I started playing the money riff in this recording when still living in Vancouver (circa 1998).  The riff became a song after a few jams with friends Steve (bass) and Shane (drums).  Our band was Jehoshaphat (circa 2000-2001).  Steve gets credit for the heavy second riff and the manner of the intro, and we worked on rest of the arrangement together.

We have a live recording and it turned out OK, but I wanted a cleaner recording.  I had always struggled with the "solo" in the middle and wanted to record something that had been in my head for some time.  The bass and drums in this recording are electronic instruments in Garage Band looped and copied as needed.  I then recorded myself playing along on my guitar (2009).

Metal Light

This song has two riffs, the second written first (circa 1998) and the first squeezed out in desperation on the drive home from work one day (circa 2000).  We (Jehoshaphat) were trying to play the title riff together (it's in 7/4, or maybe its 7/8) and we needed something to go with it.  Though I hadn't played the game since Pullman, I later realized the newer riff sounds a lot like one of the songs on DOOM2.

The bass and drums are electronic instruments in Garage Band with me playing guitar.

wjyoung