Collaborations

cover of the Box Tops classic.  

I did all the parts including vocals.

The Letter

This is an audio recording of a blog article I wrote that went viral. 

This is an introspective approach to understanding why we fail and the battle between the struggle to survive and the quest to so something Amazing. It is hard hitting and will probably make you a little uncomfortable. 

Once you listen, stop by www.Raymmar.com to explore more of what I do. 

7 Reasons You Will Never Do Anything Amazing With Your Life

http://soundcloud.com/dbug/

Living life from day to day.
You’re turning away from the gray.
It’s been a long time a-coming.
You’ve paid your dues all a-bumming.

There’s no stopping you now.
You’re done listening to all the static.
That’s all it was.
It entered into your head and confused your mind.

Chorus
Round and round the desert you’ve been,
Seeking the way and losing much time.

Striving ahead thru the narrow gate.
It ain’t too far; you won’t be late.
Look only ahead.
And not side to side.

Chorus
Round and round the desert we’ve been,
Seeking the way and losing much time.

It’s all okay.
You see the way.
Don’t look back.
It won’t be there.
Just go. Go on ahead.
No one’s around to take you down.
Go Go Go. Go.

Chorus
Round and round the desert we’ve been,
Seeking the way and losing much time.

Ending
Go 1000xs

Collaboration with Donnie Bugden

Music by Donnie Bugden
Words by Jim Guittard
2011

Desert Dreaming - with Donnie Bugden

http://soundcloud.com/dbug/

This is another collaboration I did with Donnie Bugden that I think turned out pretty good. I came up with the basic rhythm guitar, bass line, and keyboard line. Donnie contributed the guitar with special effect, emotional melody and lyrics for the song. I sang basically in unison to his vocal track.

Here are the lyrics:

First Descent

I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know
I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know
The longest way down
Pulling shovels from the ground
Broke down now
On the way home
You are the last descent
The last to know
The last to go
The shortest way up
Pushing picks from the sound
Get off the merry go round
I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know

Music by Jim Guittard
Words by Donnie Bugden
2011 

First Descent - with Donnie Bugden

Collaborators are: 
http://soundcloud.com/candjcrighton
http://soundcloud.com/dbug
http://soundcloud.com/hazy-cosmic-jive

I'm freaking out in this pit
it's not so very lit.
Gotta start swimming around
Wanna be freedom bound

My Decisions are left behind
I think i’ve clouded my mind
It’s dimly lit in the surround
Wanna be freedom bound

I'm held down and oppressed
There's no time to even get stressed
The fear overtakes me now
to be free is that which i vow

CHORUS: moving ahead, flying instead
clearing the mind.
leaving the dark behind

Everyone's occupied.
They're all dried up.
We all gotta move.
There's nuthing to prove.

here now we approach the day
in the new age that arises
follow the shore along the bay
life offers new surprises

CHORUS: moving ahead, flying instead
clearing the mind.
leaving the dark behind

The unknown is the known.
Don't be a drone.
Let's build it up.
Let's build it up.

CHORUS: moving ahead, flying instead
clearing the mind.
leaving the dark behind

Freedom Bound - Jim Guittard, Colin Crighton, Hazy Cosmic Jive, and Donnie Bugden

Collaborated with http://soundcloud.com/dbug

Where are you going today?
Will you always stay in the same spot?
Or will you get up and go away?
It is all okay.
We've been here before.
They want us to be afraid.
But it's not gonna keep us down.
Get up from your desk.
You've spent too much time there.
You wasting away.
Make something happen.
Create. Be the change you want to see.
The skies will part
and the clouds will go away.
There's something okay and beautiful to see everyday.
Burn down the past. Go On.
We know there are other people waiting to get up.
Just Go.

Words By Jim Guittard
Music by Donnie Bugden
2011

Movin' by Jim Guittard and Donnie Bugden

Four tracks of heavy, swirling, distorted garage psych from Fulerton CA’s Cosmonauts. Great companion to their recent LP released on Burger Records.

A1. Lazerbeam (stream or download above)
A2. Cult Your Hair
B1. Crocodile Teeth
B2. Slower

Check out this live video of Cosmonauts performing Lazerbeam at Austin Pysch Fest 2012: http://vimeo.com/45969269

Cosmonauts - Slower

Some Other Time

Zen-Drivers' epic song about the freaky deakies you see at Walmart.

Walmartians

recorded this around 2002 in Los Angeles California on my 4 track Tascam machine.  It's raw and lofi and was buried for over 10 years in storage but I think it is pretty good for a demo.  Probably I'll rerecord it.

Tired (acoustic version)

Another one with my friend Clayton on my 4track tascam machine.  This one was recorded in Mesquite, Texas probably around 1995.  My brother played lead and rhythm guitar and harmonica, I think.  I played lead guitar and Clayton sings.  It's pretty bluesy and lofi.

Clayton Blues

This one's an oldie about relationships gone bad and learning the hard way.  It was recorded mainly improvised in a stream of consciousness way back in 2001-2002 in Los Angeles on a 4-track machine.  It is part of the Guittard Tapes, a group of tapes that have been lost for over 10 years and now recovered and released.

http://jimguittard.com

Girl's On Crack

This one is from the Guittard Tapes recorded around 2001.  I lost the version with the harmony vocals and found it in 2013.  Here it is!  Recorded in Los Angeles on a 4-track Tascam machine.

Getting There Is Not So Easy (with Harmonies)

This song is nothing without the wahwah pedal!  Did this with my brother Bob Guittard in 1994 on my 4-track Tascam machine in Dallas, Texas.  Bob plays the lead guitar and I play the background rhythm guitar.

Wah Wah Special

Posting more of my lo-fi works.  We are about to the end of my backlog! 

First Descent - with Donnie Bugden

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