A Song For Julia

-Sinny: piano, drums, assorted percussion (castanets, congas, drum sticks, finger cymbals, flexatone, gong, güiro, handclaps, maracas, slapstick, sleigh bells, talking drum, tambourine), found sounds (comb, leather ottoman, pasta box), processed acme siren; Logic Pro programming  (accordion, percussion, panpipe, organ, synth, and sitar patches), voices

-Luke Giunta: bass guitar, Edge guitar, harmonics

-Adam Becker: acoustic guitars, liquid guitars, dirt guitars, doodle guitars, slice guitars, prairie guitars

-Austin Harning: violin

Kaleidoscope (Marmalade cover)

THE FUNKINBLUES(elevatormusic)

Tombe la nuit sur ma peau, J’tai perdu, j’ai tout faux. Tombe la nuit sur la ville, Ton silence, j’pars en vrille. Intense love, tears forever, Glisse le vent sur ma vie, Je me souviens et je prie. Glisse l’amour sur mon cœur, Je te veux et je meurs. Intense love, tears forever. Les étoiles brillent dans le noir, Mais sans toi, je perds espoir. Chaque souffle, chaque lueur, Rappelle-moi de notre ardeur. Intense love, tears forever, Glisse le vent sur ma vie, Je me souviens et je prie. Glisse l’amour sur mon cœur, Je te veux et je meurs. Intense love, tears forever. Tombe la nuit, mon âme s’égare, Les souvenirs, un doux cauchemar. Ton écho résonne dans ma tête, Sans toi, la vie est une tempête. Intense love, tears forever, Glisse le vent sur ma vie, Je me souviens et je prie. Glisse l’amour sur mon cœur, Je te veux et je meurs. Intense love, tears forever.

INTENSE-LOVE (Slow)

This one started as attempt to do some abstract pop. It evolved into a place somewhere between pop and jazz, at least to me. There was a time in the late sixties where the harmonic language I use here developed. Songs like Being Alive, by Sondheim, Wichita Lineman, by Jimmy Webb and others used a combination of 6th's 11th's 9's and suspended cords to create this floating feeling. It's basically some version of stacking 5th's, harmonically. I'm generally a thirds guy. A big third sounds so good on a bass, think "Walk On The Wild Side". Daphnis et Chloé Suite n°2, by Ravel, most of Jobin's work and Giant Steps, by Coltrane would be mastery of stacking thirds, in my opinion. In fact Daphnis et Chloé, Suite n°2 is one of my favorites and one that dazzles me still. It's funny though. Because this type of approach, the 5th's I mean, in popular music, was only prominent in the late sixties to mid seventies I tie it emotionally to childhood. I was born in 1968. I could go on but I think that's enough. Thanks for listening and indulging my thoughts.

Painted In Pastels

This is a track based on the chord changes to a famous jazz standard called Beautiful Love. I recorded this on my Godin 5th Ave Kingpin jazz guitar. One signal sent DI into my SSL2 and the other a RODE NT1 about 8 inches facing the treble side of the plucking area of the strings between the high E and the F hole. There are a few tritone subs and other forms of reharmonization.

Complicated Love

Love Me Or Leave Me (live)

New Haggard Ass Intro

On me

just embers 10.12.25

I'll Figure It Out.wav

The AcidTest is a solo project by musician and producer Nathan M. Hershfeld.
Influenced by many genres of music and eclectic tastes.
Creating a sound space that takes the mind on a journey of vision and emotion.  PNAWT Records, PNAWT Publishing, BMI.