A collection of some of my various acoustic, bass solos, digital & analog recordings and collaborations.

Anthology

A few old garage-band recordings from the first band I played in: Emerald Steel between 1987 - 1989 in Miami, Fl.
Low-fidelity recordings..... from the past.
Band Members:
Guitars: Ed Peterson
Guitars: Tim Hylton
Drums: Steve Dirocco
Bass: Randy Monhollen

Emerald Steel - Ancient Recordings

Emerald Visions online recording project
Cover song of "Venus" by "Theatre of Tragedy" from the "Aegis" album.

Female Vocals: Nina M. of Toronto, ON
Guitars & Male Vocals: @jc-blackheart of Mexico City
Drums: Netviator of New York
Piano & Synth: Andy Politano of Virginia aka @usernameinvalid
Bass: RandyMon

*Sidenote: The image on this track created using Blender 3d

Lyrics & Translation:
(Latin):
Circa mea pectora multa sunt suspiria
De tua pulchritudine, que me ledunt misere

Venus! - I trow'd thou wast my friend -
Professed to Heaven thou wouldst send;
As a disciple of a villain
Didst thou act the tragedienne

Iam amore virginali totus ardeo

Amor volat undique, captus est libidine

Venus! - I trow'd thou wast my friend -
Professed to Heaven thou wouldst send;
As a disciple of a villain
Didst thou act the tragedienne

Iam amore virginali totus ardeo
Circa mea pectora multa sunt suspiria
De tua pulchritudine, que me ledunt misere
Tui lucent oculi sicut solis radij
Sicut splendor fulguris, qui lucem donat tenebris
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(English):
Around my heart there are so many sighs
For your beauty, that has hurt me bitterly.
 
Venus! - I trusted that you were my friend
Professed to heaven you would be sent;
As a disciple of a villain,
Did you act like an actress in this tragedy?
 
Virginal love now all ruined
Love flies around and the lust is captive.
 
Venus! - I trusted that you were my friend
Professed to heaven you would be sent;
As a disciple of a villain
Did you act like an actress in this tragedy?
 
Virginal love now all ruined
Around my heart there are so many sighs
For your beauty, that has hurt me bitterly
Your shining eyes are like rays of the sun,
Like the splendour of a lightening that enlightens the darkness.

Galaxies Collide

Venus (Theatre of Tragedy cover)

Emerald Visions - Venus - Theatre of Tragedy Cover

Bass solo - first digital recording.

Bass: Ibanez SR800 4-string
Preamp: ART SGX2000, clean channel settings
Recording software: Samplitude

Randy Monhollen - Anthology

Bass Solo - Take 1

Bass solo - Take 1

An experimental .xm (FastTracker) file I created. 
(Initial rough draft) Order & Chaos

Solar Winds

Coded by Randy Monhollen
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement (sonata #14) because I was obsessed with it while in college.
Format: modulation file (.mod, .s3m, .xm) (original file: moonl3.s3m) using only two piano note samples. Orig. file size: ~7KB

Anthology, Culinary Dream Soundtrack

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement

Recorded in 1988 in Miami,Fl. by Emerald Steel.
Guitars: Ed Petersen
Guitars: Tim Hylton
Drums: Steve DiRocco
Bass: Randy Monhollen

Lo-res recording in a living room with tile floors

Evil Eye (Malmsteen cover)

Emerald Steel - Evil Eye - Yngwie Malmsteen cover

When Galaxies Collide

Mystic Waves

Randy Monhollen - The Metal Recordings (Disk 1)

Call Of The Wind

A rough classical composition.  A bit raw but it has potential

Primer concept for Synth, Violin, Chello, Bass, Guitar & Flute.

