Archive for April, 2007
Download - Cuckoo’s Nest
I’ve fallen in love with my Telecaster all over again - the tele has a crunch to its sound that no other electric guitar possesses, especially when the action is set up for really heavy gauge strings.
And then there’s my equally-lapsed love of drum machines. I used to use electronics quite a lot but [...]Interesting dulcimer soundclip
Here’s a really interesting recording - by a member of the EverythingDulcimer.com forum known as “DulcitTones” who had only been playing the instrument (and, indeed, any musical instrument!) for 7 weeks and decided to have a go at playing a Raga on an appalachian mountain dulcimer. The result is pretty impressive and very hypnotic. It’s [...]
Download - Mercedes Benz
Here’s another song I’ve recorded just for the fun of it.
It occurred to me that I seldom, if ever, bother to record songs that I sing without any instrumental accompaniment.
So I thought it was about time I did.
I never really understood why “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz” was [...]Download - Black Country Chainstore Massacre
Not long ago I treated myself to the CD86 compilation, which brought back loads of memories of the C86-generation guitar bands who were around when I first started buying records.
It also reminded me of what a great band Pop Will Eat Itself were (to my ears) before they went all electronic and stopped [...]