I was trying to remember if I had done the drum track or not, then I read the description. Forgot about this one.

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Rachel and the Rachettes - vocals

Montana - Frank Zappa (cover)

This was one of my first sequencer songs.  I think there are about 16 different tracks, but not all are full tracks.  The sounds are PCM, because the song was done back in the middle 90s.  A drummer friend put keyboard drum sounds on it.

Silent Voice

This is a live recording of Todd Rundgren and Utopia from 1978.  It was a radio broadcast of a concert at One Block West in Kansas CIty, KS, back in 1978.  The broadcast was on KY-102 FM.  I recorded it on cassette tape.  Then years later, I slightly enhanced the quality, while moving it to digital.

Todd Rundgren and Utopia Live at One Block West in 1978

Trilogy was one of the first songs by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer that I ever heard. The sound of the Moog really grabbed my attention, and I am very happy to cover this song now in honor of Keith and Greg.

The piano was played on the Amber Upright from Nord, on the Nord Piano 2 HA88. The lead synthesizers were played on the Moog Little Phatty. The organ was played on the Nord Electro 4D. The synth strings in the intro and synth horns were played on the Yamaha M06. The bass was played on a fretted Fender Jazz bass copy that has been modified for me. The drums were Session Drummer 3, Andy Johns Kit. The suspended cymbal rolls were from the Vienna Symphonic Library Percussion Collection. I did all the vocals using a Lewitt handheld condenser microphone.

Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (cover)

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The Black Page #2 by Frank Zappa, covered by Rachel Flowers.

Frank Zappa was a unique artist who combined many different elements from many different styles. He loved to take rhythms and melodies to another level.

The Black Page is one of the pieces where Frank used unusual rhythms to take a piece to a new level.

For the drums I used Session Drummer VSL, Garitan Jazz, and Big Band.  Yamaha M06 for the synths and glockenspiel. Nord Electro 4D for the marimba. Nord Piano 2 HA88 for the piano. Fender jazz bass, custom MarbleHead guitar, and flute. I'm also singing the trombone solo at the end.

The Black Page #2 - Frank Zappa (cover)

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The Black Page #1 by Frank Zappa, cover by Rachel Flowers

Frank was always hearing the studio musicians in LA talking about the fear of going into sessions some morning and being faced with "the black page."  So he decided to write his "Black Page."

The drums were from Session Drummer plus some percussion. More percussion was from Garitan Jazz and Big Band, along with the horns. The marimba was from the Nord Electro 4D. The xylophone, violin, fretless bass, and synth were all on the Yamaha M06.

The Black Page #1 - Frank Zappa (cover)

I heard this piece on the live album, "You Can't Do That On Stage Any More, Volume 1." I always liked the harmonies. I had fun covering this song. I hope you have fun too!

The Mammy Anthem - Frank Zappa (cover)

Composed, orchestrated, and performed by Rachel Flowers on piano, keyboards, voice, flute, and fretless bass

Copyright Rachel Flowers 2015

Away

Away - Rachel Flowers

All the Mellotron strings were played on the Nord Piano 2 HA88. The drums are Garritan's fusion kit, as well as their percussion (different blocks and cow bells) all from the Jazz and Big Band library, plus the
orchestral percussion (triangles, suspended cymbals, gongs and bells),
and oboe from the Vienna Symphonic Libraries. I also played the Muramatsu flute, the Ibanez guitar through the Vox Valvetronix VT20X, and the fretted jazz bass through the Line 6 Bass Pod to get the right mixture of clean, and distortion. Then added some low strings using the Yamaha M06 keyboard by itself. Both the vocal and guitar were recorded through the Lewitt condenser mic.

Starless - King Crimson (cover)

Greg Swope and I wrote this song about 20 years ago.  I've just remixed it to make it sound clearer and crisper.

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