Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Touch Nothing

Touch Nothing, a songlike instrumental hosted on Box.

A creaking ark of pet sounds, it could also called Touch Everything given the even more than more, supah-maximal approach.

Optigan drums as well as organ are in there. Home organ bass pedal, glockenspiel, feedback, sludgy distorted guitar, two melodicas, sleigh bells, egg shakers. Not quite enough, right? The Yamaha VSS-30 sampler will help . . .

Another older recording mixed to wondrous stereophonic sound.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Echo Location

Echo Location, hosted on Box.

Slide guitar, feedback, Ashbory bass and the venerable Yamaha VSS-30.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Parlor Apparition

Parlor Apparition, an instrumental hosted on Box.net.

Spooky ebow sustained notes with something snappier behind & beneath.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Drag Surge & Click

Drag Surge & Click, an instrumental hosted on Box.

Features slide guitar feedback on an electrified beater acoustic guitar (named "Dylan" by its former owners evidently because it was distributed by a company based in Beverly Hills CA), Salvation Army glockenspiel, kalimba, bass, and wood percussion.

A Sinking Down

(There Is) A Sinking Down, something songlike, hosted on Box.

Yet more mixing the old. Ohio Art Dynamike feedback, vocal through Dora the Exp. Karaoke gizmo, bass and Casio SK-1 organ.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Always

Always, hosted on Box.

A songlike waltz featuring electric guitar, glockenspiel, bass, melodica, toy echo feedback, vocals. Initially recorded back in '07, mixed recently.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Cymbal Tap

Cymbal Tap, hosted on Box.

Features a few cymbals, each used in a feedback loop with a contact mic and a small battery powered amp. Plus feedback from a Realistic Electronic Reverb and ebowed violin drone.

Recorded months ago, finally mixed down in a year-end press to make things count, as it were.


Saturday, December 26, 2009

Last I Drove To Value City

Last I Drove To Value City, hosted on Box.

Some cheating here, with whatever software tremelos could be had and a pitched-down doppleganger track or two to bring the warm (if not the low).

Otherwise just garden variety mic feedback/amplification with the cheep karaoke machine, its aliasing echo, some ebowed gitbox lost in hazy recollection. Plus the on-the-fly pitch shift quiver of the Ohio Art DynaMike voice changer.

Regarding the title, more haze within tethered to an actual place name.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Holidaze




Friday, December 18, 2009

Over To Pons

Over To Pons, hosted on Box.

Features Yamaha VSS-30 via a trem/'verbing Twin Reverb and the pervasive karaoke machine. Ebowed to varying degrees of squeeeness is the zitherish Music Maker, an old acoustic and a clunky homebrew zither of sorts cobbled together years ago. The clunky zither of sorts is also plucked, picked.

Foregoing the ritual mention of influences in this garage manifestation.