Easy Blossom

A collection from several sessions in March-April 2021

Featuring: 
Dan Schwartz (drums/glockenspiel) - Raiding the Hoard, Hive (Alternate)

Aaron Kostial (drums) - Quicksand, Boundary Patrol, Don't Give Up, Feelin It

Bei Cheng (drums) - Transfiguration

Kellen Waltman (Congas) - Transfiguration

Johnny Wick (Whatever else)

Feelin it

Raiding The Hoard

Don't Give Up

Boundary Patrol

Quicksand

A collection of r2r Demos recorded June - September 2021

Aaron Kostial - Keys/Drums on Wage Work, Onward Momentum, Still Kickin

Johnny Wick - Whatever else

Release date:
10 September 2021

Still Kickin

Two Years Gone

Contemplation

New project Debut featuring:

Mark Shaffer 
Scott Olbert
Bei Cheng

Recorded live in a Tascam Model 48

Easy Blossom - Validations

Recorded on a Tascam 48 live
Personel:
Johnny Wick - Guitar + Vocals + Engineering
Mark Shaffer - Bass VI
Scott Olbert - Keys
Bei Cheng - Drums

Photo Credit - Gabrielle Squitieri

Easy Blossom - S.A.D.

Recorded on a Tascam 48 and mastered via Otari MTR-10
Keys - Scott Olbert
Bass - Mark Shaffer
Guitar/vocals - Johnny Wick
Drums - Bei Cheng

Easy Blossom - Social Inebriation

Joe Paul - Drums
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Johnny Wick - Everything else

Tracked on a Tascam 48 and printed into an Otari MTR-10

Lightspeed

Johnny Wick - Guitar + Vocals
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Bei Cheng - Drums
Scott Olbert - Hammond

Recorded live on a Tascam 48

Easy Blossom - Be Direct

Easy Blossom is:

Scott Olbert - Keys
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Johnny Wick - Guitar/Vocals
Bei Cheng - Drums

All recorded live to 1/2" tape and mixed/mastered to 1/4" tape at Electrified Rat Studios.

Cover is our boy Pumpkin.

Easy Blossom - Too Close To The Sun

Easy Blossom is:

Scott Olbert - Keys
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Johnny Wick - Guitar/Vocals
Bei Cheng - Drums

All recorded live to 1/2" tape and mixed/mastered to 1/4" tape at Electrified Rat Studios.

Easy Blossom - Daily Grind

Demos for Easy Blossom Debut. 
Recorded mostly live into a Tascam 48

Bei Cheng - Drums
Johnny Wick - Guitar/vocal
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Scott Olbert - Keys

Easy Blossom - Hive

Demos for Easy Blossom Debut. 
Recorded mostly live into a Tascam 48

Bei Cheng - Drums
Johnny Wick - Guitar/vocal
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Scott Olbert - Keys

Cover is our girl Lady.

Easy Blossom - Burn Down

Recorded on 1/2" 8 Track Tascam 48

Keys - Scott Olbert
Bass - Mark Shaffer
Drums - Bei Cheng
Vocals/Guitars - Johnny Wick

Easy Blossom - Somehow We Get By

Laid off in March and his grandmother died in the same week, Johnny Wick locked himself in and pulled out his scratch tape to lay down any musical moods and emotions he had at the time. This is a collection of some of the more cohesive ideas put down on scratch tape.

The great Aaron Kostial on drums and synths throughout.

The Duel

The Dance

Birthday Party 1986

Always Dreaming

Lucid

Headspun

Scott Olbert - Keys/Vocals
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Bei Cheng - Drums
Johnny Wick - Guitar/Engineering

Easy Blossom - Gods Problem Child (Willie Nelson Cover)

Scott Olbert - Vocals/Keys
Bei Cheng - Drums/Backing Vocals
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Johnny Wick - Guitar/Backing Vocals/Engineering
Kevin Lynch - post prod engineering 

Photo - Ohio River during the peak Canadian Wildfire smoke hitting Pittsburgh area.

Easy Blossom - Dance (While The World Is Dying...)

Scott Olbert - Keys/Vocals
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Bei Cheng - Drums
Johnny Wick - Guitar/Engineering

Recorded live unto 1/2" tape (Tascam 48)

Easy Blossom - White Mans World (Jason Isbell Cover)

Johnny's rant on the technological transformation of daily life in 2023

Roaring Twenties - (Demo)

Johnny Wick - Guitar/Vocals/Engineering
Scott Olbert - Keys
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Bei Cheng - Drums

Easy Blossom - Turbulence

Johnny Wick - Guitar/Vocals
Scott Olbert - Keys
Mark Shaffer - Bass
Bei Cheng - Drums

Easy Blossom - Roaring Twenties

Song about 2020-2024 shenanigans and the debut of Black Doodle
Kellen Waltman - Drums
Johnny Wick - everything else

Black Doodle - Walking Through the Dark

Fall 2024

Recorded by myself to 8 track tape during a deep freeze in January 2025.

Overwintering

Easy Blossom - Darkness Darkness (Youngbloods cover)

Johnny Wick - Bass/Guitar/Vocals
Jackson Scott - Drums/Keys
Recorded on Tascam 34/TSR-8 mastering on Br-20

Produced in 5 hours after eating a Buffalo chicken pizza and consuming a 6 pack.

Endless Scroll

Rejecting the DAW for janky methods of making sound

Johnny Wick

Pinned to spotlight

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