2010-07-16T00:55:00.000-07:00

rough demos and song ideas
A totally random selection of song ideas, in no particular order.

Have a drawer-full of stuff and songs, that I've just started to get through.

The soundscape I have in my head is a fairly sparse urban-desert with a fucked-up tremolo guitar/slide to the right, acoustic gt at the front, piano and a few soundscapes to the left.

Not miles away from what we've done before, but a more expansive landscape, with plenty of empty spaces. Twin Peaks, Calexico etc

My home set-up is pretty basic, so not aiming for quality here, but just to give you an idea of where I'm heading.

My demos always lack cool guitar-parts, as it's not something I can easily bluff, so a little imagination required.

If you can, listen on headphones, late at night, glass at hand.

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2009-09-27T02:32:00.001-07:00

LIGHTS OUT

This was written on the new guitar. Seems to capture my own predicament, standing at the edge of the cave.

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BLACK HOLES & BROKEN HEARTS (NOBEL PRIZE competition song)

Just a fun little tune. Fans were asked to name the track, and Paul Fletcher came up with the title, chosen out of 145.

For some weird supersonic reason, sounds better w/ 3D glasses on...

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AQUAMARINE, a duet

This is meant to be a duel of two desperados. Beware, as I'm doing both His and Her's Vocal parts, and had to impersonate the voice of a broken Hombre!

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ANATOMY

This is a point of reflection. I keep adding more and more dubs. One of these days the portastudio is gonna turn to me and say - "I just can't take it anymore...". This is an edited version, as the track goes on forever.

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CLOUDS

This was written in the wee hours, at the end of a long night at the cave.

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SNOWBALLS

Xmas 2009 song for all the drugsters.

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Drugstore Demos