Original song by Bern Callaghan
Vocals- Bern Callaghan
Drums, Guitar, Bass, and Synth- Jacob Logan

Lost In Space

Moon

My arrangement for three guitars of this beautiful piece of music.

Special thanks to David Falacko and Aaron Eldred for playing guitars 2 and 3 on this and Kendal Thompson for recording us.

Using the mastering rack at school, I utilized the Vintech preamp, Great River EQ, Q20 reverb, Pendulum compressor and finally the 1176 limiter.

The Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke Excerpt) - Joe Hisaishi

Liner Notes:
Beat IT (Metal Cover) (5:41)
From the Album "Thriller" by Michael Jackson (published 2/14/1983)
With/
Mike Shaw: Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar

Album Art from www.pinterest.com

My second project in my Audio 2 class was to pick a Grammy Record of the Year song and attempt to cover it in a creative manner in any desired style. Only the lyrics had to remain unchanged. I chose "Beat It" because I thought it would be interesting to turn a light rock dance song into a heavy metal song. The vision for this project was to retain the same structure of the song, but transpose it to a minor key, altering the rhythm, and adding a multitude of different elements that are present in metal music. Mike Shaw played all the instruments and sung vocals on this track, so big thanks to him.

Michael Jackson - Beat It (METAL VERSION)

Liner Notes:
Rosanna (Cover) (5:41)
From the Album "Toto IV" by Toto (published 4/1/1994)
With/Kendall Thompson: Lead Guitar
Aaron Eldred: Bass Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer 
Steven Schaffer: Conga, MIDI Brass
Michael Shaw: Vocals
Max Hopses: Drums

Album Art from paperlief.com

My first project in my Audio 2 class was to pick a Grammy Record of the Year song and attempt to cover it as accurately as possible. I chose "Rosanna" because of it's large amount of layered tracks and variety of instrumentation. Also, Toto is an epic band with incredible arrangement skills. This project wouldn't of ever happened without all the musicians involved, so big thanks to everyone who helped out.

Toto - Rosanna (Cover)

Be More Chill - An excerpt from the musical "Be More Chill" written by Joe Iconis. A soundboard audio recording.

Be More Chill/Do You Wanna Ride?/Be More Chill(Reprise)

Liner Notes:
Brahms in D minor 
Written by Johannes Brahms
With/Aaron Eldred
Mike Shaw
Johnathan Shanley
Jacob Logan 

Album Art from loff.it

My second project in my Audio 3 class was to mix and master someone else's recording from a class pool of songs. I picked Derek Gooderham's recording of Brahms in D minor. The first time I heard this song, I was blown away. The classical guitar quartet sounds incredibly elegant and distinct from other ensembles. Once I heard this piece, I knew I wanted to mix and master it. I really enjoy classical guitar and I have never mixed a quartet before, so I figured this would be a good learning experience. Thanks to everyone in the quartet for getting together to perform such a fantastic piece and to Derek Gooderham for recording.

Brahms in D minor

Changes (Black Sabbath/Charles Bradley cover) - Featuring Chris Kilcullen(guitars, keys, percussion), Mike Shaw(drums, bass), and Alexis Griess(vocals)

Changes

For Special Topics class during my 2nd to last semester, I decided to make a rap/hiphop kinda beat with heavy usage of effects, panning, and automation. Everything you hear is manipulated (sometimes extremely) samples I gathered. 
I also added various clips from youtube. Particularly Carl Sagan's voice in some spot parts. The more "quiet" parts are supposed to be reserved for vocals. I was going to make a chorus with me singing during the horn/flute sections but being in an apartment with wall to wall neighbors right now doesn't really allow me to currently do that. So I guess this is the "first draft" of the song. Instrumental only.

Enjoy...

And if anyone wants to use this beat please just ask me.

Pinky Promise

All instruments, vocals and production - Myers Mountain

Originally written and performed by Warren Zevon, 1976

23 June 2020

Lost In Space

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