake, spending time together. Oran and Trevor brought their wives and girlfriends down, to kick it with us, on the boat. Trevor actually played a song for...
Songpull 4 (03 Jun 2006)
Wow! What an incredible Songpull night! Our pullers had grown to 12. We had some first timers, which is always fun. In trying to continue the development of this Songpull idea, we were constantly thinking of trying new things. Whether it be with the interviews, or the room that we perform in, or just whatever. We did the interviews in Elvis' bedroom...
Songpull 3 (06 May 2006)
The Songpull ball had definitely started to roll. Springfield Songpull 3 began with our interviews in the basement and at this point, we had gotten comfortable with the process of video taping and answering questions. Jason Gaylor had taken the first two Springfield Songpulls and made DVDs. So, we knew that was the intention of these taped interview...
Songpull 2 (14 Apr 2006)
It was hard to know what to expect at the second Songpull ever. We all had a great time at the first one, but it was so new and filled with unexpected feelings and emotions. Even the decision to video tape the event and do interviews was last minute. The first Songpull was very "thrown together" and we had no idea if it was even going to work. After...
Songpull 1 (13 Mar 2006)
On Friday, March 3rd at 7:00 PM the brain child of Dan Fritz was born. An idea Grandfathered by none other than Johnny Cash, Songpull captures the spirit of each writer and projects it back on every listener with each performance. Pioneered by the seven original Pullers: Dan Fritz, Trevor Thornton, Jason Gaylor, Mead Price, Oran Thornton, Matt Long...
