April 25
An Echo Of You Remained In The Transporter Buffer
An elegy for my stepmother, who passed away from ALS, based on a recurring dream I'd have of seeing her brought back to life in an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation via a transporter glitch. [more inside]
April 17
Kraid's Green Hill
April 14
OP-1 Clicks and womms
Recently got a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and this is a first attempt to put the 4-track through it's paces. It's a noisy little thing, extremely digital. In addition decided to put this together without any sequencers so the rhythms are... inconsistent. This is straight out of the device, no additional processing.
April 8
Fuxxed Rx
About 10 years ago I had a pretty terrible year. A lot of people thought they knew what was wrong with me & also thought they knew how to "fix" me, but they all turned out to be wrong.
April 5
Many Chords
My wife had a pessimistic guitar instructor when she was younger, one of those "there's nothing new in music, there's only 12 notes" kind of musicians. So, as a rebuttal to that mindset, here's an in-progress 50+ chord progression that I think is turning out swimmingly so far.
March 30
Thicket
March 29
Help me describe this
I have been writing some new songs that are probably influenced by the fact that I am listening to a lot more pop music than I used to. However, they don't sound like what I'm listening to, despite the fact that I do not feel I have invented some new, groundbreaking genre here. How would you describe this song? Any artists/genres it sounds like? [more inside]
March 26
Let's try that again
This is a complete reworking of a song I posted before (17) which is now...prettier? Mellower? Flows more? What do you think of my new direction?
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Adrenaline Hangover (band version)
So a few months I uploaded the original demo of this song, lamenting that we'd never get close to its character. [more inside]
March 25
Go Bag
I wrote this in October 2017. Originally it was going to be a lighhearted song about someone I know who used to carry around two bags everywhere they went, one of them a "go bag." In world news, Russia was expelling diplomats, North Korea had tested a nuclear bomb, almost 1000 people were shot in Las Vegas by one gunman, so it became something else, a love song for lovers in a time of fear.
March 24
Seen you
A spur-of-the moment recording. Mostly just a simple theme, but it was my first time playing electric in months.
March 20
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
An original arrangement of an old cowboy song, from the new album High on the Hog by Corwin Bolt & the Wingnuts. [more inside]
Bouree by Bach
March 19
09 - st faust considers the sparrows - vampire deer
March 18
08 - everybody wants a revolution until ... - vampire deer
March 17
07 - always going the wrong way - vampire deer
March 15
Again (Baroque)
Again, but with harpsichord/flute/organ synthesizers (I think), and harmonies. All synthesizer and harmony additions by my very talented friend Jonathan Russell. [more inside]
March 13
Soundtrack I Recorded for the Short "Inhumane"
I recently recorded this soundtrack for the short "Inhumane". I have linked the video below if watching the finished product is more your speed. let me know what you think.
March 11
06 - jordan day - vampire deer
March 10
manifesto
March 9
05 - this is a mirror that changes your face - vampire deer
March 8
untitleone
March 7
04 - song for a hollow year - vampire deer
March 5
You Don't Know Me
I came up with the chorus in the shower this morning and decided to record something by day's end. [more inside]
03 danny dollar - vampire deer
March 4
Dreams of Leaving
March 3
02 crown of stars - vampire deer
March 2
01 - plato's garage - vampire deer
Tuscaloosa
March 1
The Fluoride Conspiracy
Nightshade
February 28
Get Real Girl
Chin up.
Keep acting like you've got it made.
We both know you ain't.
You're laughing but it's true. [more inside]
Common Smartphone Problems And How To Handle Them
February 27
Scarlet Johansson's Human Suit
February 25
GAIA jam
Featuring Carlos Najar on guitar and your homeboy carrotadventure on synths and drum machine.
In this upbeat improv jam I am playing the Roland GAIA synth for chords and the Korg Monologue for bass. Also operating the Roland TR-8 for beats.
Nowhere to be Found
How I felt so lonely tonight
How did you find me tonight?
When I was nowhere to be found
February 18
Come To Me
How Long, America?
February 17
Slow Orbit
Making Local Stops
Decided to take a break from pop/vocal stuff to do something instrumental and chill. This be that.