No, there is nothing naughty implied in that title! Shame on you!
I simply have a humble home studio where I craft some of my own home brewed music.
Mosts artists have a space, genre, style, in which they thrive. I thrive on variety and try to take on different things so there is little commonality between the tracks with the exception that I'm performing on all of them and they have all been recorded in my home.
At the center of my home studio is a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 interface and a Focusrite Octopre. This is connected to a computer with an i7 processor, 32gb memory and SSD drives. The computer is in another room to isolate the fan noise. All instruments are routed first to an analog mixer which splits the input between a headphone monitor distribution system and the Focusrite I/O.
Boom Boom is a cover of the John Lee Hooker classic of the same name only with a Led Zeppelin style twist to it. My friend Rob handled the vocals and did a stellar job on the harp! My friend Mike did a very creative job on the drums. It should be noted that the drums were in fact played on a Taye fusion kit. It took some effort to get a big, fat sound out of such small drums. The recording started its life as a click track with me playing rythm guitar and bass. I had to play the rythm part over numerous times because it sounded too pristene. I felt this track had to have a more human feel to it so I purposely tried to play the part kind of rough and nardly.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/boom-boom
This track is called Leo. I recorded it to demonstrate the effect of using low output pre-amp tubes in a Fender Vibrolux. The guitar duties were split between a Fender American Standard Stratocaster and a Fender American Standard Telecaster. All Fender. I needed a title and it seemed appropriate to name the track after Leo Fender.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/leo
Small Talk was another kind of demo. I was playing around with an inexpensive Dean fretless bass. If you have ever played fretless then you know how challenging it is to be consistently in tune. I thought I would try recording with it to see how it goes. I started by recording a simple acoustic guitar track to give the song form. Then I improvised bass to it. I followed that up with electric guitar in a call and response with the bass. That is why I finally settled on Small Talk as a title.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/small-talk
Lady Madonna is of course a remake of the Beatles classic. Many thanks to Al for his masterful job at vocals. I always wanted to redo this song but with more attitude.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/lady-madonna
Someday was an acoustic guitar idea that popped into my head and I just had to run into the studio to record it. It was recorded direct in performed on my Taylor 614ce. I think the onboard electronics on the Taylor accoustic sound very impressive. One of these days I need to expand on the theme. It's on my todo list! I called it Someday becasue it sounds kind of whistful.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/someday
This last one is a remake of Simon and Garfunkels classic Kodachrome. I always felt that this song was missing a smoking guitar solo, so I added one! Plus its a different enough interpretation. Thanks again to Al for the wonderful vocal performance.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/kodachrome
Thank you all for generously taking the time to listen!
No, there is nothing naughty implied in that title! Shame on you!
I simply have a humble home studio where I craft some of my own home brewed music.
Mosts artists have a space, genre, style, in which they thrive. I thrive on variety and try to take on different things so there is little commonality between the tracks with the exception that I'm performing on all of them and they have all been recorded in my home.
At the center of my home studio is a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 interface and a Focusrite Octopre. This is connected to a computer with an i7 processor, 32gb memory and SSD drives. The computer is in another room to isolate the fan noise. All instruments are routed first to an analog mixer which splits the input between a headphone monitor distribution system and the Focusrite I/O.
Boom Boom is a cover of the John Lee Hooker classic of the same name only with a Led Zeppelin style twist to it. My friend Rob handled the vocals and did a stellar job on the harp! My friend Mike did a very creative job on the drums. It should be noted that the drums were in fact played on a Taye fusion kit. It took some effort to get a big, fat sound out of such small drums. The recording started its life as a click track with me playing rythm guitar and bass. I had to play the rythm part over numerous times because it sounded too pristene. I felt this track had to have a more human feel to it so I purposely tried to play the part kind of rough and nardly.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/boom-boom
This track is called Leo. I recorded it to demonstrate the effect of using low output pre-amp tubes in a Fender Vibrolux. The guitar duties were split between a Fender American Standard Stratocaster and a Fender American Standard Telecaster. All Fender. I needed a title and it seemed appropriate to name the track after Leo Fender.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/leo
Small Talk was another kind of demo. I was playing around with an inexpensive Dean fretless bass. If you have ever played fretless then you know how challenging it is to be consistently in tune. I thought I would try recording with it to see how it goes. I started by recording a simple acoustic guitar track to give the song form. Then I improvised bass to it. I followed that up with electric guitar in a call and response with the bass. That is why I finally settled on Small Talk as a title.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/small-talk
Lady Madonna is of course a remake of the Beatles classic. Many thanks to Al for his masterful job at vocals. I always wanted to redo this song but with more attitude.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/lady-madonna
Someday was an acoustic guitar idea that popped into my head and I just had to run into the studio to record it. It was recorded direct in performed on my Taylor 614ce. I think the onboard electronics on the Taylor accoustic sound very impressive. One of these days I need to expand on the theme. It's on my todo list! I called it Someday becasue it sounds kind of whistful.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/someday
This last one is a remake of Simon and Garfunkels classic Kodachrome. I always felt that this song was missing a smoking guitar solo, so I added one! Plus its a different enough interpretation. Thanks again to Al for the wonderful vocal performance.
https://soundcloud.com/user-700640754/kodachrome
Thank you all for generously taking the time to listen!