Category: music and video
current user: full range
this is the record that bret, pete, and i did in the late 90s.
Current User: Old Cassette Demo
i found an old cassette demo that we recorded with current user back in….1992? something like that. i digitized it and threw a little compression on it. the oxide on the tape is a little pitted in some places, so there are dropouts, but it’s cool to listen to this stuff after so many years.…
another cover from the caribbean
this is jimmy cliff’s harder they come, played by plan b in puerto viejo on my dad’s bday, 12-26-2009. memo, claudio, iñaki, kiko, and me on guitar and vocals.
more lofi from the caribbean
and here is i can see clearly now
lofi from the caribbean
here is action pants playing ooh la la , an old faces tune.
and one more
did this one with tony on july 2. there is some cool stuff in there, a melodica, this weird slavic-looking banjo thing whose name escapes me, and this casio:
yay the itunes feed is working again
i am pretty excited that my podcast feed seems to be working again. so if you are subscribed in itunes or have it in your rss browser, the tuneage should be flowing again. this next one i did with tony at new bellevue. june 26. all these are unfinished works in progress. here we are…
some tunes from my socal visit
i recorded a few songs while i was here. i am going to make separate posts to see if i can get my music feed working. first up june 15.
AFK
my old steinway and the vibe of ojai have transported me to some vague distant past that never happened, with warren zevon, waddy wachtel , and some 70’s california rockers taking a last toot, draining the lime daquiris, throwing their hands up in the air, declaring connectedness-bankruptcy, untethering from the intarwabs, and going AFK until…
flying video
UPDATE: I PULLED THE VIDEO TO RECUT IT. SHOULD BE BACK UP SOON. i finished the video of phil and i flying out of oakland and barnstorming various bay area landmarks. i think it turned out pretty cool. you get to see a lot of the places that the boate visited from a completely different…
a good sunday
liz came over and we worked on some of the recordings we have been tracking. things really gelled well on a couple of them today, we are at the end of the process, adding things really carefully for flavor. it’s amazing how much of a difference little tweaks here and there can make to songs.…
hobo’s lullaby
i was sitting here just now strumming the guitar and saw a dvd that i am going to watch soon, bound for glory, about woody guthrie. i remembered one of my favorite songs that guthrie sang, hobo’s lullaby, pulled up the lyrics on the computer, set the microphone in front of myself and this is…
to protect the innocence
to protect the innocence is the provisional title for a work in progress (mp3). i watched fellini’s 8 1/2 a couple weeks ago, and there is a great scene where guido’s (marcello mastroianni) stunningly beautiful wife luisa (anouk aimie) calls him on his shit for writing about their relationship and putting it up on the…
out of my own way
i wrote and tracked some vocals to the song that i recorded last week. it’s called out of my own way (mp3). i didn’t really mix it, sorta slapped it together, but i think most of the parts are there. out of my own way words rush by and i try to make sense of…
another song without lyrics yet
i recorded another song tonight. for tonight it’s called march forth (mp3). my settings on the master fader are a little…hot. it’s not distorting too much, but i have the overall signal squeezing TIGHT against the final limiter. not bad for six hours work. TURN IT UP LOUD.
have i mentioned what a chore it is to write lyrics?
i like this new song that i have been working on (mp3) but i can’t seem to settle on the lyrics. i think i just have to keep working at it until it feels right, but in the meantime that means a lot of time spent with the microphone on, the track rolling, and me…
funny how time slips away
many years ago my friend and one-time manager mike halle turned me on to a willie nelson song. this afternoon, with a little time to kill before running out to a dinner party for my 40th, i remembered the song, it seemed to fit my mood, and decided to give it a shot. i recorded…
cat cover
i wanted to sing a cat stevens song the other day, so i did a google search for the lyrics and wound up on his site. there is an area where fans submit their cover versions of his songs, so i recorded into white tonight. my dad was the production designer on harold and maude,…
200% more guitar
my brother complained that the guitar riff in “why and why not” needed something more. i’m a little out of practice, but i think i gave it. now it needs a real drummer. please listen to this at an extreme sound pressure level.
why and why not
so i tracked some vox for the song i came up with last night. give it a listen. it’s about my favorite parable by kafka and phil’s theory that the man from the country awaiting entry could have passed through the gate to the law at any time, and it was only fear that caused…