Thursday, December 3, 2009

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Phineas and Ferb Theme

This is such a fun song to sing. I performed it a few weeks ago for my daughters' 2nd and kindergarten classes and the kids new almost all the words. No surprise there. It's a tough one to pull off solo acoustically, but I still enjoy it.

Phineas and Ferb Theme

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Beatles--Octopus's Garden

I always play Octopus's Garden when I perform for my daughters' classes. I play it just like this. Since the song is so involved with orchestration, I like to play some of the other instrument sounds with my lips. The kids have a blast with it and so do I.

Octopus's Garden

Neil Diamond's Cracklin' Rosie

Oh, this tune is so fun to sing. It's groovy, quiet, loud and is in dire need of a schweet guitar solo. My wife and father in law danced to this at our wedding.

Cracklin' Rosie

Monday, November 30, 2009

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

I used to do this Neil Young song as a cover back when I performed solo acoustic. It was always a favorite of mine. I like the swampy sounds of the lead, the easy flow of the melody and the simplicity of the lyrics.

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

You Could Have Had Me

"You Could Have Had Me" is a song I wrote and recorded a demo of during lunch a few months ago. I plan on rerecording it with drums and bass with some other musicians in what will be my first long-distance home recording session. It will be interesting to see how it will go.

This version was recorded with my Boss BR600 digital 8 track with the on-board microphones.

Listen to the song by clicking here.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I'm Yours

I recorded this one a while ago. I was practicing it for a live performance and messed up in a few spots, but it was still fun.

Jason Mraz's I'm Yours