This is a version of Bruce Springsteen's Jack Of All Trades from the Wrecking Ball album. It incomplete, because of my lack of guitar solo skills at the moment, but again, this is a track I intend to revisit and complete as I learn the solo as well as harmonica. I like this because it is my first cohesive recording. The first time I set out to record a multi track song and succeeded in getting an idea out with my limited skill set.

Jack Of All Trades Demo

This is my doodle for Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem. There are definitely issues with it, but I really like it because the process went like this: 

Record myself practicing the guitar track 

"hey I like that, I should sing over it"

Record single take vocal track

"Hmm, I think this suits my voice, I wonder what I can do with some MIDI..."

Play with the chord progression with some string presets

"This is something I need to finish, I like this."

So this is the first draft. Im excited about it!
 

Handwritten Demo

At Last

This is a work in progress. A short little jazzy thing, the idea is to convey the feeling of a date: first meeting someone. Starts kinda slow, picks up... he/she touches your arm and laughs and you feel it straighten your spine as you pick up on the flirtation. Then gets more complex and crescendos into something more intense and comfortable....a good night. 


Apricity

This is a cover of Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life from the film Life of Brian, written by Eric Idle.

While unfinished, this was a fun challenge for me. All instrumentation and vocalization was performed and constructed by me.  I really should finish it...and fix that part at the end when the music changes key and rather than finishing the vocals I just pitch shifted a bit and it all goes to hell.  

Bright Side

Enjoy my poor pacing in this short intro to I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man by a favorite artist of mine. 


I'll finish it at some point. Maybe.

ICNTTPOYM

This is just a short snippet.

When I was a kid, maybe 9 years old, I gave my mom a recording of me singing The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by a favorite artist of mine. 

I've been planning for a long time to rerecord it for her but have struggled to rework it in a way that would work w my no-longer-nine-years-old voice. There's no way I could match the original artists falsetto, so I have to bring it down to my level to finish...

TMBGITW

Experimenting with the unique percussion underlining this track.

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