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Wax Wings

After a long period of patience, Minneapolis musicians Mike Salow and Charlie Engen have at last outfitted themselves with the perfect personnel to form the band Ideology, with which they plan to pursue their deep interests in progressive metal music. This pre-album demo ,"Bliss" (formerly known as Boston Matrix)is the first track released by Salow or Engen that also features vocalist Wesley Berger, bassist Luke Ibach and second (but NEVER less important) guitarist John Whitaker. From the ambient introduction to the luscious leads to the thrilling thrash bridges to the single-string face-smashing faux-finale, this demo track will have you dying to know what's coming next. 

(c) Ideology and Mike Salow 2015

Bliss (Demo)

Probably the truest collaborative effort I've been a part of, "Proggle Balls" is a progressive rock reimagining of Jingle Bells created with my roommate/former bandmate/friend, Wesley Berger. Every aspect of this project was split 50/50, & we couldn't be happier with how it turned out. 

Paying homage to many of our prog (& non-prog) influences, this piece truly is a musical journey that will make you rethink what you know about Jingle Bells. Enjoy hunting for those little hidden nuggets ^_^

*Wesley also posted this to YouTube on his channel, which can be found here:
https://youtu.be/Z96g31DQMTM

Proggle Balls (An Ode to Jingle Bells in 7/8)

Track 2 taken from The Cold Album by Red Finton.

Slightly Struggle

A year or so ago I worked my butt off on covering this amazing song to the point where I managed to record the main part in one take. The band's management didn't seem happy that I used their instrumental track (or really that I did it at all) and blocked me off of YouTube. Well guess what? I'm not making any money off of it or really gaining any popularity off of it, and I worked hard on it and I'm gonna share it as many times as I can until they get sick of blocking it. The video is available here: https://vimeo.com/265242831

"Initiate" - Haken (Banned Cover)

Here's an idea of Wesley's: "Little Drummer Boy", using only basses to achieve the total sound.

Basses used:
4-string Music Man Bongo w/ Hipshot & piezo pickup
5-string Music Man Bongo
6-string Peavey Grind
4-string Carvin fretless (passive)
5-string Carvin fretless (active)

First time recording with my new fretless basses! Works in progress :)

"Little Drummer Boy" - bass cover

A jolly little Christmas collaboration between two lads and their favorite grump. If this brings you joy, we won't be selling it, but any sort of tips or donations are always appreciated! Venmo: @Wesley-Charles

Good Saint Nick - Two Lads, One Grump

Little Drummer Boy [I Play My Drum For Him] - Two Lads, One Grump

"River" - Two Lads, One Grump

"Christmas Time Is Here" - Two Lads, One Grump

Creating, Collaborating, other "-atings."

Cover Photo by Camilo Contreras on Unsplash

"Initiate" - Haken (Banned Cover)

Wesley Berger

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