Website Music

I am putting together some music for a friend's website, where he's promoting his IT Consultancy services. I have been asked for 1-to-2 minute backing tracks for the three different thrusts of his business: Strategic, Tactical and Operational. I've identified pieces that I will adapt for this:

• Strategic will get a stripped-down version of Jacuzzi (with the percussion and a lot of the production bells & whistles removed.) Thoughtful acoustic feel.
• Tactical will get an edit of The Last Reel. Mixed acoustic & electric textures, more active.
• Operational will get an edit of Cliffhanger. Controlled  chaos.

More specific links will be provided as this takes shape.

New mix of an old song: Absolution

This piece came to me in 2004. I created it entirely in Reason, and set it aside thinking it needed guitars added. This month I gave this piece a listen and realized it was complete in its current form, and so made a couple of final tweaks and generated this remastered version.

I give you Absolution.

Repertoire

There are some very fun and interesting songs that have been added to the Paso Robles set list, ranging from Peter Gabriel "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" to Reverend Horton Heat "Baby I'm Drunk." We are becoming a formiadable operation.

Red-hearsals

Mark and I have been working on material for the next Paso Robles performances, and today things came into excellent focus for the King Crimson tune "Red." Right now it's just bass and guitar - we will bring a drummer up to speed - but it's extremely exciting material to be playing. My bass and amp were built for this - the bottom end is dark, swaggering and very dangerous.

New song idea: Beltway

This is a demo I completed  in October 2011. The idea showed up on bass guitar, and this recording has no guitars - 2 bass parts, sequenced drums and sequenced organ. Retro fun...here's Beltway.