Here's a series of tracks recorded, ultra-simply, on my iPhone voice memo app. Low fat tunes, plain and simple! Comments, likes and share would be entirely appreciated. Thank you, kindly.

The Buffalo Calamari Sessions

Nowhere

Prove You Right

Picturing Myself With You

Mississippi Men

Time & Place

Proceeds from the sales of Caroline's new single "Fall for Me" will aid in the rebuilding of homes destroyed by land fires in Portugal through the ADECOM Association. 

Fall For Me

Soft Spoken Words

Tween

If You Should See

One of my favorite Boss songs.
 (featuring Faces on Film and the vocals of Amelia Bradley)

The River

"The River" ...A tale all too familiar to so many a young couple. We let Bruce Springsteen's poignant lyrics say it best: 
"Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
N’ Mary acts like she don't care." 
We recorded this in the late Fall 2015, per usual, on an iPhone Voice Memo App in the garage given the natural, subdued reverb that the space delivers. It's one voice, one guitar (an Epiphone J-160E) all un-amplified and, this is the second take.) (The first take was not recorded.) Yes, John Lennon's long lost version of this iconic Epiphone guitar recently emerged from its disappearance a half century ago and sold at auction for $2.4 million. 
No matter, the melody to "The River" here is not dead-on per Bruce's seminal style. As with all the covers on The Buffalo Calamari Sessions, this track is all about the story: nothing more, nothing less. If it resonates with you for the emotion, its simplicity, or, the off-the-cuff performance, we'd rightly appreciate a shout out, a follow, a share and a post to your social media channels. This chestnut deserves all the lives it can get. And—another life in an alternate form. A million thanks to Bruce, again, for allowing this cover for "educational purposes only." Then again, the Boss is like that. He get's it.
In June of 2016 we remixed the boss’ gem and mastered if via eMastered.com. And, there you have it: The River. That’s your Auntie Fannie and Uncle Bob...and, off you go.


The River - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

The gone-all-too-soon prolific artist known as Prince has laid down countless tracks to much deserved success. In fact, it's rumored his vault holds enough recorded music for another lifetime of releases. Prince's creative powerhouse was boundless in the studio and it is only surpassed when he took to the stage to amaze every audience he went before. While Prince was still alive, Eric Clapton was once asked "How does it feel to be the greatest living guitarist? He pensively replied: I don't really know. You'll have to ask Prince."
Here's a chestnut re-envisioned for the coffeehouse genre. Devoid of a sensibility that comes from mullets, padded shoulders and a androgynous 90's pop-funk, this version of the When Doves Cry takes on a new sense of film noir energy and a sense of urgency, hopefully better suited for 2016 -- the year of the composer's untimely passing. This one's for you, sweet purple one. A million thanks for taking us along for your exciting, enthralling ride. It was in a word...awesome.
Post Script: The original April 2016 solo voice and guitar demo track was ReMixed with added instrumentation in June 2016 and Mastered vie eMastered.com


Buffalo Calamari Sessions

When Doves Cry - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

The work of the Beatles is, seemingly, never done. It will be reinvented time and again…for a long time to come. Based in the Blues, this little ditty began in a dank basement somewhere in 1920's rural America (Robert Johnson are you listening?) and, ended up in London, ca. 1960's getting bent, folded and manipulated into something totally new, fresh, and OH!-so-heart-wrenching. Leave it to John Lennon to find solace in gut-wrenching, painful relationships. Here's our own darn, lightly oaked version. Giving it a spin, you’ll be well done in around 3 minutes. Comments, likes and shares would be Oh!...so sweet. Oh! Darling. There ya' have it...

This recording lives on our Buffalo Calamari Sessions Album, for good reason. It was recorded on a late 1990's 12-string Ovation guitar; captured in the garage for that extra-dull, cavernous-void flava. Savor it like a rare Single Malt Scotch, Kimosabes. We hope it'll grow on you: Perhaps it will, if you've experienced one ounce of angst in ya' life.

