A heart-wrenching expression of losing my cat to cancer expressed in a literal but euphoric song that releses her at the end. It took me 2 years to even be able to write about it after her passing, but I feel better for doing so.

Caught in a landslide

A projection of what my life was going to look like if I kept working as a contractor. Working on people's homes only to come home and work on my own, then look forward to sleep. Rise and repeat forever....I am so glad that is over.

Sleep

We are all just ants on this marvelous planet we live on that we take for granted. Like fuzz on a peach...

Fuzz On A Peach

Having someone as your whole world doesn't always last forever.

Jay Schram

You're My Life

I can't stand to see animal oppression or child cruelty. This was actually about both when I wrote it. Featuring Ray Muldaur on lead vocals.

The Cage

A song about a guy that has it all except for a girl and is lacking enough self-confident to go after her. The tragedy is that she likes him but he may never know......

Psyched on you

A song about a friends narcissistic GF who only took and never gave from the perspective of him being fed up and having enough....and a chance to stretch my drum programming skills,(let's face it.) I recorded everything myself on a 2007 iMac in OS 10.6.8 using Logic, EZDrummer, my white '92 AM dlx fat strat and an AKG CS100CS. 

Burnin" Love

Here's a song I wrote with Bassist extroidinaire Jeff Couture and recording with my old band darwindance with Mike Harrison on drums, Ray Muldaur on vocals and Jeff Couture on lead bass. We wrote the song lyrics in one in a beer sitting at Mikes old house, then went in his garage and recorded it that night, then I overdubbed the lead guitar. 
It's about selling out for the fame and fortune. I had that riff in my head for months and it was good to get it out. We all worked out the turn around pre chorus together and finished it that night. Nice and tidy.

On Top

This is a fusion idea I had, then tracked it one night. The bass is pretty rough because I am not a bass player. I wanted to record this just to get the idea before another song idea steamrolled it and it was forgotten.  The drums I programmed in XLN Addictive. The bass solo is pathetic, but I hope to find musicians who want and able to play this live with me or re-record it with the real drum solos that should be in the middle part. Everything was direct. It is supposed to be a blend of Funk and Fusion = Funksion.

Funksion 1

This was a song Ray Muldaur and I wrote and brought in to play with darwindance and recorded and Rhythmmik Studios in the valley. Jeffy came in from Vegas to reunite the darwindance foursome and we riffed the ending. Rock on. 

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Running Down Mix 3.0

Jay Schram is a musician with Guitar as his main instrument. He started on drums in the early seventies and guickly took to guitar in Jr. High school to the horror of his neighbors and family. Jay is currently songwriting and recording for other artists as well as playing in a Party band with friends on weekends around the LA area. 
Primarily a blues guitarist, Jay enjoys most forms of guitar music from classical to Jazz Fusion. Favorite guitarists are Jeff Beck, Steve Howe, Hendrix, Page, Al DiMeola, Frank Gambale,Pete Townsend, Frank Zappa, Frank Morino, Brian May, Mevin Johnson, Jon Mclaughlin and many others. Biggest musical influences were Led Zeppelin, Yes, Kevin Gilbert and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Current likes are Muse, Foo Fighters and Snarky Puppy.

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