Dan improvised on guitar over some synth and drum MIDI loops Kevin had pulled from a collection he'd bought the previous day. Quick, easy, and fun way to spend a few minutes at the studio. :)

Played around with some new virtual synths and MIDI loops I bought from a company whose stuff I like.

Played around with some new virtual synths and MIDI loops I bought from a company whose stuff I like.

All MIDI, all the time!

Messing around with electronic doodads - tape loop, drum machine, looper pedal, other effects pedals, and then DAW plugins on the drums. Edited about 5 minutes of noise down to about 2:45.

Stiff, awkward live drums with an unrelated guitar part pasted over them.

Set the parametric drum plugin to "all fills/solos" and pasted an unrelated bass part over it. ("Xenochrony" is a Zappa-ism.)

One of the happier-sounding things I've ever come up with. Ukulele and upright bass.

Recorded myself learning ukulele chords, then pasted it on a busy parametric drum track.

When learning this guitar part, my bandmate asked me, "Do you write anything that's not weird?" (or something to that effect). No, sir. I do not.