I made a song this week. I took my daughter’s advice and let the vocal be more easily heard instead of gobbing effects onto it or keeping it lower in the mix. It’s probably fairly normal for a non-singer who’s letting people hear said singing publicly to have some reservation about it. Well, I have that. But screw it; life’s too short to be afraid. … Continue reading Elliptical Nature
I… have never written and probably never will write a love song. like the blues, but almost never play them because – not to sound racist – I don’t like the white man’s blues or rhythm & blues. I like the old blues, slow and heavy. It sounds highly opinionated, but talking Delta, Chicago (I saw Little Ed and the Imperials once and it blew … Continue reading Oblivion [w/ edit]
I did this earlier in the week while ignoring the stock market one day. Feels to me like Garage rock with a touch of neo-psych. As with any of the songs I record the takes are minimal so it’s actually me, warts and all. I feel like if I work too hard on it it will not be the original idea. So just let it … Continue reading Other Side of Nowhere
More garage rock. What else? As is typical, I made up the song and recorded it. Then, after hearing it and thinking ‘hmmm, that guitar work is kind of excessive, especially the solo at the end’ it got its name. Then I shoved some words in there to that general theme. The words remind me of what it’s like to be a gold stock trader. … Continue reading In Excess
Back to punk this time. Don’t think I don’t know how old fashioned and dated I seem. But I’ve always liked loud rock music and that’s not likely to change as I go deeper into, err, maturity. I’ve never written a love song and never will. If I can’t even listen to them in real life why on earth would I ever try to write … Continue reading Zombie
Whereby I try to make you listen to a garage rock song that is probably not to your taste with a nasally sounding singer who I am pretty sure is not to your taste. :-) Caged voice, guitar & bass: Gary, drums: Sparky Other songs here. Have a nice weekend. Continue reading Caged
AKA the US stock market and really, the United States in general and the contented veneer many of its residents display… Abandon Ship Voice, bass & guitars: Me, Drums: Sparky Continue reading Dedicated to the Good Ship Lollipop
I came up with this during an FOMC week when I was often not looking too closely at markets so as not to be tempted to out think myself. Observations: I am no singer, but I like doing it anyway. Dog gone it, it’s fun. The guitar sounds like a chicken with its head cut off and indeed, that is why it got its name … Continue reading Run Chicken
It’s Gary in a good mood on a sunny day. Why read more into it than that? I have enough of the other kind of days. I hope we get a few more sunny ones over the holiday weekend (though I’ll be working as normal on Saturday into Sunday). Song is all Strat this time. I am glad I unearthed that git fiddle. I like … Continue reading Sunny Day
I found this old verse, chorus, bridge thing I did as I was first trying to get comfortable on bass. Slapped some words on it last week and a title that has been reverberating in my head lately. Guitar, Bass & Voice: Gary, Drums: Sparky Garage riffs & hubcaps ยท Hype Train Continue reading Hype Train
I had posted the incomplete song previously, but I stripped it all out except for the drum track, extended the drum track, re-did the bass and guitar tracks and also the vocal (such as it is, ha ha ha). As part of it, I made up a few more words and created a bridge section that actually appears twice. What I like about the bridge … Continue reading Jailer (finished)
Old school punk was new school music when I was a kid. It flipped stale stadium rock music over on its head starting with Iggy and the Stooges, the Ramones and later, the Sex Pistols, early Clash, etc., which is when I came along. I like 3-5 chords and some energy. I know, it’s really old fashioned. But old people need to entertain themselves somehow … Continue reading Jailer
Okay well, I still feel my brother in law Chris with me as I pursue my new hobby laying down riffs and even (almost) songs for fun. A thoroughly enjoyable work in progress. There is also a drummer I want to get back together with to start jamming again. Hopefully we’ll find a bass player (I’ll play guitar) or a git fiddler (I’ll play bass) … Continue reading Done (w/ Vocal)
I am not sure what the title means because I am not even sure what the words mean. I just slapped ’em in there to see what vocals would sound like with this verse/chorus riff I made up. I invented this thing right after I finished writing last Sunday. Had some tension to blow off I guess. I usually try to keep solos tempered so … Continue reading Gone Sideways
