This track was recorded by the late Wayne Baker in his home studio who played and arranged all instruments bar the drums (which were played live by Walter Kiess using an electronic drum kit - Roland TD9). The quirky synth sounds are from an old Casio keyboard Wayne had bought from a garage sale via another muso friend. This old keyboard was used in plenty of other recordings as some of it's sounds were actually quite realistic, especially in context with other instruments.

Mission Smart

Part 1, Walter's Mvt in F min

Written by Rodney Baker, Sung by Tina Fletcher & Wayne Baker, Produced by Wayne Baker & Walter Kiess (W&W Productions)

Whisper to the Wind

An upbeat (140bpm) little piece I'm working on which I can hopefully use at Step Aerobics class. Still a work in progress. My aim here is for a driving piece with a consistent beat to evoke a feeling of speed and travel.

Drive Me Home V0.1

For my dear departed friend and mentor Wayne Baker. This is his final mix on a rework of a song he played in the 70s with his Rock Band. He wanted it to sound a little "Yello" and jazzy. We produced the track together over several months in our spare time. It is still not complete as it was never fully mastered. He performed all of the instruments himself. He even included the original guitar solo and echoed it with a more modern solo. I did the main vox and together we did the bvox. He always told me he loves how I sound so condescending in tone, just what he wanted. RIP my good friend...

Two Faced Woman

This track was arranged and sung by Wayne Baker, Sound Engineer, Guitarist & Arranger. It was recorded live at the ABC Studios in Collinswood, Adelaide, South Australia one weekend somewhere around 2004 with the help of a few bottles of red wine, cheese and crackers. This track is typical of Wayne's arrangements and playing style, and testament to his genius. RIP my dear friend.

The Rheumatics - The Beat Goes On

This is a rare recording of my Cover Band, MENACE to Sobriety covering Kim Wilde's Keep Me Hanging On. I made every possible effort with the equipment and skills we had at the time to sound as close to the original as possible including the arrangement. I think we did fairly well under the circumstances. This recording was made in the family room and dining room of our sound engineer Dieter Leimann's place. Wires everywhere for a whole weekend. We used a 4 track cassette recorder to record the band live from the 1st Yamaha Digital 16 channel mixer made, the O1V.

MENACE To Sobriety - Keep Me Hanging On(N)

Another 30 sec loop (poorly recorded) using Ubuntu Studio as a learning exercise. I do love the loop though and will continue to develop it into a song (hopefully). This version has more strings in it than V1.

Example2-export-1

Same riff as before, but this time with a little more thought/arrangement. There is a middle part, but I haven't sorted it out yet.

Example3

Metallic Wind Chimes. Recorded with a pair of Audio Technica 3032 omni condenser mics spaced 600mm apart and 400mm from the chimes via class A Presonus preamp @  24/96 directly into Cubase 5.5. Exported to MP3 at 293kbs