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Category Archives: Music
Kick it Out
Song number seven for February Album Writing Month (FAWM) is yet another electronic piece focusing on production and technique more than melody. This time I’m heading in more of a Tribute direction with French-House meeting Prog-Rock. We’ve got sidechain compression … Continue reading
Westminster Quarters
Just to keep things fresh and interesting, I decided to push out a bit and write some french-house inspired trance for my fifth February Album Writing Month (FAWM) track. This uses the Westminster Quarters tune (permutations 4 and 5) in … Continue reading
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Tagged FAWM 2012, House, Instrumental, Music, Sidechain Compression, Trance
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In a Name
Number four for FAWM 2012, this one is for Amy. Originally written on guitar (in that incarnation, it’s a country tune), this ended up more like a song from the second act of a musical. I can sort of hear … Continue reading
Sowing Seeds
I was having problems with my Les Paul style Hamer electric, so I hopped on to YouTube to hunt down some videos on how to adjust a fixed bridge guitar so that it didn’t suck. While playing around with the … Continue reading
Wasted
Wasted, my second song for FAWM, follows along with my theme I’m working on and is an attempt to nail down both the lyrical style and the studio structure so that writing the next 12 songs will just flow. I … Continue reading
Hello, Boy
The first song of February Album Writing Month (FAWM) is written and a demo recorded. It’s called “Hello, Boy” and is my first run at fleshing out this theme I have going on in my head. It’s a little sad … Continue reading
Shine Out Bright for You
Notes My father was a Quaker pacifist who worked in the defense industry and once went to jail for beating up a guy. I was taught from an early age that true power meant never having to fight, but I … Continue reading
Los Caballeros
Notes I’ve always thought it odd that so many 60s soul groups did latin and western style songs. I guess you play what your audience wants to hear. This is an attempt to capture some of the lounge and western … Continue reading
Walk on By
Notes I love when Rebecca sings this song. It’s a pretty simple little break-up song with lyrics I know I’ve stolen from other places, but the way Rebecca sings it makes the song very fresh and very real to me. … Continue reading
Second Street Blues
Notes The lyrics are taken directly from a walk I took one day near my work. As I walked, I hummed tunes into my phone and came up with stanzas based on what I saw and heard. It’s interesting to … Continue reading