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October - Smell the Air - @trev-m

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:01:54 -0400

Ah yes, October and days get shorter air gets colder , time to hide away in front of a computer and pen a few more tunes.

Started on to work on finishing 3 tunes , "Enzyme", "Slow Burn Bad News" and "Head down"

Ive asked for people to collaborate on these on a number of forums and websites and so far its seems like there is a bit of interest.

Im hoping to start three more through november and aim for another two over the December which would be going great guns .

Hopefully there will be enough material to put a disc together for spring. Woot!

Happy Hallowe'en

BLOG ENTRY NOT ABOUT A SONG - @trev-m

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:23:03 -0500

A couple of comments here recently about the blogs I write regarding the songs I write on the site where I put the songs I write. 8)

Well , maybe Im missing the point but I thought the blog was there to put your thoughts down for people to read?. If writing about the songs I post isnt relavant I dunno what is?

None of us here are gonna make a million bucks lads, we all have our reasons for doing what we do. I like to explain or give credit where its due in my blogs, I like to read how other people approach their tunes and what they where thinking.

Live and let live guys , its only a blogg , no more or less interesting than your average one around the place. If they seem superficial or full of **** fine no need to read em, Im happy to do my thing my way and dont wanna pi** on anyone elses parade.

Happy new year blog watchers

:D

Distance - @trev-m

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:39:18 -0500

This track was written and recorded in a few hours in terms of the music content. The guitar work was based around an idea I came up with experimenting with a few effects and from there it kinda fell together - the bass is literally an after thought. Al of it was done early in 2007 and Iv ejust revisited added little bass and bounced it , not with any great care I might add. I dont have the patience to mix it properly but it sounds ok for now , rather stick it up than keep[ it gathering dust heheh

I did the backing vocals in the chorus and a guy named Conor from Bravest Kid in School did the versus. Its pretty rough round the edges but overall its a god track for the small amount of time spent on it. kinda catchy? It reminds me of something but cant put my finger on it.

No Dice - @trev-m

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:39:37 -0500

This is my effort to write , record and mix a track in one evening ... I failed but managed to finish it in two. My first effort at doing all the vocals myself , first night I couldn't hit the high notes on some of the parts but it managed to come together in the second attempt.

Its kinda funky upbeat thing with a nice chord progression in the chorus , pretty much threw this all together and seemed worth sticking up, its the last song I finished under the Linus Scheme, kinda got fed up waiting on collaborations to com together.

Most likely do a few more in 08 , will probably start with more solo efforts this time round to get more output going.

Wah / Last Breath / Lost Sock - @trev-m

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:55:35 -0400

I added these three tracks today cause they are all pretty different from each other and I like different things about each of them.

Lost Sock(Late 05) is my attempt at blues , but its upbeat and didnt stay bluesy at all when I recorded it... yeah the irony isnt lost on me ...anyway its kinda humourous song made all the more so by the lyrics and vocals from my buddy Mark . Is it about my lost sock or a dirty woman ...who knows? -- All credit to doc J for the Bass!!!!

Last Breath (Early 07) is kinda heavy , the mix isnt finished and needs a little work , I do some vox on this as does my pal Dave Horan , its a cool enough song. Kudos to Brian Horgan for his solo .

Wah With Doc J (Music 200? Vox 05) - This is the only one I didnt write the music for and is more of an idea for a song than a complete composition, this was done a while ago- its gotta a kinda southern feel and is a bit like Sabbath or something to my ear . Anyway it was first attempt at singing in any serious way and as such I was happy enough as it gave me the confidence to try some more. Its not finished but theres ebnough here to build a decent track out of , we may get to it soon enough and re record and change the arrangement.

Empty {Pockets - @trev-m

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:06:26 -0400

So Ive uploaded this track cause Its one of my favorites and definitely one of my better sounding mixes. Its strange going through the older material I have , bits and pices saved all over the place... anyway Empty Pockets was written when I was pretty broke so hence the title ....I was listening to a lot of AIC at the time and asked my buddy Mark to do something in that vain vocally , I think it sounds prett good.

Blogtastic - @trev-m

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:44:59 -0400

Mmmm what to write ...

So its July 26 '07 and Ive posted the first track of what I hope will be many , Ive recorded loads of stuff over the years and its scattered here there and everywhere, theres space for 15 songs here so I guess this would be a good place to store all my new ones...specially given the busy forum might make finding collaborators easier!

Fallin back - @trev-m

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:34:09 -0500

This track was another collaboration with Mark from the Crooks. I originaly meant this track to be more acoustically orientated but ended up whipping out my telecastet and it turned into an 80's type rock tune. I wanted to write something with Tom Petty in mind , I believe this is where Marks lyrics were inspried from.

The track was written over a few weeks and probably reprsents the most complete song I ever did for "the linus scheme" after empty pockets , that said we never completed layering the vocals which is a pity caus Mark is an excellent vocalist. For what it is I think I got value for Marks limited time he could contribute (Busy man as he is an all )

Mark plays the slide on this using his Sambora strat , an endless source of amusement to me hehe anyway I think its adds so much to the track.

Stops and Starts - @trev-m

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:24:22 -0400

Ahh well , september has been a wash out trying to get time to play some stuff and throw it up here. Between day job, moving a studio full of gear from one place to another and working on an album for a client has meant little time to do much perhaps Oct will be more fruitful in terms of my own endeavours , Ive a few things to finish and some ideas Ive been working on here and there... here's hopin for a better run in October