Sunshine

Little Reggae with Jen

this is kind of a british invasion-influenced song. recorded at a home studio on an m-box with: 

a washburn acoustic guitar
a shure mic
garage band effects
apple drum samples
a cheap casiotone keyboard i bought from a neighbor who was selling her ex-boyfriend's shit (i also got a 4-track!)

Zombie-3

my ex-wife wrote the lyrics to this. my instructions to her were: "write a belle and sebastian" song. i recorded it straight through the m-box with:

a shitty ibanez strat copy my brother-in-law gave me (thanks, uri!)
a shure mic
apple rhythm samples
effects
a cheap casiotone purchased off the street (see other song for details)

Onenightinthesnow-r3

very simple song - washburn acoustic guitar and cheap casio-tone and voice - all recorded into a shure microphone suspended by a clothespin. drum samples with a little treatment - actually, i ran them through a VOICE sampler and they got this tinny sound.

LYRICS

you met her on a night you were out too late
drinking sake cosmos in the lower haight
she was waitressing her way to an mfa
in the plastic arts at san francisco state

you rode your track bikes home through the park
stoppin for a snort and a grope in the dark
she blew you away when she started to play
alex chilton's 45 of "till the end of the day"

(ch)
she was into camel lights
and stayin up all night
now you know that she's your thing
coz she's got a nipple ring
and her boyfriend is away
with his band down in LA
so her loft is wide open
which is just what you were hopin

while you were drownin your tamale with a pbr
you saw your little hipster honey at the back of the bar
with a bassist named rob from her media job
showing off her black rose tattoo scar

so you landed home early in a state of need
your roomie's into having casual sex on speed
you gave it a try and discovered you were bi
now you're twice as lucky as the last lucky guy!

(ch)
she was into camel lights
and stayin up all night
now you know that she's your thing
coz she's got a nipple ring
and her boyfriend is away
with his band down in LA
so her loft is wide open
which is just what you were hopin


The last lucky guy

my first recording... sang right into the condenser mic of my laptop

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