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Wait a minute... this sounds like rock and/or roll

I'm a one-man band. Guitar's the only thing I really lay claim to, but I play enough drums, bass, etc to get by, so why not do all the instruments start to finish? So I played 'em all here.

Everything here's in MP3 and I've arranged them newest to oldest, then the ones I like the most first.

Originals

My latest recording setup: Mac laptop, Yamaha GO46, Audio-Technica AT-2020 and AT-2021, Mackie Tracktion. All tracked on my laptop, mixed and tweaked to taste. Mastered using Final Mix.

Newest Songs

Epitaph

A fairly country song about things they might put on my headstone. Music's kinda plain, but the lyric structure's pretty unique.

Montage

Reminds me of the kinda thing you'd hear at the end of a movie, where the camera pans in and around people, going about their business, wrapping things up and showing how it all ended.

Spacefunk

Instrumental that's got a synthy funk to it, with some Brazilian drums to give it a slightly tribal thang.

Swampland

An instrumental that reminds me of a swampy, down and dirty kinda thing. A little like what might happen if Waylon Jennings and Built to Spill jammed.

Songs from the last year or so

Cadillac

In my late teens I owned a '69 Coupe de Ville. Loved the car but it bled me dry so I had to lose her. This song's half about me getting it, half about wanting another one again. It's chock full of countryisms and reminds me a little of Chuck Berry's Maybelline.

Cutiepie

A fun little ditty, inspired by my better half. I can't decide if this is a country song or a soul song. Musically, there's nothing Earth-shattering about it, but it does feature some pretty nice guitar work, and the drums never use a crash cymbal the whole time, which is pretty rare.

Test Funk

Reminds me of a 70s car chase song. The drums are synth drums, but I'm proud of them. They've got a great natural feel and nasty beat. It takes some time to tweak a beat and get it to sound less mechanized, but it's worth it. Pay attention to the crash cymbals coming in on odd beats.

Battery

Named after the Native Instruments plugin that I was fiddling with to get this song. It's not much of anything, but it does have 3 drum tracks, and funky ones at that. How bad could it be?

Waiting for You

This was really just a test song, since I got a couple new mics, but it all just fell together and I liked it so here she is. I think this is the only song here that features some ukelele.

Remarried

My last recording on my Roland VS-880. Features me on the harmonica this time. How do you do an acoustic guitar/harmonica song without sounding like Neil Young? Hard to do, but I also like Neil, so I shouldn't be surprised to sound like him.

Songs from the Basement Days
These were all done over the span of about a year in my folks' basement. I managed to borrow my uncle's late-60s Ludwig drums, learned to play 'em, and wound up writing and recording a slew of songs.

Just Go Away

One of my favorites. Production sounds better on this one and I like the "wooziness" and general sadness and depression of it. I'd been kicking the acoustic guitar outro around for awhile, and one night, house empty, I decided to turn off all the lights, fire up a few candles and see what came out.

Time and Chance

The best laid plans...

Stupid Fool

Dirt

You can really hear my bossa influence here. I love the lyrics to this. It's not often I think that about my own songs, but these stand out to me for some reason.

Fixin' To Leave

A rockin' country diddy about marital dischord. Dig that twangy solo.

Girlfriend

New millenium breakup song. Seems to be the favorite of my family members.

Poets

Great spanish-y guitar solo on this one. Sometimes it's fun to crank the amp and just holler.

Sift

Some of the best songs just pop out. I was noodling with this guitar intro, and decided to just record some chords and maybe do some sound tests. One thing led to another and before I new it I had an entire song. I was at the apex of my transition from funk to country and it really shows in this song.

Let's Get Away

Don't know what I did right, but my guitar sound is nothing but the truth on this song. I like the solo on this one. This song even features a bass solo.

Swirlybird

Instrumental that others seem to like pretty well. They say it's jazzy, but I don't hear it. I was big into pedal-steel guitar bends at this time and it shows. I had a Leslie effect that I was also fond of too at the time.

Other Peoples' Songs

Malaguena

Pretty standard Spanish classical/flamenco song.

Minor Swing

A Django Reinhardt song. Check out those swing chops I have.

Granada

A Francisco Tarrega song that my kids like. Good music to nap to.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/frockenstein-mp3/

Playing Your Game

A "remix" of a Barry White song. Just an instrumental rearrangement, but nice music for friskiness.

Electronic Ramblings

Experiments with sequencing and MIDI data on an old Roland XP-60 I had in the early aughts.

Battery

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