This is a simple song about adultery. I’ve spent a lot of time explaining myself previously, that’s about all you get for explanation on this one. Take it as you will. This is an incomplete demo – the drums come out too strong in the mix and the bridge is missing, however it’s a great example of the direction I’ve been heading in lately, and even incomplete I am...
Read MoreThere is so much I can say about this song. I wrote it 10 years ago in a different key and it was a significant departure from my usual writing style and ushered in a period of musical experimentation. Around this time period I wrote a number of different sounding pieces, including the Blue Juice sessions, and was trying to discover a new sound. Try as I might, I cannot consistently sing this...
Read MoreAfter the tragic massacre at Columbine, the media for some reason immediately blamed Marilyn Manson and published unfounded stories on the news that the troubled attackers were driven to their acts of violence by his music. There is an obvious question that comes to mind – “can music actually be blamed for someone to going on a heartfelt killing rampage?” (the answer is no,...
Read MoreI picked up some new recording gear over the Summer – and then as fate would have it – promptly did not have much time to actually start playing with it. This is a quick demo to test out my Blue Yeti USB microphone, I literally learned this song a few minutes before recording it and was sight reading the song so it does not have some of the fun guitar bits you would expect from a...
Read MoreHere is a song I have been working on this past week. It’s a different style from the music I usually write, more of a rock-ballad and more radio-friendly than the majority of what I have previously written. It actually started with the bass riffs and the rest of the song came together quite quickly in GarageBand. I got everything arranged approximately how I wanted it then imported the...
Read MoreAn old synth track I wrote, one of my first, originally recorded on a Korg X5 in the ’90s. It’s hard with just an archived MIDI file to capture the original sound without a copy of an old sequencer program called ‘Trakx’ and an X5, however I have re-vamped it in LogicPro 9 and tried to re-create some of the sounds. For some reason this was called ‘Fire’ and...
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