Original Music By Michael Delgorio
Here's the explosive title track written and recorded in 20 minutes live on my iPhone voice memo. A talented musician and old friend who shall remain nameless -- whom I wanted to collaborate with musically --, challenged me to do an original song. It seems he had no interest in recording a cover. This is that. It's one of a dozen odd (genre defying) originals done for that project. The lyrics are based on the FOMO (fear of missing out) stresses related to people’s addiction to mobile devices, social media and the premise that all the good that technology provides us should be tempered by responsible usage and self-control. A lyric line encapsulates the words of caution: 
“…Everyone’s trying to get ahead; I'm just trying not to wake up dead.” 
I had envisioned this universal “plea of hope” as a soundtrack to a film noir that provides caution about getting caught up in technology’s deadly hypnotic web -- with few chances of breaking free. 

Please note: Sound effects and a bass line were added in GarageBand. 
The Original Recording was done in my garage (really, actually) and the "reverb" is soto vocce natural echo with the sound bouncing of the walls. 

Three very small amps were used to track the percussion, vocals and guitar track -- all recorded concurrently in one take. Since I tend to lean towards ballads, this 127 bpm track is a bit out of my wheelhouse. 

So, it comes from another place in the universe. A re-mix and master was undertaken in May of 2016 to clean up the tracks, get a higher resolution aural experience and apply the punk bass line which, in retrospect, is pretty rocked up for its genre. 

Comments, shares and likes are entirely appreciated. 

Oh, and, that friend? I never did record with him. Seems he moved onto other things and recording original music wasn’t one of them. Isn’t it a pity?

Say, Oh Hey (to the Universe)

Do you know the Meaning of Life? This ditty poses an answer for you to kick around. Here's a little song I whipped up for my Fall 2014 Release Album titled: "Say, Oh Hey (To the Universe)". It is an original that aspires to be a throwback tune. It speaks to the kind of creative released by The New Christie Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary, Neil Diamond and, so many others on the 60's Folk Scene. It's meant to be a feel good fireside sing-along. So, open up a bottle of Boone's Farm wine, sit cross-legged on the floor in your flashy, colorful bell bottoms and flower power shirt. And, have at it. Up with people. Up with the Universe. Let's all go hug a tree, will ya'? Likes, shares and comments are most welcome. Peace, Love and Happiness on ya'!

A special shout out to  Peter Frampton for the inspiration on the TalkBox effect peppered oh-so-lightly into the second half of the track.

Meaning Of Life -Michael Delgorio - eMastered

A little ditty to evoke warm breezes, palm trees and the Island Life. Comments, Likes and Shares are most appreciated, mon.

Saturn Limousine - Michael Delgorio - eMastered.mp3

If Barry White invited Neil Diamond and Jack Johnson over for an impromptu music session at his favorite House of Worship, "(In the Name of) Old Cape Cod" might be the resulting track. It should be noted that the always awesome Sanna Hatfield (UK Based) vocals are featured on this upbeat and hopeful track. Her contribution to the final record's tone and attitude can't be overestimated; simply put, Sanna made the track what is: Thanks, Sanna!  This track is from the "Say, Oh-Hey to the Universe" sessions of original songs. Originally recorded in the third quarter of 2014 the track was remixed in May 2016 to add presence to both the Bass track, the keys track and then the updated file was enhanced to ultra high resolution MP3 sonic quality. At some point the true master in ultra high quality Wav file format will be released. As always, your comments, shares and likes are entirely appreciated. A follow would be super nice, too, if you want to be ahead of the crowd for new releases!

Old Cape Cod - Delgorio - Hatfield- eMastered

Here's an explosive track written and recorded in 20 minutes on my iPhone voice memo. A talented musician and old friend, whom I wanted to collaborate with musically, challenged me to do an original song …since he had no interest in recording a cover. This is that. It's one of several originals done for that purpose. The lyrics are based on the FOMO (fear of missing out) stresses related to people’s addiction to mobile devices, social media and the premise that all the good that technology provides us should be tempered by responsible usage and self-control. A lyric line encapsulates the words of caution: “…Everyone’s trying to get ahead; I'm just trying not to wake up dead.” I had envisioned this universal “plea of hope” as a soundtrack to a film noir about getting caught up in technology’s deadly web--with few chances of breaking free. Sound effects and a bass line were added in GarageBand. The Original Recording was done in my garage (really) and the "reverb" is actually natural echo with the sound bouncing of the walls. Three very small amps were used to track the percussion, vocals and guitar track---all recorded in one take. Since I tend to lean towards ballads, this 127BPM track is a bit out of my wheelhouse. So, it comes from another place in the universe. A Remix and master was undertaken in May of 2016 to clean up the tracks, get a higher resolution experience and apply the punk bass line which, in retrospect, is pretty rocked up for its genre. Comments, shares and likes appreciated. Oh, and, that friend? I never did record with him. Seems he moved onto other things and recording music wasn’t one of them. Isn’t it a pity?

