My disclaimer on this is that I don't know if I would like it if I heard it played by someone outside of my context of creating it.  However, I like it because I consider it honest.  My favorite recordings that I make are done in one take and come out simply and easily.  This one starts with my partner in life and crime asking if I will still be home when they get out of the shower, me saying yes (after complaining about the heater that constantly appears in my recordings) and ends with the shower door opening.  I love catching those life moments in recordings.  In the beginning you can hear me figuring out the guitar riff, and, as with all of my favorite pieces, all the lyrics are made up on the spot.  It came out so soft spoken because I am embarrassed to be heard singing so I am right up next to the microphone being quite.  Music is too polished and secret.  Made to seem unattainable and difficult by professional commodification.  This isn't that.  Its not perfect either but what is . . . 

Guitar riff

I like this one.  Rough but with potential to be mastered nicely.

Mando movie 2

Taste of the Basement.  Old school jam from SW Mich.  NyQ, N8 Youngblood and I think the Starship makes an appearance.  We used to record everything.  This excerpt is from a 2 hour jam session.  One of many.  More to come.  

Old School Jams

Taste of the Basement.  Another jam session from the year 2000 (ish).  NyQ Boneventura on bass.  N8 Youngblood on drums and samples.  

Old School Jams 4

Short piece from the Basement trio.  These old recordings are full of these random little diddys.  

Old School Jams 2.2

Thanks for coming by yesterday to everyone who could make it.  We had a great time.  

Friends

Sometimes I dream music.  Just before I woke up today this played in my head like somebody turned on a record.  To bad it was all in bowed strings and I'm not very good at playing those.  Oh well, perfection is overrated anyway.  Enjoy

Dream music 3a

A slightly more composed version on the previous post.  

Dream music 3b

Bx & I setting around the living room with Mandolin and Guitar.  A nice random jam that just came out of hanging out in a room with instruments.  

Bx riffin

This is why I love having instruments just sitting around.  A tough sounding guitar duo with Bx and me.  Any old afternoon.  Two people making sounds and feeling okay.  

Bx riffin 2

The basement trio from around the year 2000 having another night of random music making.  In this track NyQ takes a request to make up a song.  Or something like that.  

Old School Jams 6

Victor sent me this guitar track via e-mail.  This is the poem I sent back: 
Record
I heard that
sounds
truck backing up in front of my apartment 
guitar
mandolin
bass
toy flute
violin
violin
violin
violin
violin

Stephen Lieto

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