Fatty Monk - Before Thought
Record in 2008

Brandon Ercoline - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Mark McNutt - Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
James Arhelger - Bass Guitar
Erik Arhelger - Drums

Fatty Monk - Before Thought

rough demos and song ideas, just looking for a singer/lyricist...

Demos and Ideas

Velosheen made an album in 2001.

Lindsay Noah, Erik Arhelger, James Arhelger, Dave Davis

Velosheen

The Cosmos is a long distance music project created between two individuals solely for our love of music, and the creative process involved. Music : James Arhelger. Lyrics and vocals / vocal melody : Julia Hill Wiley. There is no pre or post production of this music as of now. We will be putting a more professional polish on them as time allows. We will add songs as they are completed. We hope you enjoy.

The Cosmos

Steamless And Metro

James: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drum programming

Echo

Memory

Fatty Monk - Before Thought album
Words and Music: Mark McNutt

The Gauntlet

Fatty Monk - Before Thought

Words: Brandon Ercoline
Music: James Arhelger, Brandon Ercoline

Lessons Learned

Fatty Monk - Before Thought

Words and Music: Brandon Ercoline

Autumn Run

Fatty Monk - Before Thought

Words: Brandon Ercoline, Chris Synan
Music: James Arhelger

Shifting Gears

Very rough first pass - looking for a vocalist/lyricist to complete the song

keys, drums - james

Made with several different Arturia Synths:
Starts with Prophet V3 for the pads.
At 34 seconds the bass comes in which is the Mini V3, and the ARP 2600 V3 provides the arpegiation.  
The pulsing bass at 2:50 is the CS-80 to bring it on home.

Drums are BFD3.  Recorded in Ableton Live.

I Can't Go With You

And yet another song that needs a singer/lyricist...  Maybe you?

Constant Tension

Guitar part by Erik, adapted poorly by me
Basses, drums, keyboards also by James

Blasimouse

A song from a long time ago when I was in the band Interiors.

Glisten

For Alison...

Like spontaneous music 
Like moonflowers you bloomed 
Wild heart wide spirit 
To roam this dark world 
With grace and gladness 
You gave and gave and gave again 
Your laugh was rain to my desert 
Your love was balm to my soul 
And the lyrics you lived 
Lie so deep within my heart 
So deep within my heart 
So deep within my heart 

Chorus 
I pinch myself just once and shut my eyes then once again 
All these memories to powerful to bare anymore 
Come to me again 
Return to me 
Please come to me again 
Return to me 
If only in my dreams 
If only in my dreams 



I awoke in a sphere of darkness 
To a gleam of sparkling light 
In the corner of my room 
And what if it was you? 
Could it be my mind playing tricks on me again 
Am I just imagining ? 
Like children with their minds wide open? 
Like children with their minds wide open. 


Chorus 





Butterflies still dance amongst your grave 
All these faded pictures saved 
I’ll always long to know 
Was it you? was it you?  was it you? 

Return to me.


Lyrics: Roy Mack Hill and Julia
Vocals: Julia
Music: James

Return To Me

Adore

Maybe Its Me

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars
James: Bass
Dave: Drums

Lyrics: Lindsay
Music: Erik

Velosheen - That Girl

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars, Drum Programming
James: Bass

Lyrics: Karen
Music: Erik

Velosheen - Mask

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars, Drums
James: Bass

Lyrics: Lindsay
Music: James


cross legged on the grass
aren't we Eve and Adam
tasting the apple fruit
and all i want to taste is you
and me on this afternoon
i like the sun on you on you
afraid to look at the hour
this day will not end if there's a god

lay me down right here
i want to feel the grass on my back
and smell the wild fire 
and hear you breathing in my ear

i wish i was crazy in love
to tell you that i'm in love in love
i'd try to say something deep
like do you think trees sleep
i'm aching my self apart
caught between loving you loving her love
why's it so sad to be good
it's not fair that you stop when you should

lay me down right here
i want to feel the grass on my back
and smell the wild fire 
and hear you breathing in my ear

lay me down right here
i want to feel the grass on my back
and smell the wild fire 
and hear you breathing in my ear


Velosheen - Sleeping Trees

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars, Drums
James: Basses

Lyrics: Lindsay
Music: James

Velosheen - On My Knees

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars, Drums, Keyboards
James: Basses, Guitars

Lyrics: Lindsay
Music: James

Velosheen - I Would

Lindsay: Vocals
Erik: Guitars
James: Bass, Keyboards
Dave: Drums

Lyrics: Lindsay
Music: Lindsay

Velosheen - Counting Pennies

Christopher singing about two trains...I think...

Chris aka Kid: Vocals, Lyrics
Papa: Music, Instruments

Steamless and Metro

I play bass guitar, guitar, drums and mess around with synthesizers.  Bands I've been in include: Sixpence None the Richer, Fatty Monk, Velosheen, Interiors.  Looking for a vocalist/lyricist to collaborate with.  Or if you need a bass player or rhythm guitarist in your band, feel free to contact me...

criticaljames

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