Obscuro

Freedom Ring

So Cal

Requiem

You & Me

I wrote and recorded this in November 2021

There But Not There

The second tentative track for my 2021 album "Obsuro."

Odyssey

All the children get to do something on this one.

Hague Family Christmas 2019

Fruitcake

The tentative 3rd song from my 2021 album, Obscuro.

Just Like A Bird Can Fly

I wrote this on on the piano Fall 2021.
Lyrics were mostly written Oct 21, 2021.
Mostly recorded Nov 2021.
Some edits, final lyric changes and mixing Jan 17, 2022.
I used a grand piano, Rickenbacker 4003, Taylor 413ce, Rickenbacker 660.  I played the drums one part at a time (bass, snare, hi hat, crashes).

No Memories

Someone challenged me to write a "heavy" song.
Challenge accepted.
And it is fun to scream "but no" over and over.
Lyrics written April 10, 2021.
Music mostly written and recorded November 2021.
Final mix Dec 2021.

But No

Third track off my 2006 album "So Cal Ride"

This is the 5th track from my 2010 album "Reverie."
I wrote it for my daughters as I imagined them on their wedding day(s).
I mixed the backing vocals rather low.  
I often think I should remix this.

Reverie

Not Just Daddy's Girl Anymore

The first track and title track to my 2007 album, You & Me.

You and Me

The 2nd song off my 2007 album, You & Me.
A song of pride and hubris.

Ride

This is the 3rd track from my 2007 album You & Me.

Down to the Ground

This is the 4th track to my 2007 album You & Me.

Midnight Spin

Track 7 from my 2006 album "So Cal Ride".
Based on a 'true' situation 14 some odd years ago.

So Cal Ride

Crazy Dog

The first track from my 2006 album "So Cal."
The album really isn't supposed to be labelled "So Cal Ride" as the song 'Ride' would be on the next album in 2007.  But I was putting together several albums worth of material at the same time and just made a mistake.  If I ever reprint the CD cover, I'll fix it.

Free

This is the 2nd track from my 2006 album "So Cal."
Guesting with me is Tom Chang on acoustic rhythm guitar and backing vocals.

Now's The Time

This is the 12th track from my 2020 album, Requiem.
It is written for my daughter, Aubrey.

Aubrey 20

The 13th track from my 2020 album, Requiem.

Sarah 20

This is the 4th track from my 2006 album, So Cal.

Can't Find Me

This is the 5th track from my 2006 album, So Cal.

Sentinels

This is the 3rd track to my 2005 album, Freedom Ring.

All Together Now

This is the 4th track on my 2005 album, Freedom Ring.
Originally written around 1993-94, there were previous versions floating around at one time.  An early version from that time is included on my 1996 album, Everywhere Is Now, which I will eventually get around to posting.

I Adore You

This is the 5th song from my 2005 album, Freedom Ring.

Dream Of You

This is the 14th track on my 2005 album, Freedom Ring.
Yeah, this is kind of a weird one.
Sometimes I just feel like writing something totally different.

Sweet Sense

The 3rd track to my album, "Not Enough."
Based on real things that happened.

Not Enough

Floating in a Burning Boat

Floating In A Burning Boat

Nothing In The World

You And Me

Highmore

This is the 5th track from my album, You and Me, back in 2007.
This was me sitting at the piano trying to channel Brian Wilson.
Don't laugh.
I love Brian Wilson.

I Knew Your Name

This is the 7th song off my album, Freedom Ring.

The Only Way

This one is about all the rain we had here in California in 2023.

2023

Cloudy Skies

I wrote this song while attending college in 1993.
I recorded it on a cassette 4-track Tascam recorder (of which only 3 tracks were working).
I used someone's electric piano and this is pretty much a live take with the guitars added on at the end.
The picture is of me at a real place in Brea, CA, and is a picture my then-girlfriend took and then my then-roommate used his then-computer magic to look like it does.

An Aural Topography

Be Free

Written and recorded in 2011.
I had then-recently joined an 80's tribute band and I had picked up keyboards for really the first time as a performer.
This song, in retrospect, is really me trying to write a Cars tune, especially with that old style keyboard sound.

Paeans

Paean for Truth

Something different from 2011.
I programmed a reggae beat, played a fretless bass, and kept the guitars off beat.
Originally named after my most naturally joyful daughter.

Paean to Dancing Stars (In Her Eyes)

This was written and recorded in 2004.
This was one of the first songs I wrote and recorded after about a 7 year absence from playing or performing music.
Each of the two harmony voices were actually going to be the melody and I was trying to decide which voice was stronger when it hit me... Just use both as harmonies.  That is why some lines one voice sounds like the dominant melody and then other times the other does.

Connect

Suspicious Eyes Flash

This was originally released on a Rickenbacker compilation album in 2006.  It's original name was "Christopher" but I have a lot of songs called that, so I have renamed it.

Could It Get Any Better Than This?

This was written for one of my daughters in 2006.
It uses my then-new Taylor 314ce guitar and my old violin.

