Over the years, I've had the opportunity to play and record music with a diverse crowd of musicians. Some of these sessions lead into long-term musical relationships, such as my recordings with Patrick MacKinnon (Spiral Anne) or John Talamantes (Synthetic Summer). These tracks are one-off recordings I made with friends that never got used on a finished album. I felt that a lot of fun and effort went into these songs for them just to wasted - and I wanted to showcase them somewhere... «« click to show details
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to play and record music with a diverse crowd of musicians. Some of these sessions lead into long-term musical relationships, such as my recordings with Patrick MacKinnon (Spiral Anne) or John Talamantes (Synthetic Summer). These tracks are one-off recordings I made with friends that never got used on a finished album. I felt that a lot of fun and effort went into these songs for them just to wasted - and I wanted to showcase them somewhere. So here is a compilation of some tracks I really enjoyed making with other people's involvement.
Track List:
1
Best Regards (featuring Kyle Roach)
2:56
2
Concentrating (featuring Erin McBride)
6:09
3
Payday (featuring Val Johnson and Sarah Badgley)
4:00
4
Love And Heroes (with Vic Stryss)
3:42
5
The Broke Blues (featuring Zane Williams And Dave Cortez)
2:51
6
JT Are You Out There (with JTIB)
5:52
7
The Drifter (Three Bean Soup - supaflower remix)
3:21
8
Technohappy (featuring Angela Doty)
3:56
9
Dr DJ Sake And Wasabi Edit (featuring Zane Williams)
9:05
10
Ramblings (with Bryan Wiley)
0:36
11
Say Goodbye To Your Mind (with Craig Benti)
6:02
12
JT Are You Out There Reprise
0:09
13
Best Regards (ambient remix - with Kyle Roach)
3:35
14
Concentrating (remix - with Erin McBride)
5:30
15
JT Are You Out There (remix - featuring John Talamantes)
4:11
Notes: Here a few notes about the artists featured on this release:
Val Johnson is an extraordinary MC and she whipped out the lyrics to this jam in about 10 minutes while I set up the equipment.
Zane Williams and I have worked together on numerous occassions - he is quite simply a god on the guitar. You may recognize the 'Dr DJ Sake And Wasabi' track from the Hydrospacer release: Reflection. This is the vocal edit that includes my little nod to hip-hop.
'Broke Blues' features both Zane Williams and Dave Cortez on dualing guitars while I ad-libbed lyrics.
Kyle Roach has such a beautiful voice and talent for expressing herself musically. We put this song together after hanging out one afternoon - and I will always love the way it came out. Another quick writer - she wrote these lyrics in a matter of minutes while I put together a rough sequence.
The track featuring artist Angela Doty was recorded in California. I wrote this song and asked her to sing a part on it one night after I got done with work (I worked in a little record store, which is where I met her).
Three Bean Soup was a little folk rock group that I helped record some demos, and this track just begged a cool remix. So I did it without telling them and then surprised them with it.
Erin McBride was a friend who was recommended to sing on a project. We got together and recorded 'Concentrating', a song I originally wrote for Synthetic Summer to do - of course, with different lyrics. The lyrics for this song were written that afternoon while hanging out with Erin.
Vic Stryss was a friend of a friend who was primarily a rock musician in traditional rock bands. He was one of the first people to record at my studio with my multitrack reel-to-reel. His track stands out because it was so different than the other styles I was experimenting with at the time.
Craig Benti is a producer and keyboardist that lived with me as a roommate for a while. We often jammed and made experimental tracks after working our day job at a Seattle record label called Miramar. This one was one of the few sessions that actually got recorded to tape and mixed down. Most of our little jam sessions were just messing around with equipment after work.
Bryan Wiley was also a short term roommate. This little piece was recorded originally as just a quick spoken word thing with multiple takes, and then later I combined all of the takes together to make this little interesting montage.
Finally, 'JT Are You Out There' is a track I recorded as a joke to send to my friend John Talamantes in California. There are numerous Prince references in the song both lyrically and musically - which is sort of how we became friends. The stories in the song are references to real life stories about him and I. Well, he had made plans to move to Seattle with my friend and I, but wasn't able to do it at the last moment. Since then, I had an ongoing joke about 'Where's JT?' for a while with him. This was my 'diss' so to speak - tongue in cheek of course.
Recording Info: Recorded in Modesto, California on a Sony DAT machine and in Seattle, WA on a Tascam CDR-5000 stand-alone CD recorder, in both instances from analogue reel-to-reel tapes.
Musician Credits: All instruments recorded and performed by Dave Flowers
except:
'JT Are You Out There' - contains samples of 'The Hand That Rocks The Bootay' by Synthetic Summer.
'Payday' - lyrics and vocal performance by Val Johnson
'Dr. DJ Sake And Wasabi' - all guitars by Zane Williams
'The Broke Blues' - guitars by Zane Williams and Dave Cortez
'Concentrating' - vocals by Erin McBride
'Best Regards' - lyrics and vocals by Kyle Roach, music created and performed by Kyle Roach and Dave Flowers.
'Technohappy' - vocals by Angela Doty
'Ramblings' - vocals by Bryan Wiley
'Say Goodbye To Your Mind' - music by Craig Benti and Dave Flowers.
