016 Year-old holiday meandering

Another solo jam, recorded in the basement in Smithers in late 2010. This one has also changed somewhat, having been shaped into a slightly more song-like structure. Title dedicated to Bob Geldof.

Does He Know It's Christmas?

014/015 Manic/Depression

For about a week I owned a cool little battery powered 4-track recorder. I plugged in a guitar and bass through bunch of battery-powered pedals and improvised two songs, then later added some drums. It's not often I record without a plan, and even more infrequent to do so direct, without an amp. I kind of liked the results though. If I was richer/more famous/better I would release this on a 7", so just pretend you're setting your turntable to 45 rpm and enjoy.

Manic

Depression

013 Solstice Blues (title to change)

Sometimes I jam by myself. I set up the looping gear, pick a couple drum beats, turn off my brain and have at it. Later I edit the results (mostly by removing the parts that repeat for 10 minutes straight), and use the edited track as the basis of a new song. This one was recorded a while ago...on the 2010 winter solstice, to be exact. It has a new title and some lyrics now, but I thought it might be vaguely interesting to compare this to the finished song when it's ready to post.

Solstice Blues (rough jam)