In The Summertime

Here is a song that features, my daughter, Cynthia, singing my lyrics over a Train song (Hey Soul Sister) when she was 10 years old.
I picked the part out on a little ukulele we had lying around.

Hague Family Christmas 2020

Hey Santa Claus

Me doing the old Charlie Brown chestnut by Vince Guaraldi back in 2017.
Sorry the picture cuts out my dad and Livvie!

Hague Family Christmas 2017

Christmas Time Is Here

So if someone wants to prove I might be a little crazy, here is Exhibit A.  Written in 2010 after I bought a cheap synth.  I went a little crazy with the effects.

The Farm Song (Even If What You Have Isn't A Lot)

Written and recorded in 2009.
A little ditty which used my then-newly obtained Ebow.

Dreams of Youth

Subjugate

A track I wrote in 2010 for my daughter.
It reminds me strongly of Human League with perhaps a smattering of OMD.

She Makes The World So Fine

She Makes the World So Fine

This has Rickenbacker guitar and Rickenbacker bass all over it.  And a little Yamaha keyboard because why not?
The lyrics were started on July 20, 2023 and finished January 24, 2024.
All parts played and recorded by me over January 23 and 23, 2024.

Brad Hague 2024 untitled

Don't Want To Be Dealt Rather Deal

You Can't Catch This Mercury

This is one of the first songs I wrote in 2004 after a 7 year break from playing, writing and recording music.
Written for my then 5-year old son, Christopher, he played this for his Kindergarten class and had all the kids bopping along.

Who's The One We Love?

Here is an unusual song I wrote in 6/8 time back for my 2008 album called "Not Enough."
It is about one of my daughters and references a sailboat trip we made to Catalina Island that Spring.

Hugs So Tight

Here is a track I wrote and recorded in 1994.  I used an acoustic Silvertone guitar my mother had from around 1960 and a Fender fretless Jazz bass from 1986.
That's me and my lovely bride (also) in 1994 on the cover.

Everywhere Is Now

Serene Situations (Everywhere Is Now)

Here is a song I wrote and recorded in 2007 for my son, Jonathan.

Jonathan Sometimes

A song for my son, Christopher, written and recorded in 2010.

He's The One You Need

In His Trying Hour Of Need

So... This.
This is my first "real" song I ever recorded, in the Summer of 1993.
Meaning, it was the first I sketched out on guitar, wrote words, wrote the melody, and made a song out of it.
I recorded this while in college, using my mother's old acoustic guitar and my fretless bass, on a cassette 4-track recorder.
This was the first time I multitracked guitars, vocals, etc. and really produced my own music.
This was the first song I did for my first solo album, An Aural Topography, which was the first album I planned and finished.
It is pretty terrible stuff in retrospect.
I had little ability on guitar and had to very judicious about hitting that "record" button, because it was analogue on tape and you could not "undo" anything back then.
Also, when bouncing tracks, it was also a one-time thing with no take backs.
I seriously doubt I will release ALL the tracks on this as they are probably too personal, too obscure, too poorly recorded, and just too depressing overall.  
But this is my first real song, and I suppose if I have followers, they should be able to compare and contrast.
I DO have earlier recordings, but they are either of prior bands I was in, or just weird music experiments.  I may someday get to releasing those, from the time period 1987-1988.  Maybe.

Never Before

I don't even know what to call this.
I wrote this in 2007 for one of my sons.

He Will Find A Way

This is a song I wrote for one of my daughters in 2009.
Lots of Rickenbacker on this one.

Dangerous Expectations

Dreams Of Youth

Sometimes It's Not Win Or Lose

A track for one of my glorious daughters.

Smiling Cuz I Love Her

No Pickles

This is the 8th track off my 2020 album "Requiem."
It is quite different from the rest of the album.  I usually have a 'weird' track and this is probably it.  Although it means more than it seems.

They

I don't know what genre this one is. I put 'country' because of the instruments used (autoharp, mandolin) but I don't think it really fits there.  It's not really rock either.  It's just strange.  Apt I suppose.

Strange Thing

A last minute track that just came to me.
It reminds me of something I would have written around 1994.

Something You Forgot

I started off playing violin in 3rd grade.
I picked up playing bass in high school.
I picked up a guitar when I was living in Chile and started figuring out chords.
I was a music major for a semester in college, where I learned keyboard, viola, and taught myself flute.
I took a class called "Diatonic Harmony and Lab" which was the hardest class I ever took. 
And that includes law school. 
Since then, I like to pick up an instrument and teach myself how to play it.
These include mandolin, autoharp, banjo, glockenspiel, and multiple percussion instruments. 
I have sung for as long as I can remember. 

So the songs I post here are completely written by me.
All the instruments are played by me (except a couple, in which I credit my guest).
All instruments are played live (except drums that I program) with no copying or pasting. 
All songs are mixed by me and mastered by me.

I do it solely because I love music and my soul yearns to create. 
I hope someone out there can hear one of my songs and feel something sometime. 

Brad Hague

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