The Broke Blues (featuring Zane Williams And Dave Cortez)
2:51
6
JT Are You Out There (with JTIB)
5:52
7
The Drifter (Three Bean Soup - supaflower remix)
3:21
8
Technohappy (featuring Angela Doty)
3:56
9
Dr DJ Sake And Wasabi Edit (featuring Zane Williams)
9:05
10
Ramblings (with Bryan Wiley)
0:36
11
Say Goodbye To Your Mind (with Craig Benti)
6:02
12
JT Are You Out There Reprise
0:09
13
Best Regards (ambient remix - with Kyle Roach)
3:35
14
Concentrating (remix - with Erin McBride)
5:30
15
JT Are You Out There (remix - featuring John Talamantes)
4:11
0 Tracks - Total Play Time: 61:55 Compilation Album
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to play and record music with a diverse crowd of musicians. Some of these sessions lead into long-term musical relationships, such as my recordings with Patrick MacKinnon (Spiral Anne) or John Talamantes (Synthetic Summer)... «« click to show details
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to play and record music with a diverse crowd of musicians. Some of these sessions lead into long-term musical relationships, such as my recordings with Patrick MacKinnon (Spiral Anne) or John Talamantes (Synthetic Summer). These tracks are one-off recordings I made with friends that never got used on a finished album. I felt that a lot of fun and effort went into these songs for them just to wasted - and I wanted to showcase them somewhere. So here is a compilation of some tracks I really enjoyed making with other people's involvement.
Track List:
1
Best Regards (featuring Kyle Roach)
2:56
2
Concentrating (featuring Erin McBride)
6:09
3
Payday (featuring Val Johnson and Sarah Badgley)
4:00
4
Love And Heroes (with Vic Stryss)
3:42
5
The Broke Blues (featuring Zane Williams And Dave Cortez)
2:51
6
JT Are You Out There (with JTIB)
5:52
7
The Drifter (Three Bean Soup - supaflower remix)
3:21
8
Technohappy (featuring Angela Doty)
3:56
9
Dr DJ Sake And Wasabi Edit (featuring Zane Williams)
9:05
10
Ramblings (with Bryan Wiley)
0:36
11
Say Goodbye To Your Mind (with Craig Benti)
6:02
12
JT Are You Out There Reprise
0:09
13
Best Regards (ambient remix - with Kyle Roach)
3:35
14
Concentrating (remix - with Erin McBride)
5:30
15
JT Are You Out There (remix - featuring John Talamantes)
4:11
Notes: Here a few notes about the artists featured on this release:
Val Johnson is an extraordinary MC and she whipped out the lyrics to this jam in about 10 minutes while I set up the equipment.
Zane Williams and I have worked together on numerous occassions - he is quite simply a god on the guitar. You may recognize the 'Dr DJ Sake And Wasabi' track from the Hydrospacer release: Reflection. This is the vocal edit that includes my little nod to hip-hop.
'Broke Blues' features both Zane Williams and Dave Cortez on dualing guitars while I ad-libbed lyrics.
Kyle Roach has such a beautiful voice and talent for expressing herself musically. We put this song together after hanging out one afternoon - and I will always love the way it came out. Another quick writer - she wrote these lyrics in a matter of minutes while I put together a rough sequence.
The track featuring artist Angela Doty was recorded in California. I wrote this song and asked her to sing a part on it one night after I got done with work (I worked in a little record store, which is where I met her).
Three Bean Soup was a little folk rock group that I helped record some demos, and this track just begged a cool remix. So I did it without telling them and then surprised them with it.
Erin McBride was a friend who was recommended to sing on a project. We got together and recorded 'Concentrating', a song I originally wrote for Synthetic Summer to do - of course, with different lyrics. The lyrics for this song were written that afternoon while hanging out with Erin.
Vic Stryss was a friend of a friend who was primarily a rock musician in traditional rock bands. He was one of the first people to record at my studio with my multitrack reel-to-reel. His track stands out because it was so different than the other styles I was experimenting with at the time.
Craig Benti is a producer and keyboardist that lived with me as a roommate for a while. We often jammed and made experimental tracks after working our day job at a Seattle record label called Miramar. This one was one of the few sessions that actually got recorded to tape and mixed down. Most of our little jam sessions were just messing around with equipment after work.
Bryan Wiley was also a short term roommate. This little piece was recorded originally as just a quick spoken word thing with multiple takes, and then later I combined all of the takes together to make this little interesting montage.
Finally, 'JT Are You Out There' is a track I recorded as a joke to send to my friend John Talamantes in California. There are numerous Prince references in the song both lyrically and musically - which is sort of how we became friends. The stories in the song are references to real life stories about him and I. Well, he had made plans to move to Seattle with my friend and I, but wasn't able to do it at the last moment. Since then, I had an ongoing joke about 'Where's JT?' for a while with him. This was my 'diss' so to speak - tongue in cheek of course.
Recording Info: Recorded in Modesto, California on a Sony DAT machine and in Seattle, WA on a Tascam CDR-5000 stand-alone CD recorder, in both instances from analogue reel-to-reel tapes.
Musician Credits: All instruments recorded and performed by Dave Flowers
except:
'JT Are You Out There' - contains samples of 'The Hand That Rocks The Bootay' by Synthetic Summer.
'Payday' - lyrics and vocal performance by Val Johnson
'Dr. DJ Sake And Wasabi' - all guitars by Zane Williams
'The Broke Blues' - guitars by Zane Williams and Dave Cortez
'Concentrating' - vocals by Erin McBride
'Best Regards' - lyrics and vocals by Kyle Roach, music created and performed by Kyle Roach and Dave Flowers.
'Technohappy' - vocals by Angela Doty
'Ramblings' - vocals by Bryan Wiley
'Say Goodbye To Your Mind' - music by Craig Benti and Dave Flowers.