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mezzamoah
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» label: Pretty All Right Records
» for fans of: Pink Floyd, Neil Young, the Microphones, Tim Buckley, Todd Rundgren, the Beatles
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Kind of a spacey tune to kick off the new EP... lots of Brian Wilson in this one. Also, the vocal treatment on the second verse is so indie. Sorry about that. Note: that's a theremin and a banjo.
After the prolonged noise freakout (recorded a day after Bob Moog's death) I become a manic crooner of sorts... the song features an interesting sort of static harmonic motion that cycles throughout the whole song.
Brandon wanted me to write a song where my singing was more 'staccatoey'... so I writes the song abouts him, yeh? Ho ho!
Sort of a 'twee' song... for some reason everyone seem to like this one.
Hommage a Tim Buckley... with lovely little backing vocals during the chorus. The last few lines are some of my favorite that I've written.
A very sad song that I wrote after my Grandmother's death last summer... the moon is, indeed, slowly drifting away 1.5 inches every year...
first track in the song cycle -- kind of an intro to the rest of the album. If you're just sampling around, I recommend skipping this track... but it's a necessary listen if you decide to tackle the whole cycle, which is about 50 minutes.
second track in the song cycle-
and thus begins the dense metaphoric language. I hope a psychologist isn't listening... This merges into the next track very nicely.
third track in the song cycle-
I can't sing any higher in my chest voice without exploding.
fourth track in the song cycle-
two bass tracks and an unplugged electric guitar in the phrygian mode... ambience, baby.
fifth track in the song cycle -
A really good tune. There are a lot of words... this is also the most harmonically complicated song I've written. Look for the clever modulation during the melodica solo (a familiar melody...)
sixth track in the song cycle-
An old song... written after I saw "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey" which really moved me. Revamped for the album - do you like the wind chimes? Hot dang, pots and pans!
seventh song in the cycle- The 'hit' off the album apparently (it's been to number 5 on the indie charts on this site).
I play slide guitar like a primordial David Gilmour... I apologize. Doo doo doo.. doo bah bah.. doo doo doo doobabah...
A SoundClick Top 50 song
eighth track in the song cycle-
Things have gotten better since this song was written... they always get better.
penultimate track in the song cycle-
About a nightmare I had... I failed.
final track in the song cycle-
The album ends sad? But I do think there is hope... time doesn't stop here, lessons have been learned.
The opening instrumental jive of my first solo disc, completed late 2003. It's long, repetative, and full of needless guitar solos. I think it's HOT! Check it out! A theremin!
Original liner notes: "A three and a half part romp, celebrating the essence of life: I) Chaos II) Serenity III) Hoedown! IIIa) Iace Ova ad Senem"
The first good song I every wrote. Solid pop.
"Yeah... I can write jazz... just use a lot of major 7ths" - Sam Adams, 17
It's cute, right?
the first song I ever wrote - be kind...
An experiment concerning the effects of detuning (slight and not-so-slight)... I heart my synth.
This isn't about the benefits of conformity... hey, an unnecessarily long guitar solo!
A dippy sapfest... I hated this song for long while, but it's really grown on me. Ah... another song about denied love.
It's cu-... well, sure. I got the organ for real cheap at a pawn shop and I was really excited about it. This track makes me smile, but it will probably make you sleep.