Change of Seasons

An experiment... mostly solid but due for remastering...
Some of the vocals could use another round of recording.
Male Vocals: Jim Abbiati
Female Vocals: Ellen Stang
Drums: MaidenMan
Guitars: AlienSporeBomb @aliensporebomb
Bass: RandyMon

Emerald Visions - Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath Cover (draft 1)

Emerald Steel - 1988 lo-fi recording (garage days)
An Original composition written by Ed Petersen
Guitar and vocals: Ed Petersen
Guitar: Tim Hylton
Drums: Steve DiRocco
Bass: Randy Monhollen

Emerald Steel - When Madness Wears A Crown

Initial recording mix of the Nightwish coversong: Beauty and the Beast.
*** Missing drums for the 2nd half of the song.  If anyone interested in completing the drums for this song - please contact me or send in a track (any typical format).
-------- Member lineup ----------
Female Vocals: Nina M of Toronto, ON
Male Vocals, Piano & Synth: Stefan Daumier aka Dionysus of Quebec City, QC
Lead Guitar: Nick aka WitchingHour of Los Angeles, CA.
Bass Guitar, Beast Vocals: Randy Monhollen of Huntsville, AL.
Partial Drums (1st Half): MaidenMan of West Palm Beach, FL.

Beauty and the Beast (Nightwish cover)

Emerald Visions - Beauty and the Beast - Nightwish Cover

Emerald Steel - lowfi recording 1988 in Miami, Fla.

Guitars: Ed Petersen
Guitars & Vocals: Tim Hylton
Bass: Randy Monhollen
Drums: Steve Dirocco

Queen of the Ryche(Queensryche cover)

Emerald Steel - Qüeen Of The Rÿche - Qüeensrÿche Cover

Written by Multifaros, Part of the Culinary Dream videogame soundtrack.

The Factory

The Boss (Multifaros)

The Staff (Multifaros)

The Product (Multifaros)

The Company (Multifaros)

Written by Multifaros.

Part of the Culinary Dream videogame soundtrack.

Track #5

The Factory (Multifaros)

A little piano score - bear in mind that I'm not a pianist.  I just sat down at a piano and this is what came out. It's a bit raw in it's execution. Please forgive the imperfections, I feel it has good potential if a real pianist were to play it. This track is royalty-free. Do with it as you wish, just show me your work if you improved it or used it as a starting point. Cheers my friends, music brings us all together. 💜

Cold November Days

Written by: Tim Hylton & Ed Petersen
Recorded in 1988 in Miami, Fl.
The title refers to the dual 747 Disaster in Tenerife on March 27, 1977 and is a tribute to the ~583 people that died that day.

Guitar: Tim Hylton
Guitar: Ed Petersen
Bass: Randy Monhollen
Drums: Steve Dirocco

747: Flight of Disaster

Emerald Steel - 747: Flight Of Disaster

Emerald Steel - Original Garage Days recording (1988)
*Remaster #1 (quick): 06/20/2019

Guitar: Ed Petersen
Guitar: Tim Hylton
Bass: Randy Monhollen
Drums: Steve Dirocco

You Don't Care

Emerald Steel - You Don't Care

Emerald Steel: Dragon(Fly)- an experimental unrefined instrumental piece from our garage band days (1988).
This is the short version.  
The long version included a ~2 minute Neo-Classical Metal bass solo in the late-mid section.
Written by: Randy Monhollen
Guitars: Ed Petersen
Guitars: Tim Hylton
Bass: Randy Monhollen
Drums: Steve Dirocco

Dragon(Fly)

Emerald Steel - Dragon(Fly)

Drums: John Hill
Guitar: Jeff
Bass: Randy Mon

Destiny's Creed

On your knees

Destiny's Creed - On Your Knees

Drums: John Hill
Bass: RandyMon
Guitar: Jeff

Destiny's Creed, Randy Monhollen - Anthology

Into the void

Destiny's Creed - Into The Void

Kiss of Summer

Written by Pocketmaster 
Track #8 of the Culinary Dream Soundtrack
The Pocketmaster warrior chef joins you on your journey

#010010

Highway Up North (Pocketmaster)

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Bass guitar is my primary instrument but I play various other instruments plus code & modulate samples.  I'm also an Indie Game Developer
Emerald Visions is an online recording project I formed back in 2000. Our most recent recording is Venus - completed on 11/2018.
I apologize for the vast amount of lofi recordings but I'm attempting to remaster them to increase the quality. 

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