Vanilla Shadoe

For the curious: this is the 'rubber band banjo' that I mention on my main page. Rubber bands wrapped around a shoebox. Two-string model.

Acoustic General

The piano exercise that forms the core of 'Hanging Around.' Rhythmic bass on a tritonic scale; melodic treble based on alternating notes on a pentatonic scale, centered on GA above middle C, with variations. Top 60 Piano song.

Acoustic Piano

Dance-Pop

Pop Rock

Spoken Word track introducing Shadoe Sessions. Peaked at #2 on the overall talk/poetry charts; #1 nine days on the talk subcharts (five-four consecutive). Not bad for a promotional message!

Talk

Pop Rock

Pop Rock

Acoustic MIDI version of "I'm Back," with acoustic fretless bass, acoustic nylon guitar, and drum kit #1. Also a synth choir, as usual.

Acoustic Guitar

Dance-Pop

Very rough sketch of "I'm Back," it doesn't sound much like the final version. My first experiments with PlayerPro. Top 70 Experimental Electronica song.

Experimental Sounds

"Shadoeland" also gets the Soundwave treatment. The other Soundwave remixes were retired from the charts, but this song was UNRETIRED after being added to tenstring's station 1-31-2006.

Dance-Pop

The individual vs. society.

Dance-Pop

"Hanging Around" gets the Soundwave treatment.

Dance-Pop

I've found guitar samples (Soundwave, available at hornet.org) with much better timbre, although they may be a bit clipped (was the microphone too close to the guitar?) The song now sounds a lot better and a lot closer to what I had in mind.

Pop Rock

No commitment, just hanging out. Top 100 Pop General song. Click on any of my song titles to see where they peaked.

Dance-Pop

Saying good-bye a little too soon, and wanting to reconcile. Top 70 Pop/Rock tune in both 2004 and 2006. Recently played on the "Sheep 2 Ewe" podcast.

Pop Rock