Here's a Power Ballad by The Calling from 2001. It always appealed to me...since it was reminiscent of a track in the Jack Black Movie called "School Of Rock." This was a song played by the winning/competing band--in the battle of the bands with the kids--their over-the-top power ballad song sounded like this to my ears. Here's my own darn version of the Calling's fine job. Again, this is an unvarnished track, No apologies. One Man Band Style. You'll find room noise and all, particularly at the end of the track. It was recorded to the iPhone Voice Memo tool. Done in one take, on the 4th take as I was rehearsing the song. Just a guitar, one voice doubled-- then harmony added at the chorus section via a voice pedal in real time. The beat was canned and live to the take. (Sorry, drummers everywhere...you weren't around at the time) There ya' go, here it is. Comments welcome. Any one?

Wherever You Would Go - Michael Delgorio

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.