ZeCoop: My brother and I were together this past weekend and we ended with a big idea that we had started the weekend with... a live mixed song, created from looped tracks on two cassette players. We had a Tascam 488mkII (8-track) and a Tascam 424 (4-track). We each created various looped sounds and filled each track with them, one at a time. He filled up the 4-track and I filled up the 8-track. Each track takes about 12 minutes to record and doing it one at a time took a long time, even when we were recording one on each machine concurrently.

Anyway, this started Sunday night around 8 or 9pm. By the time we had everything figured out, recorded and set up... it was about 4am. We started the song and dove in deep - We ended 15 minutes later. It was really fun and very intense. :)

Moods (In Three Movements)

This is the big finale from my college band's biggest show - Earth Day, 1990, at Michigan Tech University in Houghton, Michigan.  We played mostly originals, but this is the kind of cover song we played... obscure songs no one had ever heard of.  :)

This is S.R.B. playing "European Son" by the Velvet Underground.
Jeff - vocals
John - guitar
Steve - bass
Brian - drums

European Son (Velvet Underground cover)

This is my tribute to one of the greatest musical innovators ever, and one of my biggest influences.  Featuring the amazing talents of Nathan Leigh -> check out his amazing music at nathan leigh [dot] net.

RIP Starman.

Staman

Starman (David Bowie cover) ZeCoop ft Nathan Leigh

My band at Michigan State University, The Self Righteous Bastards (SRB), playing a rare cover and live favorite at a concert at Michigan Tech University on Earth Day 1990 

Planet Claire (B-52's cover)

Ahhhhh......   High school rock bands.  This was my band in high school circa 1984 or so, playing one of our favorite King Crimson songs.  Our song selection leaned prog, and we didn't have a singer.  So we played in Scott's basement, lol. :) 
John Cooperider - Bass
Scott Kinsey - Keyboards
Brian Gorecki - Guitar
Jason Smith - Drums

Sleepless (King Crimson Cover)

A sampling of the songs I wrote for February Album Writing Month, 2015.  As always a wide variety of styles, including shoegaze, indie rock, surf, hip hop, alternative and a tribute to Devo, lol.  :)

Say Goodbye (ft Bijou Basil)

Snow Bouquet (ft Bijou Basil)

Mousketeer Happy Birthday Song

All six of the songs I wrote and recorded during Dot's Five Day EP Challenge, plus two others written and recorded, but not posted.
Still a work in progress - three of the songs have been sent to collaborator friends in England and New Zealand for lyrics/vocals.
Day 1: Let go and don't think too much
Day 2: Compose in your head first
Day 3: Collaborate with someone
Day 4: One hour challenges (1st, move fast and 2nd move slow)
Day 5: Use instruments and FX you haven't used for each track.

ZeCoop

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