This is a little tune I made while learning how to use my new recording software. It mostly has a bluesy feel but some of the guitar strumming is much more frenetic than usual. The drums took a lot of work since I'm not really a drum player. The first transition is kind of rough and needs to be reworked.

robot chicken

This is a acoustic guitar and vocal piece. The first 16 bars move back and forth between  E major chord  to C major chord ( I->VIb), which is somewhat unusual chord change. I know I have heard it before in a rock/pop song, but I don't know where.

the sower

This is a short riff where the guitar hits a bunch of "wrong: notes and there is some obnoxious scratching for good measure. At some point I need to tighten up the drum track.

weasel

Bass and a Drum Machine grinding away on 16th notes and I sing some gibberish too. I intend to come back at some point and pull some notes out of the bass line and make it less continuous. I also want to completely redo the drum track which currently is just a canned disco beat.The dog I was babysitting when I recorded the song got excited by my odd singing at times and you can here him yelping in the background.

wire skin

This is a song that I wrote on acoustic guitar. I like the underlying chord progression but sections of the lyrics are first pass gibberish that I need to replace with something more coherent. Also, the vocal melody needs work in some areas, especially near the end.

glitter

Jazzy little riff with some backwards guitar. I want to re-do the drums and make the hi-hat less harsh and tighter.

waboog

Bass, drums, and a creepy synthesizer. At the end it gets angry with guitar and some insane screaming. I plan on re-recording the yelling part to make it more intelligible.

It's a long ways down

Decided to do something with two dueling bass lines. I processed the higher one so much though that it ended up sounding like a cello. The singing and lyrics in the first half need to be reworked, they are a little too whiny for my taste.

should have lied

replaced the first half with vocals that are more sinister sounding but I hit some off key notes and there is some strange gaps so I'm still going to need to work on it. I wish I was a better singer. I'm also thinking about adding a guitar solo (yeah I know they're out of fashion)

aaron rands