I think all of our blues rock (and probably the other ones, too) would be vastly improved if sung by Neil Fallon of Clutch. Here's my sad approximation of his bluesy singing.

Big Cliche was on "Psychic Sperm vs. the Profits." We made a sound check file this year and Sean Sheehan put killer keyboards on it so here it is.

Don't do it. Thank you Jessie

Accidentally recorded this a step up from where I really wanted it. Bah.

Basically "Ode to Electric Six II: It's Addressed to More People This Time"

Weezer, but tired. Really tired. Really drowsy.

I love you, Jessie

Heroin is bad.

When you are hunting someone in the desert, sometimes things don't work out so great.

This is how I feel right now.

A meditation upon painful death.

I had this thought this year that maybe I will try and come up with drum parts that don't sound very traditional. Sort of like mid-80's Neil Peart kinda things. In the end there were only a few songs that I attempted something. This is one…

Part of the plan this year was to use a real amplifier and real effects pedals on all of the guitar parts. Recently I have been becoming obsessed with uni-vibe style pedals. I used one on this song, a cheap thing called a Shaky Jimi. I used…

I like this one, but at the same time... I don't. It's just not quite good enough. Not as good as I was hoping at least. I dropped it from the RPM album. The amp is a Fender Bassbreaker. The rhythm guitar is an ES-335. The lead is a…

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

2017 RPM

I was a prog rock fan for years when suddenly in high school I got really into what would eventually be called Alternative. It was so weird to me that music so uncomplicated could be so good. Some songs were even made up of one phrase repeated…

2nd song of 2017. Thrash it up and enjoy! \m/ \m/

I can't criticize So we belong in free fall Will I be attacked I can't stand to be wrong I keep on running down the older avenues of shame Keep finding something new Like meaning in the blame Free play All bonus from here I can…

I've got nothing there Nothing here to share either Plenty of ideas But nothing ripe enough to root down I'm grounded And nothing flys Nothing flys by me (2x) I recognize that tank's empty In a pool of fuel But the thoughts I accuse…

Another weekend working the franchises no surprises here We’re the disaffected mass you can’t excise, get excited From the beat, from your weak mistakes We demand the right to claim No excuses, no surprises that history beats on, that…

It's the short con- I'm the musical veto Taking names with a memorandum Of misunderstanding it's so random Cause my moneymaker only shakes, with apple pay engaged, It's got my thumb stickin in places only plumbed by cherry pickin…

I'm afraid I'm learning conventions That lead me to untenable positions I create to calculate A fatal fault of these walls A controlled insulation Truth be told you can Take back your broken heart to Make a more imperfect art Truth…

Background garbage noise. I think someone was playing Overwatch back there.

That’s when the circling repeats its the same That's When i'm pulled from love again The face of familial exhaustion how it grabs traction it freezes repetition is so insincere And flattery the faker’s veneer And reputation’s advance…

Hiding to be left alone But I don't think you fare well when you're left there on their own Your only mistake, yes your initial sin Was to talk to me about it, the way you’ve never been I thought I was a rebel, and fighting you I failed…

telling me you're sinking under the waves Is just another way to say you would drown me When you're sitting pretty on the powder keg And keep lighting the fuse you say I needed you in ways I didn't know And you helped me beyond my care…

Unraveling the lies, that's all we hear We tear away those trappings that we hold too dear Outdated props for another age Yes and by all means it was on your stage ‘Cause we're a broken people we’re broke in different ways We Never seem…

I don't hate this one, which is high praise this year. It's okay. The rhythm guitar is an ES-335 through a Joyo Vintage Phase pedal. The lead is a Les Paul through an EHX Soul Food pedal. The amp is a Fender Bassbreaker. Don’t know what…

The slow to mid-tempo ideas came hot and heavy toward the end this year. All the up tempo stuff was started within the first week or so. After that it was all funeral marches. I'm on the fence on whether or not I like this one. I had planned…

If a Uni-Vibe pedal modulates the pitch, how do you double track with one? The answer? Very carefully. Actually, I just did it. I used the same settings on both guitar tracks and panned them both hard to one side. The effect was a kinda groovy…

Double tracked Wah-Wah. Pretty much the high point of awesomeness. Les Paul through a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah into a Fender Bassbreaker. Give it up now Everything that you care about trade it in for make believe and fairy tails…