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Sleepy Groovin'

One more Comix Zone cover after this one for DTxHero21

Eric Chesek - Comix Zone - Night Of The Mutants (Cover)

This is a small test of my mobile recording rig.  All the tones were done with a Pod HD.  Drums are Metal Machine.

Disgustingly Generic Mobile Rig Test

ECRS Ringtone

First recording in the dorm.  Who says music can't be made in terrible rooms?  :D

Dorm Room Jam

I want people to put my music in commercials.

Tippy Toes

Just playing around with my laptop.  I didn't focus on sounding good, just wanted to play.

Laptop Crunchy Jam Stuff

I've been watching too much Food Network.

Good Eats!

Bulb Zero Clip Cover

This was recorded for Shaking Through by the band The Districts.  Here's my mix.

The Districts - Vermont (ECRS Mix)

This is one of my favorite King Crimson songs, but I don't know if I'll have time to finish it.  Lotta synths on this one!

King Crimson - Eyes Wide Open (Clip Cover)

I'm not a drummer, but here's a quick mix of me playing acoustic drums.  The room is HUGE though.  

Live Drum Test

Remember that catchy, upbeat song from Napoleon Dynamite?  I added spice. :)

Music For A Found Harmonium (Cover)

Based on Taylor Larson's drum mixes and this video. http://vimeo.com/86475850

ECRS Superior Drum Mix Larson Model

I found a pretty old idea in my project files and decided to add a bit more to it.  Maybe one day I'll finish a whole song!

Philiac

Really cheap snare drum which shall not be named.

Top: Transformerless SM57 > DIY RE Z-in > Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
Room: Studio Project B1's > Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

If you want the room and top tracks separated/without processing, let me know. 

ECRS Snare Samples

It's much more fun to write when the music isn't forced.  Just let it happen!  

Disconnect (Maybe WIP)

Just some high gain tones I made with the Pod HD showcased with a generic metal riff.  Let me know if you want the preset or the settings. 

ECRS High Gain POD HD Models

If you haven't seen the video of the kid freaking out about Sonic, go watch it.

Lyrics: 

You guys
You guys have officially 
made me LOSE MY MARBLES 

I'm tired of all you fricks
I am so frickin' mad
Spewed out at you
But frickin' poop merchants

Give us more boost away NOW
For cryin' out frickin' loud
What the frick are you guys doing?

Fantasies ruin everything.

WHHAAAAAAAAAA
 TELL ME
WHHAAAAAAAAAA
 TELL ME NOW
WHY DO WE NEED ALL THAT?
TELL ME

ASK FOR SOMETHING WORTH WHILE
RGGGG CURSE YOU.
CURSE YOU, SONIC FAN BASE!



 



SAHNIK MADE ME LOSE MY MARBLES

Pretty fun track so I did a quick cover with my buddy Kenny.  Check it out!

Cult Of Personality Featuring Kenny Watkins (Cover)

I left this instrumental for the longest time, but I thought I'd give the vocals a crack. (no pun intended)

Instrumental version: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6446045/Can%27t%20Wait%20Instrumental.wav

Chon - Can't Wait (Cover)

I recorded this for fun in 2020 and recently found it in my Dropbox. I had intentions of finding vocalists to complete the cover, but it never happened.

Volumes - 91367 Quick Cover.mp3

Sometimes you just have to pound some drums in a big yoga studio.    Thanks to my buddy Jacob S. for destroying. 

Details:

Overheads - Studio Projects B1s in spaced pair configuration.
Kick - Shure Beta 52 
Snare - Shure SM57 on top and unknown SM57 knockoff on bottom 
Rack Tom - Shure SM57
Floor Tom - Shure SM58
Room - Very spaced MXL 990 and 991 on either side of the kit facing away at 45 degrees 

Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Interface with the POD HD connected via S/PDIF for the 9th mic input channel. 

Light sample reinforcement on the kick to keep it consistent.  Everything else is natural.

Yoga Drums Mixed vs. Raw

I just bought Elixirs for the first time and gave them a shot on my Carvin CT424.  I REALLY liked the single coil tap tone I got out of it and wanted to test a little bit with a cool Gojira song.

Gojira - World to Come Guitar Toanzzzzz

Tuned my E string to drop Q and let 'er rip.

YES, I AM MAD BRO

So I heard the Doom soundtrack... lol

Here is a quick clip using drum samples I made while recording Defendant's first EP. Message me if you want them! Cymbals are Toontrack Made of Metal.

Guess that groove too. ;)

ECRS Defendant Drum Samples

Tarred & Feathered (Plini Cover)

I forget exactly how I came up with this.  I think I woke up from a nap and just started singing it in my head.  I probably ripped off a movie score that was on TV while I was asleep, but whatever. 

Movie Score Ripoff

This is my take on Foo Fighter's Skin and Bones (the live version).  I got bored and tried to get it done in one day.  I'm sort of proud on this one because I can never get good sounding stuff in my room, my voice isn't great, and I played the keyboard on this (which I'm bad at).  For all that, I think it came out pretty well.  I'm no Dave Grohl, but I hope you enjoy!

Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones (Cover)

This is based off of "My Own Summer" by Deftones.  

Superior Drummer 2.3 - Metal Foundry - Deftones Drum Model

I'm never going to do anything with this clip and I just found it on my hard drive. Yay.

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