For you to speakSo it seems we lost our voice Stripped down bare on copper line Raw to subtle ears I wait On the line I wait for you to speak Of some good news to hear While we talk .... Can you speak your mind I still wait for that old voice…

I was sitting at an open jam when a guy approached me and said he liked my playing. He then began telling me about the nightmare he went through as a soldier in Iraq. He then said no one understands him or can connect with him. He feels like…

Well I started this with a little guitar groovin' thing I was playing with and laid it down to a click track thinking I was going to just keep it just guitar , bass and vocals and off it went. This song really is just all about life moving by…

If i never get a cold again it wont be to soon!

Cover of one of my favortie Beatles songs, from the White Album. I actually bought a capo for this, after 30+ years of thinking capos are for wimps. The Songcrafters.org Beatles II fest prompted me to go ahead and record it.

Wooden Sam Mike Basil: Lead Vocal Gary Miller: Rhythm Guitar Mick Lovering: Lead Guitar Andy Gupta: Bass Todd Vierra: Drums John Scunziano: Lyrics Composed by Steffen Offermann & Mike Basil Mixed & Mastered by Steffen Offermann…

Mindaugas Rex Lithuaniae is a piece for string orchestra – Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania. details and a picture http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2267

Recorded this afternoon at my place. A big "Ey up" to The Reprobate who went with the idea and played some cool lead - man that guy can play! Hope you enjoy!

Wow, 3 months since my last upload. I need to get it in gear!! Congratulations RPM'ers, sounding good out there! re uploaded without the trap

K.G. had a moody theme going on some of his tunes this year. love his words. this song is very easy on my ears. hope you agree.

...but we'll meet at the infinite point.

track 1

Rough draft Gustav Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter. Debating whether to ruin this with a vocal part or not.

Sounds like the right way to live ....

An improvisation with string ensemble

Music and lyrics by Brian Vaughn. Lyrics --- Long time love always hit the road running. Got a hairpin trigger and a problem with drinking. You brought your mouth to a gun fight darling. Automatic mind got the last word coming around…

Please see the blog page for the complete blow-by-blow description of this collaboration with drummer / composer Peter Thoegersen http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1361

The other Reg has put his lounge suit on for this one, he's desperate.........and some might say a fool....but is as bigger fool as Reg.............

I declare my ADAT 8-track to officially be a dinosaur. Welcome to the 21st Century. This is the first completed song written and recorded entirely in GarageBand. I started it last night and finished it this morning. The rhythm guitar is my…

After almost 3 months of work (collectively throughout this entire year) I've been working on something, really really working on something. I mean REALLY working. Now... a few months AFTER the 25th anniversary, I give you, The Legend of Zelda…

Norm and I in a room at his house. See the video for the reason for the name.

Back to basics here. recorded with the Yeti mic. Ramblin' round your city,ramblin' round your town I never see a friend I know As I go ramblin' round boys As I go ramblin' round My sweetheart and my parents I left in my old hometown…

This is a captured and then edited live performance using the Sonar Matrix view using various samples - some of which were paul stretched. I'm liking this - if only they had the possibility to change the pitch live it would be like sticking…

i was alone.

the collaboration team Norm percussion Reefwalker bass and voices Chris 12 string and vocal john lennon wrote it - coda by paul

This is the title track of our newly released debut album, 'Won't Give Up', whcih took 13 years to make and was inspired by our relentless passion to make music even when 'life' gets in the way.

This song was a challenge to write . . . LYRICS: Order for your protection under threat of a gun You might be confined here till the damage is done Lock him up and toss the key It's for your own good Straightjacket Done Tie me…

Lucy of the species Australopithecus looks into the distance of Awash Valley in what is now Ethiopia and feels the future of what can be. Performed in Charles Lucy's 0b5s tuning

A 7/8 improvisation on a set of 3 Bata drums, accented with afucha, tube shekere and cowbell. The number 7 is a symbol for perfection or completeness: 7 colors in a rainbow, 7 musical notes in a scale, 7 days = a week, etc. In Cuba, the…

...for they do not have to face another tomorrow... BLESSED ARE THE DEAD Blessed are the dead for they shall not be lonely Blessed are the dead for they will not be sad Blessed are the dead for they shall have no longings Nothing lost…

Louis was back in the cellar last night and he was telling Reg how Blue he was and they got to jamming...............This morning i arrived at the cellar to find Bon was passed out in the corner....Dave was right with his guess....He could never…

A collaboration between Norm Harris and myself from 2009. At this point I wish I had the percs up louder.

Miniature. Enjoy (if you are able to!)

It's Wednesday night lets all get F................

If you ever spent any time in the Whiskey well. You know it's a place you never want to revisit......

Recorded November 7th 2010 - Em C D Song Kind of Leonard Cohen sounding vocal. Cool Roger Waters like Lyrics. Cool guitar solo.

live at Witch's Night Out.