For Christmas one year, I wanted to make a special CD for people on my list. I decided to put together a quick and short EP (4 or 5 songs) played and recorded very simply - on an acoustic guitar. Once I started playing, it quickly turned into a full album's worth of material... After listening back to the basic tracks, I started adding little lead synthesizer parts and 'presto' - the whole thing started coming alive for me... «« click to show details
For Christmas one year, I wanted to make a special CD for people on my list. I decided to put together a quick and short EP (4 or 5 songs) played and recorded very simply - on an acoustic guitar. Once I started playing, it quickly turned into a full album's worth of material... After listening back to the basic tracks, I started adding little lead synthesizer parts and 'presto' - the whole thing started coming alive for me. The sound of the analogue synthesizers mixed beautifully with the natural acoustic guitar - in an almost psychedelic way.
Track List:
1
Pledge Of Allegiance
0:40
2
Dont Know What I'm Sayin
3:00
3
Freedom Needs Attention (featuring Zane Williams)
2:22
4
Each And Everyday
3:07
5
Do You Realize (featuring Al Woods)
3:23
6
On Queen Anne
2:28
7
Oops I Did It Again
1:28
8
Raspberry Beret
1:32
9
Say Hello Jam (featuring Zane Williams)
3:48
10
Espresso Junkie
1:46
11
En Passant (featuring Michelle Flowers)
2:29
12
Universe Poem
3:35
13
Come As You Are
2:15
14
Oh Darling
2:11
15
People Are Strange
1:38
16
Empty Beer Can
4:18
17
Beautiful World
3:54
18
Dreamland (featuring Michelle Flowers)
3:06
Recording Info: Recorded Christmas time at the Flowerpot Recording Studio in Seattle on 8-track reel-to-reel analog tape using a Guild D-35 acoustic guitar and various analog synthesizers (Roland JX-8P, Roland Juno-106, Korg MS-2000, Korg Poly-800). Microphone used is the Neumann U-102.
Musician Credits: All instruments and vocals composed, performed, recorded and engineered by Dave Flowers except the following special guests - Zane Williams: lead guitar/music improvisation on 'Freedom Needs Attention' and 'Say Hello' - Alfonzo Woods: vocals on 'Do You Realize' - Michelle Flowers: vocals and lyrics on 'Dreamland' and 'En Passant' - 'Each And Everyday' written by John Talamantes (from the album 'Pulling The Plug.'). Includes cover tracks.
For Christmas one year, I wanted to make a special CD for people on my list. I decided to put together a quick and short EP (4 or 5 songs) played and recorded very simply - on an acoustic guitar. Once I started playing, it quickly turned into a full album's worth of material... «« click to show details
For Christmas one year, I wanted to make a special CD for people on my list. I decided to put together a quick and short EP (4 or 5 songs) played and recorded very simply - on an acoustic guitar. Once I started playing, it quickly turned into a full album's worth of material... After listening back to the basic tracks, I started adding little lead synthesizer parts and 'presto' - the whole thing started coming alive for me. The sound of the analogue synthesizers mixed beautifully with the natural acoustic guitar - in an almost psychedelic way.
Track List:
1
Pledge Of Allegiance
0:40
2
Dont Know What I'm Sayin
3:00
3
Freedom Needs Attention (featuring Zane Williams)
2:22
4
Each And Everyday
3:07
5
Do You Realize (featuring Al Woods)
3:23
6
On Queen Anne
2:28
7
Oops I Did It Again
1:28
8
Raspberry Beret
1:32
9
Say Hello Jam (featuring Zane Williams)
3:48
10
Espresso Junkie
1:46
11
En Passant (featuring Michelle Flowers)
2:29
12
Universe Poem
3:35
13
Come As You Are
2:15
14
Oh Darling
2:11
15
People Are Strange
1:38
16
Empty Beer Can
4:18
17
Beautiful World
3:54
18
Dreamland (featuring Michelle Flowers)
3:06
Recording Info: Recorded Christmas time at the Flowerpot Recording Studio in Seattle on 8-track reel-to-reel analog tape using a Guild D-35 acoustic guitar and various analog synthesizers (Roland JX-8P, Roland Juno-106, Korg MS-2000, Korg Poly-800). Microphone used is the Neumann U-102.
Musician Credits: All instruments and vocals composed, performed, recorded and engineered by Dave Flowers except the following special guests - Zane Williams: lead guitar/music improvisation on 'Freedom Needs Attention' and 'Say Hello' - Alfonzo Woods: vocals on 'Do You Realize' - Michelle Flowers: vocals and lyrics on 'Dreamland' and 'En Passant' - 'Each And Everyday' written by John Talamantes (from the album 'Pulling The Plug.'). Includes cover tracks.