some lo-fi versions songs i wrote between about 1980 & 1989, then recorded in late 90's.

10hard-hard-woman

some REALLY REALLY rough demos from the 18 track midnight ride through lightning trying to hear that One Song a million miles away on a staticced radio i'v been ripping apart ever since Dizneyland, recorded on a headset mic on a milk crate across a small boomy stuccoed room in about half an hour, then way overdone fx, then lost originals, then retrieved these from a few years old cheap cd with bits flaking off it, REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY rough, if you listen you can even hear occasional rusty strings snapping to be replaced from whatever gauges were lying around...to be continued (once i get new headset.)

08-Down the Line

09-Spiralogy

10-That Song

11-Nightbird Radio

audio tracks from quick remakes of a song i wrote last century, 
busked for about a decade, 
& 1st uploaded to mp3.com back in 2002, 
done in about 5 minutes each
(plus another half hour of time-shifting audio to match vid a bit better etc.) 
via webcam & built in mic for 1 audio channel, 
whilst also running a headset mic through Audacity for a 2nd audio channel 
(& some basic "echo" from placing it at a distance) 
a bit glitchy, 
as running the 2 records & the video capture 
is a bit more than the "junker" i mashed together can handle efficiently, 
ie, a mono-core pentium 4 on minimal ram, 
on an ancient motherboard, 
on-board graphics & on-board sound-chip, 
with drivers i had to "tweak" 
(as intel discontinued support for the board a few operating systems ago, 
damn i miss my hand-built beasts, 
still, they don't fit well in back-packs, 
& there's always SOME bits of scrap 
laying around anywhere these days 
that i can stick together as needs be...) 
not a totally glitchy result, 
but some annoying vid freezes, 
although only a frame or 3 here & there.
still, "practice makes perfect",
i'm sure i can "tweak" the machine a bit, 
& smooth the progz' performance a bit for a better run later.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Bt-c71P9JDwQkjz23U1zI7yb2LZ2cD7

Billy Reid

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