While the guide track for this chestnut was recorded in the summer of 2015, it was ReMixed in June of 2016 and Mastered courtesy of the Grammy-Award Winning folks at eMastered.com. Taylor Swift, my dear lady, feel free to go ahead and eat your heart out darling. That’s what The Blues is all about!


Oh! Darling

Oh! Darling - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

Here's another track from the Buffalo Calamari Sessions. Per usual, this was a garage recording, captured on a iPhone voice memo in one take, with one voice, on one track. It's that simple. And, that guide track was uncomplicated; wrestled to sound bite in three minutes: No more, no less. While recording, we realized this chestnut is a bit of a tribute to our fathers and grandfathers alike who were immigrants from Italy. We hope the emotion speaks to those who came before us. As much as we like to think we are vastly different from our parents, we really can't escape the similarities of a life lived as an apple that dropped not far from the tree. 

Enjoy, if you care to listen. A like, comment and share would be very nice and much appreciated. It seems we are all so busy to take a breath, observe and engage with the storytelling arts and those that spin those stories; those who persist to operate on the furthest reaches of indie frontier.
While this was first released in May of 2015 as a solo acoustic demo it was remixed with parts added in June of 2016. The folks over at emastered.com handled the mastering process with their Grammy Award winning engineers behind the technology.


Old Man

Old Man - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

With the loss of his first child, a son named Conor, Eric Clapton wrote this tribute to try to deal with unspeakable loss of his child. The song resonates with anyone who has suffered a loss and has to deal with reconciliation and the realization that you must go on -- while honoring life lost. Here's our own darn version. 
Originally recorded as a very simple recording: one voice, one track, one guitar. No varnish. Just the truth, in an attempt to re-tell it in a plain jane fashion. That was the tracks first incarnation. Covered in October 2015. 
Post Script: In June of 2016, the track was brought into GarageBand to ReMix with additional instrumentation. The Mastering was then parceled out in the Grammy-Award Winning hands of emastered.com. Thanks again Collin, fine job, as usual.

Hope you like it. Comments, Shares and Likes are appreciated. Every day is precious. Enjoy yours like there's no tomorrow!


Tears In Heaven

Tears In Heaven - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

Guitar players look to their instruments for inspiration. In this instance, it was a acquisition, a Ovation 12-String guitar dating from the early 1990's. We used it to record this song, a favorite, hopeful song about redemption and relationships ...from the always impressive Sting. We relate to the song's story for several reasons personally and professionally...and, equally wanted to hear a pared down version of this ballad on the newly acquired Ovation. This is a simple message, a prayer and a promise to a lover that things will be better...even if they don't appear to be so in the current situation. Hope is a good thing, don't you think? Thanks for having a listen to this humble offering. Just a lone voice with few embellishments (a Latin infused bass line and an exotic trap percussion beat)and, a newly acquired guitar that needed an airing is a reserved tropical setting. Comments, likes and shares are most appreciated especially in light of Sting's recent drop of his 57th & 7th Album in early September 2016. A thoughtful man, he is, that Gordon Sumner fellow. A busy mind, indeed.

Fields of Gold

Fields Of Gold--ReMix- Michael Delgorio -- eMastered

Pecas is the nom de canción of Brooklyn-via-Madrid artist, Sandy Davis. Through pecas, Davis invites us to dance slowly, even cautiously, as she mixes gentle percussion and breathy vocals into a brand of R&B that is both seductive and sinister. Playing off of the traditional tropes of “baby-making” music, it’s characteristically silky and smooth, but it’s music to do-the-dirty to with one eye open - where “Let’s Get it On” quickly becomes “You Better Run” if listening closely enough. The combination of glittering sounds and alluring vocals is a lethal one. Pecas is a gender-bending femme fatale for a new generation.

T-Shirt

Pecas - T-Shirt

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.

The River - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

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