Beware Of Flooding

Vocals, Lyrics, Lead Melody: Mike Basil; Bass: Mark Bowen; Drums: Dean Wuksta; Guitars: Jeff Chalpan; Saxophone: Tom Nigbor; Original Music & Production: Steffen Offermann

I know we all let stuff stress us out but personally I have to stop it. Now. Part of my RPM 2015 effort

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi

When my 'whole morning for recording' turned into 30 minutes, I did this. Beep beep; Driving all over the fucking road. Left right left right doesn't really matter. In n out of lanes in my mitsubishi colt Left right left right doesnt really…

Cover of the late great Warren Zevon and his song from Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School Play It All Night Long. I stumbled on to the song on YouTube this evening with a performance by the wonderful Dave Lindley along with GE Smith doing this…

politics.

Song #1 for the 2014 National Solo Album Month. It's November again, so it's time for another NaSoAlMo. This year I am thinking of trying to write longish songs, and I would like to find a way to get my 12-string into every song somehow…

This is my latest song just written in the beginning of October. It is self explanatory really but talks about Jesus coming again and being prepared. All of us will face Him at the end of our lives whether or not we are living in the "end times…

I dedicate this little ditty to my old moggy and Mrs Clarke of course, she knows who she is.

On my eighteenth birthday a much-loved family member told me the Japanese proverb ‘Fall down seven times, stand up eight times’. A couple of years later he died of a long battle with leukaemia. This song expresses some thoughts and musings around…

I wanted something slow and dirgish (is that a word?) and twangie. I sorta got that, not really. This is another one that I got weird with the time signature setting in GarageBand for iPad and then the drummer function on GarageBand for Mac…

gig rehearsal recording. overdubbed bass and gtr.

Another simple arrangement that uses dynamics to differentiate between verse/chorus/ect. I really like that gimmick, but I have to force myself not to do it, or I'd do it 100% of the time. The lyrics are about depression and were written the…

My version of a Bob Dylan number.

FAWM's 50/90 starts on July 4th, Independence Day in the USA, and wouldn't you know it New England got hit by the remnants of a hurricane that night. Hurricane Arthur was pretty much just a rain storm by the time it hit us, but it was still song…

One of my personal favorite recordings from the 52 song MYTHOPOETICA demo collection, even though there’s a sound quality issue (the bass had a bit of a buzz). This was my first time using a wammy bar – I liked it! PLASTIC GIRL You can’t…