I've been busy with other things for a while, but here is a new mash-up to get your booty movin'! This time we have ZZ Top's "La Grange" mashed into Goldfrapp's "Oh La La."I think it works quite well, if I do say so myself.
So fire up your speakers and have a nice ride. And if you want this track for yourself, click the image to download it.
This trance-esq track was inspired by my Beloved. The voice is hers, reading a very romantic poem called "Enthralled" by Alfred Bryan. I was so taken by the poem and her read of it, that I added the music underneath to create this final track. I'm very pleased with how this came out.
Please listen on some good speakers or headphones; the bass (and the sexy voice) is worth it!
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Here is the full text of the poem:
Enthralled
Teach me to sin--
In love's forbidden ways,
For you can make all passion pure;
The magic lure of your sweet eyes
Each shape of sin makes virtue praise.
Teach me to sin--
Enslave me to your wanton charms,
Crush me in your velvet arms
And make me, make me love you.
Make me fire your blood with new desire,
And make me kiss you--lip and limb,
Till sense reel and pulses swim.
Aye! even if you hate me,
Teach me to sin.
"Enthralled" is reprinted from Pagan Love Lyrics. Alfred Bryan. Los Angeles: K. Mason & Collins Co., 1921.
As a guitarist, I'm obligated to do my "Jimi-thang" and do a cover of The Star Spangled Banner. No, really... they will revoke my membership if I don't!
The recording is a bit noisy, but I think it has a good feel. Enjoy and have a safe 4th of July.
In 2007 I was asked to do the score for an amazing independent film called Ordinary Angels. The story line was unique, and something I thought was pretty amazing premise. The OA FAQ describes it like this:
"Ever seen The Shield or COPS? It's kind of a police drama shot in a cinéma vérité (hand-held documentary) style. But in this case, the cops are angels, and the mobsters are fallen angels."
One of the cues I wrote was for a very intense scene of a woman who is about to die, while the Angles wait by her side to take her spirit away with them. After recording the final version of cue that ended up in the movie, I realized that it also could work in a different context. So the version I have here is the "Deathbed Scene - Rock version."
In this version I added drums and "Edge-y" guitars to the mix, and replaced the acoustic piano with an electric piano instead. Other than that, the basic tracks are the same as the movie cue.
Some years ago, I was working on video for the French music software company Arturia. I was working on a demo video for their (new at the time) product, the Arp200V - a virtual Arp 2600 synthesizer. While that project never saw the light of day as it was originally conceived and edited, here is one of the background tracks I did for it. This funky tune uses four instances of the Arp2600V plug-in; bass, keys, lead and even the drums.
I seem to be in an "ambient mode" these days, so here is another airy track.
I'm not exactly sure why I ended up calling this "Dawn Over Lourdes" ...I've never been there, and only been to France once and only for about 9 hours.
This has some Tibetan monk samples and some lovely pads from Rob Papen's marvelous Predator VST and the Korg Wavestation VST.
