Read more about the article Elliptical Nature

Elliptical Nature

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…

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Read more about the article Oblivion [w/ edit]

Oblivion [w/ edit]

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…

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Read more about the article Other Side of Nowhere

Other Side of Nowhere

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…

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Read more about the article In Excess

In Excess

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,…

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Zombie

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…

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Read more about the article Caged

Caged

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…

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Read more about the article Dedicated to the Good Ship Lollipop

Dedicated to the Good Ship Lollipop

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

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Read more about the article Run Chicken

Run Chicken

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:…

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Read more about the article Sunny Day

Sunny Day

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…

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Read more about the article Hype Train

Hype Train

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…

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Read more about the article Jailer (finished)

Jailer (finished)

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…

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Jailer

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…

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Read more about the article Done (w/ Vocal)

Done (w/ Vocal)

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…

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Read more about the article Gone Sideways

Gone Sideways

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…

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