This is one of my first experiments with my Tascam Portastudio 414 (4-track tape recorder). It not only lets me record to tape, but also slow down play back - as you can see in this recording.

Lyrics

Its waiting there lit up by the moon
Uncertainty, amazing
Theres beautiful mysteries illuminating
Every honest thing you've ever felt

We are everyone and everyone's us
We're all the beauty of emergency

That pivotal memory doesn't fade
Its circling around you
Impossible glory in your daydreaming
Will move you deeper inside of the ghost

We are everyone together we form
That subtle universal romance

Help us find what to say when your not here
We need lines, written pages
A voice to share
Its amazing
Thinking 'bout tomorrow

We fool ourselves with ordinary lies
We linger in regret
We photograph the terror of our lives
And then we post everything on the internet

We are everyone, and everyone's us
We're all an ocean of redundancy 
We're only humans and together we fall
Mmm, Oh no
No one knows the answer



The Moon

Another lofi track. Next I want to experiment with electronic beats and my electric guitar. Super psyched!

Unrequited Ghost

I really like taking super heavy rocking songs and reducing them to a simple acoustic melody. The best thing about doing this is you get to hear what the words in the song actually are.

Nirvana - In Bloom

This is one of the first songs I ever really loved and sang as a child.

Better Than Ezra - Good

James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream

Thanks to this song getting shared a bit more I have learned details about its composition and original meaning. Two users named Valgerður Halldórsdóttir and Ragnheidur Jonsdaetur commented that it is arranged by Thorkell Sigurbjornsson - of course he gets all the credit for the arrangement. As for the original song, “Heyr himna smiður” is a very old religious poem written by Kolbeinn Tumason in the year 1200. Read all about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinn_Tumason.


Heyr Himnasmiður - Arranged by Thorkell Sigurbjornsson (Pharrell - Happy Cover)

Lyrics:
Tag along you grave and able
Roll around that pretty colored joy
Call her on the tele-cable
Feel a little better don't you boy?
Stiffen up your domination
Resolutely aching in the sun
Never do you wanna listen
Holdin' out for simpler kinds of love

Focus on a higher sense of life
You're the maker
State your name
Spell it out in stone

Let a little harmless danger fill your heart
And then surprise yourself
Represent the unexpected
Try to be the one who guides yourself
Carry out a sacred vision
Watch it grow and maybe watch it fail
You're the demon in deciding
You're the hammer and you are the nail

Focus on a higher sense of life
You're the maker
State your name
Spell it out in stone

The Demon In Deciding

I decided to try out another Radiohead cover with some new lofi production techniques Ive been playing with.

Radiohead - Morning Bell Cover

Willy Wonka - Pure Imagination

Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero

Radiohead - No Surprises

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over The Sea

Having fun with some slide guitar and a classic track.

Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

This is the ending song from a short film I scored. Watch it here:
https://vimeo.com/110808221

Interesting Ball - End Song

Im pretty much just posting this to pester Marc Maron on twitter.

Velvet Underground - What goes on

Here is my cover of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (Cover)

My electronic and multi-harmony cover of Creep by Radiohead.

Creep - Radiohead (8 bit/Acappella Cover)

This is my take on Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (Cover)

THROW BACK THURSDAY to my two year old acoustic cover of this amazing song by Icona Pop.

Icona Pop - I Love It (Cover)

Hummingbird- Wilco (Cover)

Here is my version of "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" by the Crash Test Dummies.

The Wallflowers - One Headlight (Cover)

Another original song. Self reflecting and self deprecating!

Enjoy.

Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmmm (Cover)

I decided I would recreate a little Zelda melody on my keyboard.

Zelda - A Link to the Past "The Goddess Appears" (Cover)

I tried another lo-fi experiment today with the built in mic in my 90s cassette stereo. Its a little too scratchy and muddy but I'm just trying to learn how to make use of this old machine.

The Beatles - Yesterday (lo-fi cover)

I recorded this with 2 different mics and my cassette stereo for a grittier sound. It is a song about making bad decisions.

Lyrics:

Lovers dwell in their gaze
Going manic in the simplest occasions
I don't know why they've got nothing
Virtues in the gardens of destruction

Oh my god, it's happening again
Wandering the blocks and
Floating in the darkness
Holding out for nothing but a smooth sigh

Lovers dwell in disgrace
Hiding out in that old familiar place
Killing time with their memories
Losing all the details

Oh my god, it's happening again
Waiting for the doctor
To sign all of the papers
Make all of their problems go away
They're too blind to realize
They're both automatic

AlessandroRT

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