Sudara

My first real attempt at a pop tune, written and recorded in Hawaii.

Fireworks! Andy Hentz on the bassoon with a breakbeat track and a wonderful father counting out loud for me. What more could you ask!?

Fireworks! Andy Hentz on the bassoon with a breakbeat track and a wonderful father counting out loud for me. What more could you ask!?

Written for my father.

A chillaxed and noodling instrumental with just my acoustic guitar and a tad bit o bass.

After an adventure in re-recording the entire song down a third, we came back to the original, tightened and tuned.

Always the self flagellating perfectionist, it still needs a bit more love. Always the pragmatist, it is probably done for now.

David DeSoto is on the upright bass fiddle.

added a bass. added the chorus, which i’ll probably redo. added a bit of an ending. oh, and a smattering of pianer.

In which I start a new project

Quick demo.

Brussels

A typical folk song.

Written and recorded in about an hour for the 24 hour album (attempted on March 13th). Excuse roughness and vocal glitches, it was 2am and this was my first full take.

Thanks to montgomeru for his chord suggestions. In case you weren’t aware, he’s the king of folk…read more

The text on this track comes off a B-side from one of Putnam Aldrich’s (my great-grandfather) records. He was a harpsichordist, a professor at Stanford, a chain smoker, and apparently had a sense of humor when it came to “modern music.”

I was looking through my Doors music book and this one reared it’s head and i thought i’ll try the one scale i know and try some lead ..so i dived in………

Here’s a demo i’m offering up for the band i’m in the Big Bad Dog…Jon put he music together…. i may add a lot better player than myself the first demo i think was Em all the way through that i played him luckly he can see what i’m trying to put across anyway here it is it’s nobodies fault…read more

I had a wish to sing along with Greg, so he offered me a piece of his Cherry Pie to sing along with… I added a few other bits here and there as well. Thanks Greg!!! This was a fun one for me… added some piano and a teeny bit of percussion….

Written for/about Ben Montgomery. Answering machine messages wondering where he might be are from yours truly and Jason Biehler, his two closest friends who were always trying to track him down.

The first track I wrote upon moving to Santa Fe, NM, before we got the studio set up.

Every single sound source on this tune comes from a cheesy 70’s Capitol Records promotional record. A great record, mind you, complete with faked dialogues between engineer and producer. At times, it’s messy, so hold onto your faders.

Kimberly Cook is on the vocals. The instrument is the hammered dulcimer.

Written for Adam LaVail and his son.

The last track I wrote in Santa Fe, New Mexico before moving back to Hawaii.

Plucking of the “wrong side of the strings” on my jazz guitar. Rhythm made with an espresso machine.

I tried to do 2 main things here:

1) Create harmony with spoken voice, via pitch shifting (Did the first part of the program disturb you?)

2) Create rhythm and with luck a bit of melody…read more

This piece is a typical example of my love for spoken voice.

I used to go thrift store hopping and try and collect all tapes and records I could get my hands on that had spoken voice. I used to drive around listening to these, and to christian talk radio. I was fascinated especially with…read more