Live recording of Hijack Hill performing a cover of Cold Sweat. 

Hijack Hill - Cold Sweat (Megadeth Cover)

I'm finally feeling inspired to write music again. Can you guess why? :P

I like you

Mum (bless her soul) came in mid recording, and I managed to capture the epic ongoing altercation which has always been, and always will be...

The eternal struggle between Mother, Son and Music.

Afterwards, I decided to press on (quietly of course) and record a simple cover of the brilliant song by the best post grunge band that has ever been - Violent Soho's "Jesus Stole My Girlfriend".

Then I decided to add another guitar layer - and the result is my first ever recorded attempt at playing lead... and I SUCK! 

How the hell do lead guitarists do it? ???????

 

Jesus Stole My Girlfriend (Violent Soho Cover)

Time analysis of how this turd popped out: 

10am: Thought it would be cool to learn the legendary Queens of the Stone Age song 'If I Had A Tail'. 
11am: Learned it wrong and realised it was going to take a lot of work (being the crappy guitarist I am and all). Decided to just roughly record bits and put it together.
1pm: Dad wonders what that racket is coming from my room.
3pm: Psych appointment.
4.30pm: rushed home to record lead guitar work over it and then vocals... all in one take cause I'm lazy.
6pm: I process it from Audacity to an MP3 without fully checking it. Mum listens and is not impressed. I however am over recording (its never going to sound good anyway...).

Valuable lesson learned:  from never playing a song before to recorded in 8 hours = a product no more musical than playdoh... 

If I Had A Tail (Queens Of The Stone Age Cover)

Decided to translate one last Nirvana song onto the Uke for the year. Why? Because Carrie Fisher, that's why. 

You also might be wondering why it sound so badly recorded? Because I did it with my phone voice recorder, and it has been under water numerous times before. 

Observe at 2:16 when someone messages me (yes I was too lazy to re-record and/or fix it up).

Oh Me - Ukulele Cover Of Nirvana's Unplugged classic

After being handed down an old pad, I decided to jump through the Apple ID hoops and download Garage Band. After messing around with the drum machine for a while, I found a beat that resembled an old OK GO song and so decided to build onto it from there...

And thus, this cover was given birth.

Maybe, This Time (OK GO cover)

Started off with a fully sick beat, then added a few layers of ukulele, double bass, trumpets, bassoons, clarinet, synth (every instrument this program had really) and, of course, those weird vocals. 

Mix in some lyrics written in free association - and you have yourself the weirdest song I have written to date... man.

Need Holiday

Whilst playing around with da loop pedals, I accidentally tripped it on this loop. Somehow I couldn't just delete it... I started nodding my head and humming. The ancient Nordic ancestry buried under hundreds of generations wanted to come out. In haste, I recorded my the ensuing jam on my phone. 

This is unedited in any way - I apologize for the general crappy mc-crap crapness.

In Finite Loop

It's been a long time coming, but armed with new equipment and even less musical talent - I finally managed to complete a new song.

Stay Alone...

Another shit home recording while experimenting with my new 8 string acoustic bass and a loop pedal.

Regress of Regrets

What happens when you're feeling nostalgic while messing around on a loop pedal with your acoustic guitar and bass? 

... This.

Lost Friend Of Mine

This top chick I know turns 30 - and today I found evidence to show she likes the 'Flight of the Conchords' series (and hopefully their music too).

So I grabbed my brand new Uke and slapped together this cover for her on Garageband. It's been a while I guess....

Most Beautiful Girl In The Room (FOTC cover - For Miki)

This is the audio journal of a madman who will never fully understand the humans of this world...
And yet refuses to give up trying. 

Cho, Eduardo!

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