THAT CLOSE TO CRYING - a Waltz in G I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time. Just the mention of TOGETHER AGAIN and I cross that line But lately I'm learning to act/look like I'm fine But, I'm THAT CLOSE TO CRYING all the time I'm THAT…

Created and Sung By: Andrew Ezell (BigDru) Wash

I wrote the main riff at least 25 years ago, and finally got around to recording it. The drum part was recorded at band practice. I got a wild hair and sped it up to about 1.8 speed, liked it, and used it. "Eggbeater Jesus" is a local artistic…

Test recording of the Cat Head Lowebow #4 that I bought from Johnny Lowebow a couple of years earlier. The Lowebow ended up being a studio mascot, and "Cat Head Blues" a theme for that year's RPM Challenge, so I recorded some drums and added this…

Makes me think of a small New England port town in a storm, for some reason.

Another pastiche/casserole of studio scraps and robot voices. Tulip, our youngest cat, has a ray gun keyboard solo just after the 4-minute mark.

Paean to a local state politician who stepped up to the national stage. Also, this track is one of the reasons we started using a click track in 2018...

Gospel music minister Kelly Joe Kalu has released a new single "ODINAKA CHUKWU" meaning (it's in the Hands of God ) in Igbo language, in other to encourage everyone not to worry about life cos God is in full control. Speaking about the inspiration…

Assembled some drum and keyboard loops to try out some new plugins, then added live bass (over numerous takes), and finally recorded my dumb voice narrating a trip to the airport. Really wanted to fall back on my usual trick of employing speech…

Recorded on my laptop in a hotel room 750+ miles from home. Programmed drums. Bought the guitar (a blue Alhoon) from a pawn shop when I arrived, then sold it back before I left. Worked out to about $2.45/day to "rent" it, and I didn't have to…

Manipulated "field" recordings, either from the hotel room or from the studio, after I got back.

Obviously built on a crappy Dillinger Escape Plan knockoff. Was messing around with the pawn shop guitar and programmed drums, and it just happened. :) Added the second guitar track and bass after I got home.

Programmed drums and pawn shop guitar through plugins.

Ham-fisted Primus mimicry with robot vocals in place of my voice. Drum loops, but me on bass and guitar.

Manipulated field recording.

Just how my brain works: nine lines and nine columns in a Sudoku puzzle... Take a six-string guitar and 3/4 of a bass, and that's nine strings. The number in each box is both the fret number and the number of quarter notes to hold. Puzzle number…

Manipulated field recording.

Drum loops, pawn shop guitar, and rain recorded from the hotel room window. Intended to add more guitar, or at least more chords, but never got around to it. Feels like longer than 3 minutes, 30 seconds...

Keyboard loops over manipulated field recording.

Another Sudoku puzzle track. Appropriately queasy and loopy, as the road weariness settles in.

Another studio casserole covering the last night of the trip. Everything that happened over the trip is jumbled together with the excitement of getting back home. Gotta check out of the hotel that was home for all those days, then turn in the…

Pawn shop guitar through a plugin. I still like the window seat.

by Bain Ennis

Solo clarinet recorded for Sound-In, 10-12/1/2019

Uke & Vocal. This song came from asking myself the question; “have I really made a difference in people’s lives?”. When “I stopped to look at the view”, I was doing better than I thought. The song ends as it starts...life is a cycle