Say Oh Hey - To The Universe - ReMix- eMastered

One august day – Michael Delgorio
Here’s a track that I wrote and recorded in the Fall of 2014 to celebrate my daughter’s 19th birthday. It was Re-Mixed and eMastered in May of 2016. 

One August day, a little over twenty years ago, my wife and I jetted off to southern China to adopt our daughter. And, our lives were positively altered from there on in. For eternity, Peyton is my greatest gift. This is that story. I wrote a book about it titled “Dancing In The Dark” about this experience upon return from our trip. 

The reason for the title was the fact that, upon entering Newark Airport on return with our new daughter, the first song we heard on the airport P.A. system was by Bruce Springsteen. I immediately realized, how apropos: with our new baby in tow, we completely were dancing in the dark. If the song sounds “Springsteenesque”, so be it. 

Huge, lifelong thanks go out to Fran -- everyday -- for making this happen and, for being the world’s best Mom to our angel. The retelling of that story distilled the book-long and lifelong event into three and a half minutes audio palette. It was…a great, creative, experience in editing. And, a wonder filled tour de force inspired by an “alpha baby” whom “the sky thru and the earth caught.” A greater parental love has never been known.

Comments, likes and shares/re-posts are much appreciated. It’s a story, told...entirely from the heart.

The lyrics follow, for those who are into the details:

©2014 delAardvark Communications, Inc.
One august day - by Michael Delgorio

Early one September morn, | a true life force | to us | was born
Pei Lian | was on her way, | to forever | change our life-long-day
Couple traveled | clear ‘round the world, | to embrace | this precious girl
A silly toy | in red and blue | they brought along to play a tune
She pressed that button all along | ‘til silly toy was so well worn
So the sky threw you; | and, the Earth | caught you, too
Barely a rag doll with | big brown eyes, | dressed in clothes | so oversized
Fevered Burn | running through your head, | an infant clearly underfed
An alpha baby | from the start, | a Nanning child with hungry heart 
Caught your breath | in a labored way; | now we’re here | one au-gust day-Oh
From Guangzhou to Singapore, | Korea to | the Alaskan door
To the East Coast USA, | some 18-thousand miles away
Like a modern day | Noah’s Ark, | Springsteen sang | Dancin’ in the Dark
So we began | life’s winding path, | with squishy toys | for the bath
Over night | you were off to college, | with a head full o’ | millennial knowledge
So the sky threw you; | and, the Earth | caught you, too
Barely a rag doll | with big brown eyes, | dressed in clothes | so oversized
Fevered Burn | running through your head, | Love we felt | can’t be under said
An alpha baby | from the start, | another child | with hungry heart
Caught your breath | in a labored way; | now we’re here | one au-gust day-Oh
An alpha baby | from the start, | another child | with hungry heart
Caught your breath | in a labored way; | so here we stay | one au-gust day-Oh
So here we stay | one au-gust day-Oh; | so here we stay | one au-gust day-Oh


One august day - ReMIx - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

A talented Aussie songwriter challenged her musically inclined Twitter followers to suggest some music and lyrics around the theme of someone (like herself) busting out of a small town to conquer the world...with, all her unbridled youthful aspirations in tow. 

She called the concept: "To The Ends of the Earth." 

This is the result of that original effort. This demo was written for her to sing...so the male performance stands in that context. She sings like a bird...so, a top notch female vocal delivery should take it to the next level. 

I put this on my originals release CD called "Say, Oh Hey (to the Universe)” in the Summer of 2014...Though the original spare demo was guitar and voice only ( and didn't have any of the more ambitious production accouterments of the other originals on the album) I revisited the original take, remixed and eMastered “Cinnabon Life” in May of 2016. 
We'll see where this goes...with it remixed, additional orchestration added now the track approaches dare I say - a full-bore Ska feel. Please let us know what you think. Likes, shares and comments are most welcome. Get a frozen marguerita and, a large shaker of salt and have a listen, Mon.


Cinnabon Life - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

Everyone loves a good story. We've enjoyed telling them in words, pictures and music. 

Please follow MichaeldelAard here and on twitter @MichaeldelAard. We've long been moved by the rough cuts, bootlegs and demos by storied artists both past and present because they show pure emotion, high creativity unfettered by auto-tune and over-production. The elimination of anything that could remotely resemble anything but a perfect track is not part of this stream. This project is more about spontaneity. You'll find perfectly human imperfections and, spare (lean and mean)demo productions throughout. On occasion, though all tracks were recorded ultra-simply on an iPhone's voice memo app, we would pull a track into GarageBand to add a track or sound effects (as in several of the originals, herein)...but all in all these are low-fat productions that reflect our most basic love for music and storytelling. Nothing more than that. Should a track tickle your ear, we'd be most grateful to here about it. Thanks for the opportunity to share with you. Follows, comments and shares are welcome.