This is If You're Gonna Play In Texas, originally done by the Country Band, Alabama - back in the 80s. It's a fiddle song, it don't start out that way, but it's a fiddle song, I promise :D .
This is Dixieland Delight. Originally done by the Country Band Alabama, back in the 80s.
All real instruments, all real vocals, all production, all me :O . This video of mine, when I put it up on YouTube, Alabama's people reported to YouTube that I was using their "Content". I would never do that, I sent in the dispute, and they came back and said it was now ok to keep the video up - that I was not, after all, using Alabama's music :D .
Just finished this one. It's the old Hank Jr. classic, Dixie On My Mind".
It's all me, all real instruments, all real vocals, and all production. Just so you know I'm not using karaoke tracks, AI, computer generated horseshit, or anything of the kind.
This is Song For Anna. Written by Andre Popp, I understand he wrote is specifically for Ohta San, one of the greatest ukulele players in the history of ukulele. Today you get me :D .
It's all me, all real instruments.
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This is one of my originals. I wrote and recorded this one sometime in the mid 90s. I did it on an old Roland VS 880, a stand alone 8 track recording system. They girl is Aria St. John. I heard her singing in a studio where I was waiting to do some recording. I rewrote the song to make it a duet.
All me playing real instruments, except the drums, that was Mickey Barrera.
Johnny B Goode, from way back when. This is one of the songs that got me to start playing guitar.
All real instruments played by me, all real vocals, me, no electronic or digital trickery, no karaoke tracks, nothing of the kind.
This was one of the first Merle Haggard songs I'd heard, way back when. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold.
All real instruments, all real vocals, no digital or electronic trickery of any kind, no karaoke tracks, no AI - ever. Oh, and all production. It's all me, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
This is a song from my all time favorite Rock & Roll bands. It's Green River, originally done by Creedence Clearwater Revival, but I didn't need to tell you that :D .
I'm playing my Ric 325, like John had. Different color, and I didn't put the Gibson PAF humbucker in the bridge position, being that I like the sound with the original toaster pickups in it. When I was 13, 14, I got stuck in my room often, and I would sit in there, with my cheapo Watkins Rapier guitar, and cheapo amp my dad found in an electronic shop up in Kaimuki. I ruined all my Creedence records learning one note at a time. I was obsessed, and I would sit there until I got them right, back aching, fingers with blisters and callouses. It's just what I did :D .
As always, it's me, playing all real instruments, no trickery, no fake AI, karaoke, "Content", or digital or electronic devices.
Add to that, I've been gangstalked, gaslighted, and otherwise screwed with for most of my adult life. Yes, believe me, I know what that sounds like, but well, it's not nuts if it's really happening.
So, on my music videos, I play all the instruments - all real instruments, of course, I sing all the vocals, do all the production. On most of my more recent ones, you can see right there in the video where I'm playing everything. For those who are not in the business, there is Multi Track Recording. It's been around since the 50s. I'm pretty sure Les Paul is the one who started it, who put it into play. I have a multi track system on my computer, it's called "Adobe Audition". I has 123 individual tracks, which I would never use that many. Normally I use between 10 and 15 tracks. Each track having one instrument on it. I have quality microphones, and quality preamps. I understand signal flow, I understand EQ. I've been in and out of recording studios for 40+ years, being a pain in the rear end to most of the engineers, I asked, I prodded, I tried different stuff. And my own - since the mid 80s, having done hundreds of recordings. The early ones - not so great, I was learning, screwing up, once in awhile doing something good :D .
So, this is the first one I'm putting up. I say this quite often, because of the platform - it's different listening to Spotify, or to the radio, you hear what's being played, where when you're on the computer or your phone, most people will listen to 5 seconds, then on to the next. You're never going to know if something is any good or not if you listen to 5 seconds, and if you listen only once. Also, you'll never hear the actual recording quality if you listen through the microscopic speakers on your phone, tablet, or computer. It's so much better if you use a decent pair of headphones, some decent speakers, or even some decent earbuds.
So, thanks for being here.
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