Music Projects
photo credit: Rene Burgard
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Art Gallery Ambient Music (2.3 meg mp3) Music for Hallways (Temple Rodef Shalom) fall, 2001 (for my Niece, Alice on her Bat-mitzvah!) Flaming Horses, Classroom 9, Miss Fish Westlake Elementary Jessica Turner, Guitars and structure, coaching and directions Dana Massie - e-bow overdubs recorded by Dana Massie in Classroom 9 Pattern RDR1 |
 Self Portrait : Emma Massie |
Music recorded mostly between 1989 and 1992:
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3.8 meg |
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True story - told to me by Cathode from Spaghetti Western. |
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1.6 meg |
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An exercise in programming TX-802 FM synthesis, step time, turned into a nice bed to improvise a single lead line, with the same new voice. |
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3.2 meg |
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Typical non-linear optimization/love story, also true. |
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3.9 meg |
Amy Excolere - Vocals |
Amy wrote these lyrics in minutes with aplomb! |
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3 meg |
Jeff Andrews - acoustic guitar,
vocals, lyrics |
We wrote this together in an hour - Jeff was unhappy with the drum loop, but I think the song is great. Lyrics inspired by the Gulf War. |
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2.5 meg |
Cait McWhir - vocals, driven
guitar |
One of my favorite songs ever. This evening was totally inspired. Brightness and light... |
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1.7 meg |
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Jeff had never really used sequencers before. He really got excited. We did this in one evening, in a tiny 120 year old cottage in Capitola, after Jeff helped set up all of the equipment. |
Be sure to check out Pets Gone Wild - a blazing collaboration between Jinny Royer, Rick Kleffel,
For a while in the halcyon days of the dot com explosion, Pets Gone Wild (and a zillion other bands) appeared on the pages of MP3.com. We got a lot of interesting emails and reviews. It was exciting and fun, albeit still on the margins.
Pets Gone Wild got these wonderful reviews:
Heal
Pets Gone Wild
Angels & Miracles
Everyday issues and concerns wrapped in music and
topped with the unique, compelling voice of Jinny Royer. Rick Kleffel, Steve
Deeble and
Check out "Heal" for the delightfully soul-pulling vocals and "Pets Gone Wild" for the sheer perceptiveness of the lyrics. Struck by the discrepancy between your wallet and your dreams, between children and intentions, between the walk to the office and the too bright blue sky? Pets Gone Wild is here, and they understand. - Zero
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Pets Gone Wild
This self titled song is a real enigma. Is it a rock
song? Is it folk (as it is listed on their mp3.com site). Is it jazz? Or, is it
an interesting montage of all the above? The obvious answer is "D" :
all of the above. This tune almost defies categorization and that can only be a
good thing.
"Quiet and sober, cruel and polite, sit on the floor, bathed in blue tv light". This phrase describes many facets of how mixed up an individual can be even when raised "right".
Pushing and pulling, extolling and controlling aren't the answers and can't save anyone from Pets Gone Wild. The tune itself features a mellow but danceable rhythm and a horn section that really shines. Subliminal -like musings in the background make for fun listening. This stuff makes me think of the coffee-house scene of the late sixties or early seventies. Groovey. - WIFE
Reviewers:
Pamela Zero and 'WIFE'