This is my cover of one of my favorite soundtrack songs of all time: "The Blood of Cuchulainn" by Jeff Danna & Mychael Danna. This song is probably best known as the opening theme to "The Boondock Saints", but it also on their album called "Celtic Romance"

5/29/2021 - overhauled mix and re-mastered

Check out the video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaYDM5ZwqjE

Photo by Felix Mittermeier from Pexels:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/green-tree-photo-1080401/

Libraries used:

- Spitfire Audio BBC Orchestra
- BiasFX 2
- PercussionXL
- Toontrack's "Made of Metal" drumkit
- Noire Piano
- Barrage Cinematic Hits
- Kontakt Free Symphony Project

The Blood Of Cu Chulainn - (Boondock Saints Theme)

Snuff

Snuff  (Slipknot cover)

This is my cover of Opeth's "Burden" from their album "Watershed". 
This one has a ton more layers and had a steeper learning-curve than others I have recorded; but it was absolute blast learning this song (especially learning these solos). I was stoked once again to get my daughter to sing backups for this one.

YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i9rMiFsFR4

Burden

Burden - (Opeth Cover)

This is my cover of Joe Satriani's "Always With Me, Always With You' from his classic album "Surfing With the Alien".  After finally sitting down and learning the rhythm guitar on my nylon stringed acoustic, I decided to give the full song a try.

picture by Erik McLean:

https://www.pexels.com/photo/couple-standing-under-starry-sky-at-night-10087476/

Always With Me, Always With You

Rock cover version of "Pray Your Gods" originally from the 1991 Toad the Wet Sprocket album, "Fear". Once again stoked to get my daughter to cover the outro vocals :)


Photo by Adrien Olichon: www.pexels.com/photo/monochrome-…-hallway-2823459/

Pray Your Gods

Created a cover of the Pixies' "Where is My Mind".  Once again, totally stoked to get my daughter to do the backing vocals :)

Where is My Mind

Where Is My Mind - (Pixies Cover)

Nothing

Nothing - (Aeon Spoke cover)

Quick instrumental weekend mixing project

Breathe Me

Breathe Me - (Instrumental Sia Cover)

I wrote this song 25 years ago with my friend Jeremy; He wrote the lyrics and I did the music. At the time we didn't really have anything better to record it on except a little 4 track Tascam; so all these years later it seemed like a good opportunity to hear what it might sound like with my updated equipment. Like to hear it, here it goes:


(edit: had to re-upload. Original mastering was very "boomy".)

Bury It

Sun King

Nora Swanner's cover of Amy Lee's "Nightmare Revisited" version of "Sally's Song" from "The Nightmare Before Christmas". 

(played and produced by Dad.)

YouTube Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duu5JSLOc8

Photo by Karolina Grabowska: https://www.pexels.com/photo/two-people-in-ghost-costumes-standing-beside-an-illuminated-jack-o-lantern-5422684/

Sally's Song

Nora Swanner - Sally's Song (Nightmare Before Christmas cover)

Tool, but acoustic...but tool. Very tool. Much acoustic.  Very tool.

Stinkfist

Stinkfist - (Acoustic Tool Cover)

On the way to the airport this morning dropping my mom off for her flight, she heard this song on my playlist and said: "You should do a cover of this one."  

I said: OK. 

So here it is, King of the World.  Hi Mom! :)  Hope you had a good flight <3

Nope

King of the World

King of the World - (Bob Schneider cover)

My quasi-acoustic, kinda-unplugged cover of Thrice's "Music Box"

Music Box (Thrice Cover)

Instrumental about the Old Alton Bridge (aka Goatman's Bridge) just outside Denton, TX. Written and recorded after taking video and photos from the bridge and surrounding trails that will be featured in an upcoming video.

Update:  Here's a link to the video:

https://youtu.be/CpROS8k65hY

Goatman's Bridge

Classical guitar cover of Ennio Morricone's Gabriel's Oboe from the movie, "The Mission".

Gabriel's Oboe (Ennio Morricone)

I found some sounds that were begging to be put into an imaginary 1980's straight-to-video sci-fi movie that would have a name like "Bounty Hunter X".

Video now available on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7jXjiuE6o

Bounty Hunter X

Myrkur invited her fans to give their takes on an isolated vocal track for her song "Ella".  I thought it would be fun to write some piano and orchestral arrangements for it...turns out I was right: it was fun.

Hope you enjoy!

Ella

Myrkur - Ella - (Orchestral Remix)

This is a guitar/piano instrumental version of Tennessee Ernie Ford's live, mostly a cappella rendition of "Shenandoah".

Shenandoah

Cover of Billie Holiday's "Crazy, He Calls Me" from a Fallout 76 video I am working on.  Just some piano and guitars with some strings.

Jeff Swanner

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