Name: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Terrica Trouble in Terrica Trouble
Duration: 4 min 34 s
Description: Recorded December 24, 2011, a few overdubs in January 2012. Crappy latency issues. Inferior recordist skills. Groove inspired by Slave's "The Great American Funk Song."

Terrica Trouble

This is a sketch. The idea was to use drum tracks that I recorded at Type Foundry recording studio years ago, and break them up, loop them even; and then record arbitrary guitar/piano/what-have-you tracks over them. A project for the sake of being a project. Also standard fare, I tracked riffs off the top of my head, so there's no thought out anything about any of this music. This being the case I haven't assigned titles to any of these audio sketches, just the usual reference name.

Piano, acoustic sketch

ELEVATION

Above ponds, above valleys,
Mountains, woods, clouds, seas,
Beyond the sun, beyond the ether,
Beyond the limits of the starry spheres,

My spirit, you move with agility,
And, like a good swimmer who collapses in the water,
You gaily furrow the deep expanse
With an unspeakable male delight.

Fly far away from these fetid marshes;
Purify yourself in the upper air,
And drink, like some pure divine liqueur,
The clear fire that fills the limpid spaces.

Behind the boredom and endless cares
Which burden our fogged existence with their weight,
Happy is the man who can with vigorous wing
Mount to those luminous serene fields!

The man whose thoughts, like larks,
Take liberate flight toward the morning skies
--Who hovers over life and understands without effort
The language of flowers and voiceless things!

-Charles Baudelaire, translated by Wallace Fowlie

Self-recorded to Zoom H4N 12/09/2014, Terrica Trouble on all instruments, masterfully and quickly mixed by Lauren K. Newman in Cubase LE.

Elevation

Traffic jam, wish I had a grenade.
If I did, I know what I’d do with it:
Take out you and your children,
Clear some space so I can get by.

Stuck in this car all day long,
Stuck behind some fucking slow poke.
You’re such a dumb ass -- pull your head out of the clouds
And get out of my way!

Growing up, riding horses through the fields,
There was room to breathe, and space to think.

Die!

Recorded by Lauren K. Newman at Type Foundry in Portland, OR 2009. It was my response to all the idiot slow-ass drivers on the road (mostly in P-Town). I played all the instruments. The song idea "Traffic Jam" was assigned by LKN.


Traffic Jam

Recorded on Zoom H4n, October 2, 2011. 70s Fender Musicmaster bass. Ddrum Dios orange sparkle maple kit. 1960s style white Road-Worn Stratocaster. Marshall Beano amp. Gibson GA-5T.

SWBW

Supply reel. Tape guide. Take-up real, tape guide.
Heads, erase, record, playback. 
Capstan, capstan idler, capstan motor. 
Supply motor, take-up motor.

The basic tape transport system,
The basic tape transport system.
The basic tape transport system!
The basic tape transport system!

The basic tape transport system.

Supply reel. Tape guide. Take-up real, tape guide.
Heads, erase, record, playback. 
Capstan, capstan idler, capstan motor. 
Supply motor, take-up motor.

Terrica Trouble on all instruments. This was an impromptu song I made up at Type Foundry, bombastically recorded by Lauren K. Newman.

Tape Machine

Beautiful girl, I need you
In my dull world. Let the light in.
Dreaming of your sexy arms and hands; they take me where no one else can.

Soul infinitely deep, mind that intrigues.
Your heart is where I found my home.

Dreaming of your sexy hair and eyes; out of me a literal rise.

Cosmic destiny when you saw me. There is only one right fit -- a tight fit.

Self-recorded to Zoom H4N on 12/31/2011. 60s Slingerland blue sparkle drums. Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (w/ P90s).

Tight Fit

Recorded December 24, 2011, a few overdubs in January 2012. Crappy latency issues. Inferior recordist skills. Groove inspired by Slave's "The Great American Funk Song." 

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Acoustic song recorded winter 2011 on Zoom H4N with 1990s Guild acoustic and 1960s Crest drum kit.

Into the Rainforest Mist

Listen to the Terrica Trouble playlist first. This music may require some patience. Terrica Trouble is a North Dakota born and bred rocker, residing in Portland, OR. These songs are mostly demos made up on the spot over the last 11 years -- ideas to perhaps be fully realized in the future. Terrica Trouble on all instruments. Contact: terricakleinknecht@gmail.com

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Terrica Trouble

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