Cover - Wild Thing

Does anyone want to guess what my wife's name is?

Cover - Mindy

Why do I endlessly cover songs by The Choir?

Vocals and acoustic guitar by Roger Shuman

Cover - Merciful Eyes

Perfect Ten - No Lyrics

The first song I recorded digitally, using only a drum machine and a fuzzed out bass.  The timing makes me cringe but it's still a fun one.

Pizza 4 Lunch

This is a 2000ish multi-track remake of one of my earlier songs.  This song once received a pity play from Dr. Demento.  Yep!  One of my songs went over the airwaves of America, fading into the ether and never to return.

I think it's in about four different keys, all playing at once.

Beware The Octopus

A strange song for my wonderful, enigmatic, and beautiful wife.

Daisy

Recorded for my wife on our 20th anniversary.

Night Changes

I saw a video with a lady scooping bees with her bare hands, a terrifying feat, all while speaking in a calm voice.  I knew I had to take this and juxtapose it with something fuzzy and raucous.

Scooping the Bees

For some reason I had this shoegazer melody in my head, and I don't even listen to the genre.  Most of that I know of shoegazer is from the classic Loveless album and so I took off from there.  Since that kind of sludgy, droning music seems a bit depressing to me I wrote on a downer theme, mentally referring to the song as George Baily's Dirge.  For vocals, again with the Loveless album, I kept hearing female vocals.  Thankfully I was able to find a free filter that converts your voice (free for the low-fi version, which was perfect for what I wanted).  

Dream Balloon

A bit sloppier, a bit noisier, a lot fuzzier... just the way I like it.

A big thanks to Ringo for providing the drums.

Day Tripper

In a short space I acquired an Alesis QS6.2, a Behringer JT-4000, a budget Gonkulator, and an Joyo Orange amp pedal.  It would be a crime not to over-use these in a song!

Adventures In New Gear Excesses

I've been enjoying this song immensely for the past few weeks and decided to see if I could record my own version in a single weekend... instead of the two to three months I normally take. Aside from my vocals (it's just barely within my normal range) I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Featuring my daughter Jubilee on the crow call!

Now It's On - Grandaddy cover

My attempt at a more conventional song.

"I" compliments of Grover.

Pardon me but Your bride is annoying
Kinda fake and her mannerisms cloying
Therapy would improve her state
And between you and me she doesn't look that great 

Your girl, sad to say, is a scolder
Say's she's friendly but I got the cold shoulder
Disagree with her, she throws a fit
And like everyone else she's a hypocrite

I heard you're in the business
Of miracles
It's gonna take a lot of miracles
To make this hot mess good enough for You

I should watch what I’m saying
My mouth is gonna get me in trouble
Talkin’ smack to the Son when I’m double dumb.

Go ahead and do Your thing
What do I know?  I’m just a schmoe
You’re the King and you know how the story ends.

You know You deserve much better
Than this cheater with the poo on her sweater
I think we can all agree
That this hot mess looks just like me

I can tell Your not listening
What do I know?  I’m just a schmoe
You’re the King and You know everything
Go ahead and do Your thing
I’m just a schmoe, that I know and
You’re the King and you know how the story ends.

You Didn't Ask My Opinion

My attempt at covering Shiny Floor but only using acoustic instruments.  No effects allowed (except for reverb).

Cover - Shiny Floor - Acoustic

One guy making quirky songs in an attempt to keep his sanity.

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