A solid groove with a little organ on top

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…

Can't remember where the chord sequence came from. (Maybe Loblolly later in the album?) Programmed drums and keys, me on guitar and bass, and my old robot friends on vocals.

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.

The phrase "Ugly Ass Pine Trees of Home" had been stuck in my head for at least 5 years. Glad to finally get the words down. Tried numerous takes "singing" this one, but the recitation works much better than any of them. (Note that "better…

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…

Second of three pieces using generative patches from Propellerhead Reason's Complex-1 modular synth. This piece comprises 18 generative tracks.