Premiere recording of GOD FORBID (2022) for the University of Michigan Museum of Art's You Are Here exhibition, premiered by four absolutely fabulous Michigan saxophonists — written to be paired with Louise Nevelson's "Black Excursion No. 13."

Almost all anecdotes around Louise Nevelson position her as "the most forceful," a juggernaut who aimed for the top and didn't let up until she arrived. God Forbid reflects the orderliness of Black Excursion No. 13 and the unrelenting artist behind the pristineness. The title references a Nevelson quote about her former in-laws, art "connoisseurs" who disliked Nevelson's artistic pursuits: "Within that circle you could know Beethoven, but God forbid if you were Beethoven."

Maria Torres Melgares, soprano saxophone
Andrew MacRossie, alto saxophone 
Andrew Hosler, tenor saxophone
Alex Toth, baritone saxophone

GOD FORBID

track 04 / street fighter theme
short stuff EP / releasing july 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. ***

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* oboe is keyboard
** flute is keyboard
*** 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

short stuff

street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute**

track 03 / handsome model man
short stuff EP / releasing july 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

handsome model man

this one is not on the album.  its an alternate version of track five, which (in it's original form) is on the album.
short stuff EP / releasing july 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

any other way (slowed+reverb)

track 02 / you're everything to me
-- the reversed drums are from plex auchta
@plex-auchta
short stuff EP / releasing july 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

you're everything to me

track 01 / big fuzzy bumblebees
short stuff EP / released july 17, 2023
10 songs in 5 minutes. *

album artwork by my daughter - www.instagram.com/iboyte/

1. big fuzzy bumblebees 00:39
2. you're everything to me 00:34
3. handsome model man 00:35
4. street fighter theme for bass guitar, oboe* and flute** 00:35
5. any other way 00:11
6. i am not the one (ft taxihome) 00:30
7. hoochie mama (ft auntspinkick) 00:24
8. and they wait for the tiny bone 00:47
9. right behind you 00:21
10. sad little scratchy thing 00:32

all music and what not by andrew salvner except for:
- the reversed drums on track 2 are from plex auchta
- track 4 is a cover of a riff from a street fighter video game
- track 6 uses a reversed portion of a taxihome song

@plex-auchta
www.streetfighter.com
@taxihome

* 5:05 if you're gonna be a dick about it

big fuzzy bumblebees

armed with seven rounds of space doodoo pistols.  -kool keith

Michigan native — composer of operas, songs, dance works, and chamber works.

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