Chris Cass
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Atmospheric River Atmospheric River
Music and lyrics initially composed during a heavy rainstorm (an atmospheric river) on Feb 22, 2025; hence the song title. The intro melody came to me in dream. The rest of the song came together after making a rough recording of the intro on piano.
Lightning Lightning
Composed, written, and originally recorded October 4, 2019. Song inspired by memories of driving over the North Cascades Highway during and after storms.
Seasons Seasons
Written and composed September 2019. Recorded Sept-October 2019. Lyrics inspired by changing of the seasons.
Sea Foam Sea Foam
Composed and recorded October 2019. Song inspired by a personal experience at sea crossing the Drake Passage during a storm.
Lavender Lavender
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Chris' guitar music writing started in 1994 with early riff-driven songs produced on a 4 track tape recorder. After a long hiatus, Chris began writing and composing original music again in 2009. Aided with an 8-track digital recorder, this account features low budget, lo-fi, rough cut home studio recordings of original songs written (or rewritten) by Chris since September 2009. Most of the songs were initially composed on acoustic guitar, and many recorded versions combined the original acoustic riffs with electric guitar overlays. Also included in the song list were some collaborative composing and recording works with Ian Henderson (noted as collaborative works in the song title).Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, but just open mic for my original material. Since 2014, I've performed live numerous times as the guitarist in a Seattle-based Celtic folk rock band called The Belfast Bandits.
Your musical influences
Primary music influences include The Vaselines, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, The Cure, R.E.M, My Bloody Valentine, Collective Soul, Foo Fighters, Violent Femmes, The Velvet Underground, Janes Addiction, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden, The Pogues, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, etc.What equipment do you use?
I typically recorded with a Martin Dreadnought acoustic guitar and a Gibson Les Paul Studio electric, though many earlier songs were recorded with a cheap Epiphone electric guitar and Fender acoustic guitar. For a vast variety in electric guitar tones and sound textures a Line 6 Spider amplifier was often used. Drums for newer songs in this collection were composed on an electric drum set connected directly into a digital recorder. Drum lines for earlier-recorded songs in the collection were composed tapping on a computer keyboard and recording output with a condenser microphone (utilizing a computer drumming program, but no programmed drum lines are used). An Ibanez acoustic bass guitar was used in recordings after April 2011. All home studio recordings were mastered, roughly, on a basic 8-track digital recorder.Contact
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Comments (6)
I can totally picture that lava lamp. Nice echo effect here.
I like this one too. Sounds a fun one to drum too!
Nice!
Nice little guitar lick! I like the catchy guitar bits! Drums are sounding good too. Would love come jam with this track!
I forgot about this one. Another fun collab. We should do this some more soon!
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