Old demos return...

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Published on Friday, 22 July 2011 23:25
Written by melne

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Although I've been in a lot of bands, I've also always composed music by myself. The intent was, of course, get a deal and make records. I began recording as a teenager when I traded a guitar for a reel-to-reel 4-track Dokorder tape recorder. The ability to compose and play all the parts myself and come up with a finished song was extremely exciting to me, and that's what I did through most my younger years.

I recently bought a Sony PCM-M10 to record rehearsals, but found that I could also (finally) roll in my old cassettes to a digital format. Above are some of the demos I recorded from 1984-1989. These are mostly unfinished songs, but the "Face of Flame" and "Steep Incline" are complete. The others are fleshed out ideas, and can be somewhat repetitive, but are kind cool still.

I'll post more when I get them transferred.

Blast from the past!

Experimental Improv

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Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 22:35
Written by melne

After our normal band rehearsal, drummer Tymber and I usually stay later and hack out various old favorite tunes. But this day, she handed me a drumstick, and in the style of Daniel Ash of Bauhaus (the first one I ever saw use this trick), I began to bow the guitar with the drumstick, and as the glorious noise crescendoed, she began to accompany, and a rather, um, unconventional creation was born.

Tymber dubbed it "Creature."

You can hear the Creature here: http://soundcloud.com/melne/creature-by-kaksi

Holiday Fun

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Published on Thursday, 02 June 2011 22:28
Written by melne

CoverGrrlz drummer Tymber was asked to contribute a holiday song to Seattle-based Green Monkey Records second annual holiday song collection.

She asked me to be her co-conspirator, and together we came up with a version of the old favorite, "Jingle Bell Rock."

We wanted to do something different with it, so I delved into something I know very little about--reharmonization--and came up with an interesting jazzed up version using tritone substitutions, alternate chords and swapping part of the tune's 4/4 swing feel for a triplet/waltz feel.

You can hear it at: http://soundcloud.com/melne/jingle-bell-rock-by-kaksi

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