Untitled Playlist

Lazy 2nd Max, with Simon Beck on Electric Piano

Duke Of Earl Bogdon

this is my custom made signature one string bass.

Exorcist (one-string bass)

Lead synth with portamento and pedal wah, backed by 1980s drum machine, random-filtered polysynth loop, and fretless bass.

Drums: Yamaha RX-21
Backing synth: Yamaha Reface CS, processed via Behringer Crave
Lead synth: Behringer Neutron with control pedal
Bass: Squier P-Bass Special with removable fretless fingerboard

Solid Fluid

Backing sequence: Stylophone DS-2 
Drums and sync pulse: RD-6 
Synth brass: Yamaha Reface CS
Strings: Behringer Solina
Wind-synth: Stylophone DS-2 
Bass: Stagg electric upright. 

The title means "Seize the moment" in Latin.


Carpe Momentum

A tribute to the Beach Boys (and other surf bands). Music, lyrics, arrangement, all instruments and vocals by Simon Beck.

I got a '52 Woody with a surfboard tied to the roof
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
But it's made outta cardboard; it ain't even waterproof
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
And ev'ryone else knows how to hang ten,
Ride a pipeline and do it again
I don't know
How
To 
Surf!
Well, I'm wearin' my baggies and it looks like I'm catchin' a wave
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
But I don't wanna drown and end up in a watery grave
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
It's a surfin' safari for everyone
But I ain't havin' no fun, fun, fun
I don't know
How
To Surf!
(instrumental)
I don't know
How
To Surf!
Here comes the surfing instructor, she's cute and she knows how to teach
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
And I'm the only one who needs surfing lessons right here on the beach.
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf)
If she starts giving me surfing lessons right now
It'll take all summer for me to learn how.
I don't know
How
To
Surf!
(Surf, surf, baby I can't surf) to fade

I Don't Know How To Surf

Korg Volca Keys played from full-size MIDI controller
Bass guitar
Melodica
Treble (alto) recorder
Stylophone Gen X-1 synthesiser

Sunset From The Monorail

Hobo Ken comes from New Jersey, but he hangs out on the Galactic Monorail.

Synths are Korg Volca Keys played from a full-size MIDI keyboard and Stylophone Gen X-1, bass is a customised Squier P-Bass Special, and harmonica is a Thomann chromatic.

Hobo Ken From Hoboken

Stylophone S2 takes the lead, backed by programmed drums, melodica, double bass and ukulele.

Toucan Tango

Spike is our lovely but very lively cat. This tribute (in 5/4) uses drums programmed in Hydrogen, double bass, Pianet and organ (without rotary speaker)

Spike's Theme (Leaps And Bounds)

Percussion loop programmed in Hydrogen, with nylon-string rhythm guitar, electric upright bass, Stylophone Gen X-1 and Mellotron strings.

Spinnaker

https://grahamkartna.bandcamp.com/album/tmp2
https://open.spotify.com/album/04JNRIRvf7Bvp8nbSWWMKE

scratchingMyEarsLikeACat TMP


This is a new release by Adie and Cam from We Happy Few. Their fourth album 'More Empty Boxes' is a stripped back acoustic project, bringing blues music back to its roots, with a contemporary spin on the genre. It feature's the playing and writing of two members of the full band and is a follow on for their 2010 release 'Empty Boxes'. These simple yet effective arrangements mix slide and finger style guitar with ukulele, double bass, and baritone vocals. It is also available for download on Amazon and Cdbaby. Thanks for listening!
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/more-empty-boxes/id580461523
http://cdbaby.com/cd/wehappyfewacoustic
http://www.amazon.com/More-Empty-Boxes/dp/B00ABL8HLC
http://wehappyfew.co.uk/

05 City Blues

Another Baroque-style improvisation, this time using two Behringer semi-modular synths, a Neutron and a Crave, patched together to create a 3-oscillator, two-filter monophonic system, with the resulting sound fed into the Neutron's analogue delay to provide incidental harmonies.

Gavotte

This song's nearly done! (even if the mix is still a little sloppy and hard to listen to).
I've been busy working on my new home's acoustics and will be building a silent PC before I get too scrutinous with my mixes though.

I've been posting my music and animation's progress on my Patreon if you fancy a visit! https://www.patreon.com/HarveyRothman

Scampish Scampi v2.0

The backing drone is a Behringer Neutron with sample-and-hold pitch-mod and a slewed square-wave shifting it up and down by a semitone. 

This is synced to a very old Yamaha RX-21 drum machine. 

Wurlitzer piano is from my Nord Electro 6D, as is the main brass part, using a sound sampled from a long-defunct Casio keyboard. 

The baritone sax part is the Neutron's oscillators patched through a Behringer Crave's VCF and played from a 1980s Casio MIDI horn. 

The bass is my Stagg electric upright, played through a Behringer ADI21 preamp.

Hivemind

I'm a self-taught multi-instrumentalist living in London, England. My main instruments are keyboards, bass guitar and double bass, but I also play electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, 6-string banjo and chromatic harmonica, and I will have a go at anything else that makes a noise.

My musical roots are in the Blues, but my recordings range in style from country to punk to experimental, with bits of funk, jazz and retro movie soundtrack thrown in. And hopefully a bit of humour...

Hivemind

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