what a wonderful mix of story telling and music,,,,are/were you a lit major??? ,,you have an amazing gift of word... you have a new fan,, recommend this to all( don't worry about the length ))!!!
This one is more of a reading set to music of part of a piece i wrote about a place i used to live. We used to walk most days down into the valley and i long to be back there, hopefully one day i will ...
There are a few fluffs in the reading…
A layered improvisation on a M-Audio 88es
Korg MS2000 * 2 (duplicated the midi track and recorded the MS2k with two different voices serially)
Pianoteq
Absynth
Reading of his poem "We're on the Brink of Utter Befuddlement, Yellow Hanky Style…
A prototype. I recorded the banjo parts myself and the rest is all arranged in Logic. The mandolin that comes in halfway through is a chopped up loop until I can find a mandolin to record my own solo.
My first attempt at a Blumlein or Mid/Side recording. This one is actually a mid/side recording as I used a directional mic in combo with a figure 8 ribbon mic set at 90 degrees from the main mic. Thanks to Pat Broaders for the loan of the ribbon…
Short demo of my Ampeg Scrambler Fuzz/Octaver Clone with backing track. Recorded with Zoom H4n.
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(Lyrics posted below) A fun song I wrote with Kenneth from songcrafters.org. Its about having fun making music with friends from all over the world, connected by the internet and these great music sites that we all belong to.
I came in from…
This little ragtime number began life as just a snippet, written as background music for a home movie years ago. For the hard core ragtime buffs, I know this is not quite syncopated enough to be true ragtime, but hopefully its fun and bouncy…
I did this live performance at the Shore 104.3 radio station yesterday (Aug.25'10) directly after singing this song in the vancouver PNE talent contest and winning first prize! hope you like it!
Check out the video of the PNE performance!
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what a wonderful mix of story telling and music,,,,are/were you a lit major??? ,,you have an amazing gift of word... you have a new fan,, recommend this to all( don't worry about the length ))!!!
This is really good mate. Great sound mate.
Nice one mate top job on the keys mate. Great mix. Thanks for your recent comments mate.
Very nice regs..! So peacefull.. But i must train my ears to understand english better.
At first I was frightened by the length of this but my goodness this is soulful goodness. Great job with the keys...yeah baby!
Damn this is cool...Laurie Anderson meets Tom Waits. I always new they'd hit it off and this is proof!
Love the vocals.
has an oompa loompa appeal...completely whacked.
love how this starts, and the feeling of it
she'll be back for the stuff:) .......damn those memories...as for this..just another brilliant lyrical adventure.
you write touching lyrics
the melody here strikes me
my name is hot wheels, I'm n alcoholic...hi hot wheels.. personally, Sake was my 'wine' of choice.
cool story telling
great composition!
your voice is just awesome on this!!
a wonderful story!
Another nice one mate you tell a great story mate.
Nice one mate great track.
Def a Tom Waits feeling...loving it man!
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Happy funking new year
Yeah great delivery love it. I agree with Dweeb
excellent delivery
Should be renamed to the New-Year Jam Now xmas has gone. Good one keep on jamming
Yeahh!!!!! a banjo jam just what i need to lift my spirits, on this new years eve thanks....
I agree with the others Beautiful
Down and dirty excellent guitar.....
Yeahhh!!! Good one Dave it's got me feeling alright Cheer's
love the lead on this .....the rhythm has got the head nodding ...
Love it nice n crazy, good delivery
Lovely piano piece
Agree with Dweeb a cool vibe
Short and sweet but great sound
Good one almost felt i was in the pub with you
Love the guitar solo's, i agree with Ted the Waites delivery is nice and Bluesy, there must be a better way if only we could find it
Rockin
excellent song
You deserved the Prize beautiful song
Lovely bit of guitar
Excellent bit of work