A painfully rough demo version of what was a previously unheard and unperformed song.
I made this up when I was at a friend's place a long time ago... It's really just improvising.  It's an awfully rough recording.  Just a couple of mics in front of me plugged into a mid 70's TEAC tape machine.

Domino (Rough Demo)

Another really rough demo tune of something I've played to the public a number of times.  It's a cheesy break-up type song.
This was recorded onto a mid-70's TEAC tape machine with a couple of cheap mics placed in front of me.

No Thank You (Rough Demo)

I have decided to slowly unearth recordings of my old band Oneiros!  Feast your ears on some old goodness.
Before we broke up in early 2012, Oneiros recorded a full-length album entirely on analog tape.  We tracked onto 4-track analog tape on early-mid 70's tape machines and the tracks were mixed onto another tape before being transferred to the digital domain for mastering.  We recorded and mixed the album in my "home studio" throughout 2011 and the album was completed in early 2012... and shortly after, we fizzled out.
This is "I Hate Myself When I Hated You," a slightly lesser-known tune from our repertoire.  This was recorded around the summer of 2011.  I pretty much handled all our band's audio production and recording.
This file is actually from the original 44.1 kHz/24-bit transfer I made of the song, not the final master that went to CD.  Mastering consisted of EQ, very very light compression, normalization (with roughly 1 dB of headroom to be safe), and some editing and fading.
Oneiros consisted of:
Jimi Stivers - Guitar, Vocals, Songwriting, being a b0ss
Collin Hicks - Bass, Making people who suck at booking shows feel very awkward, Screaming "YEAAAH" at the end of successful takes (and encouraging the rest of us to do the same)
Sean Lemnah - Drums, Cringe-inducing backing vocals, Production/Engineering n00b

I Hate Myself When I Hated You (Raw Tape Transfer)- Oneiros

A weird little ditty by two members of The Death Cats.
Involves a metronome, bongos, and weird singing.

Sorry About the Drumsticks in Your Eyes

"Wet Sidewalk" is my first attempt at composing Tracker music with MilkyTracker.  It wrangles with parallel minor chords and introduces new things at very odd times.
I slowly put this together over the course of about 2 1/2 months before I decided to declare it complete.  It sorta reflects some of the hardships I was facing at the time.
I decided to eschew most standard staples of Tracker music for this one.  It moves at a slow, strolling pace with a more reflective vibe that goes against the common upbeat and chipper (uggh pun) style of classic chiptune.

Wet Sidewalk

Unearthed an old recording from an old band known as Oneiros.

This was the closer for one of our earliest public performances and was the first time I played at a proper venue.

It was recorded at the now defunct Clubhouse in Tempe, AZ on December 29, 2009.

"Set The City Loose" was an improvised piece, more or less "written" during the final rehearsing on the morning of the show.  This fast-paced and hard-driving number certainly wowed the crowd after dealing with a lot of talking between tunes!
Still, it was a fun experience and and excellent memory to have.

The lineup of Oneiros was:
James "Jimi" Stivers - Lead Guitar and Lead Vocals
Collin Hicks - Bass Guitar
Sean Lemnah - Drums and Backing Vocals

Oneiros - Set The City Loose - Live at the Clubhouse 2009

Here's something creepy I slapped together in Audacity.  I just felt the need to share this.
Have you ever pondered on what could be the funniest last name ever?
I think I thought of one.

The funniest last name ever

I just unearthed this lovely snippet from an old flash drive.  I made this a couple of years ago in one of the computer labs back in high school.
A good friend of mine sat next to me and witnessed the ordeal.... and I think he was also curious about Audacity, if I remember right.

SMAAAAAYYYYYUUUHHHH

This is about as raw as it gets.  It's just me and my lovely Les Paul, Goldie!  I probably spent like 45 minutes on this one!  It's a blues-based tune that pretty much rips on modern humanity in a sorta toungue-and-cheek way.  I recorded this on a mid-70's TEAC A-2340 RS with a just-unsealed reel of Quantegy 478 tape.