day 49

i spent many an hour dealing with music and the blog yesterday
but failed to record a new track

today i recorded 3 guitar pieces
the 3rd i split into two
so now there are four

the first two are for the herb

some belated birthday melodies


part three and four i found myself drifting off to the land of the redwoods
ahhhhhhh
soon come
soon come

day 49prt1_those bygone days.mp3">
day 49prt2_elasticity in nature.mp3">
day 49prt3_benign entropy.mp3">
day 49prt4_application of an arbitrary idea.mp3"> 

day 46

well

it seems i've all but given up on the idea of an everyday musical journal

the purity was lost the moment i stopped recording and uploading the same day

then i started skipping recording

now it's been a whole week

i did record one night this past week
and saturday too

i will post it all later tonight

i think i will still maintain this thing
but i don't see me being able to consistently keep this up every day

music wasn't as fun anymore
it became a chore

the challenge of coming up with new ideas all the time is amazing
but the obligation of it all
even though it was self imposed
gave me a sort of anxiety
i put undue pressure on myself

i think i just need a different perspective of the whole thing
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i am posting 4 bits that i had recorded wednesday night
two on acoustic guitar
and two on a non-amplified electric guitar that has a customized sitar bridge
all four seem a bit frantic and hyper
floating in and out and around some interesting ideas i think

day 46prt1_a day at the races.mp3">
day 46prt2_the hunter and the hunted.mp3">
day 46prt3_reluctant transcendence.mp3">
day 46prt4_dancing for the dead.mp3">

Day 34

the recording i am to post this evening will have to wait.
the internet for the laptop is not cooperating.
and as i have already found out i can't upload music from my phone.
so.
hopefully tomorrow.
it's a guitar piece.
a little rambunctious.
but somewhere in there is a memorable melody


day 34 - in a hurry to go nowhere.mp3">

Day 23

Still on track.

Too tired to go through the upload process right now though at 5am.

I have a guitar piece I recorded.
Nothing fancy.

Will upload it in the morn....

or three days later

here she is
in all her weirdness
was nothing fancy
then i added some really strange effect as i was recording it to the computer before it decided to give out on me

day 23 - hallway of doorwalls2.mp3">

well crap
this file is m4a
not mp3
new itunes wont let me turn a song from a cd from itunes into an mp3
hopefully it will from iphone tracks or ableton
so that means it wont just play on there for you
have to download
and can probably only listen to it if you have itunes
or wait until i set it straight
crap crap crap

so close...
....
final update before bed!
mp3action!!!
woo hoo!!!
got rid of that nasty m4a

day 20

i am going to post 4 tracks today

all were live recordings

no overdubbing for me today

first two i am playing with this toy dulcimer

it says it's a melody harp

but i know better

it's all out of tune

but to me it's quite perfect

day 20-prt 1-an open portal.mp3">

day 20-prt 2- no sleep for the weary.mp3">

the other two are guitar

the first has a bit of the out of tune/skronk inspired by the melody harp

day 20-prt3- open invitation.mp3">

and the second has a bit more melody inspired by things not known

day 20-prt 4-perpetual memorial.mp3">

day 15

another post that was started on the correct day and never finished
so i wipe it out and start anew

i did record on monday
just didn't upload

wasn't too pleased with the four recordings i did

took a break
thought i would attack it with a fresh perspective
but what happened was i passed out on the couch after watching the wire

how's that for fresh perspective

so i put three out of four
half hearted recordings
two banjo, one guitar

day 15_ squeaky chair banjo.mp3">
day 15_ banjo droppings.mp3">

the guitar track could have been the one to cherish had not the phone ran out of battery power mid recording

day 15_ left............mp3">

ahh well

there's always today to make it better

and tomorrow

and the next day

and the day after that.......

so i will add a bonus track

one for the more adventurous listeners indeed

i even have trouble with it

i was digging through some old, unlabled tapes

and found this

i know it's all me... one recording with one overdub

but i'm not sure how i'm accomplishing the percussive elements in the left side of the mix

the right side is me bowing a piece of steel framing wire that i have strung up between my walls


good luck

summer psychosis.mp3">

day 11

another late night session

acoustic in the bedroom
only place there was quiet

lots of activity in the house
more monster box creation
cooking
and records being played

.......

And obviously I didn't upload a new track last night.
I recorded one around 2:30am

But I was having more file host issues.
So I try in a minute to see if it works.

Gutar.
Smooth and mellow

Ahhh..... the sound of slide will always soothe my soul.

maybe it will help me to forget there is a lake developing in my house


day 11_ the slide that soothes.mp3

day 10

today was one of the more challenging days for recording something satifying so far

2 different instruments
and 17 attempts later

we get two parts of this melody i was trying to chase down

the second part was reminding me of the grey days in the northwest
the contrast of the dismal and the serene

maybe it's just me

but when i'm listening to it
i feel like i am on a ferry surrounded by thin mist and islands of pines

Day 10 conjuring the narrows

day 10_ conjuring the narrows.mp3

day 7

the end of week one

i spent all day noodling and overdubbing
and trying to download a music program

so i dont have to record through the iphone if i don't want to

but alas it was not meant to be today

back to the lo-fi to hi-fi

4track recording played through an amp
then recorded on an iphone

recorded several riffs and ideas
chose only one of the rough drafts to put a few layers on
all guitar
all day

it's been a while but once i warmed it up it was like i never missed a day

3 guitar layers and some pecussion
a very loose melody circling round and round

day 7_ guitar shuffle.mp3

update:
so after i listened to the digital version i am not so sure about the percussive elements i have added

might just be better with none

i give both versions
just for fun

day 7_ guitar shuffle_ sans drum.mp3