The Motherflutterin' Soundtrack

Some music from the most recent TESD audio book has been released featuring the best parts of the soundtrack and some bonus content.  I'm just happy to see that there is a place where people can hear my Space Opera tracks that were part of an epic battle that sadly had to be trimmed down in the final cut.

Going Postal

It's impossible for me to let some things go... This is one of those cases.

   Going Postal by Remedial M-Theory

Going Postal is an expanded version of a track that was originally a cue I made for the TESD Puppet Theater movie. There is nothing wrong with the original, I love it. But sometimes these things won't let go of me and this one came at me from several directions. Started out with the drums and then spent several days on an organ part to go with the bass but I always knew that there was going to be some guitar, I just didn't know how that was going to fit in. The last thing I did was jettison the organ part, just wasn't working and didn't feel like it fit with the rest of everything I was putting together.

And damn... if I don't love the way it ended up.

Remedial M-Theory Numbers Station

a video and song featuring the creepy kids from the Overkill days.

Foot Fist Cowbell

Foot Fist Cowbell may only exist because of a Will Farrel sketch on SNL years ago that made "more cowbell" the new "Free Bird!" It's one thing to say something needs more cowbell and an entirely other thing to actually make that happen. Not so much a dare but an extended mostly not serious exchange of such jokes that prompted me to put this together. After I committed to the project and put up a demo, I took a suggestion from my friend and added a shit-ton of side stick for the hell of it...

And then a week later I added the guiro.  

The X-Gays Podcast Intro

"The X-Gays is a monthly podcast dedicated (mostly) to all things X-Men, hosted by two very, very gay men - Jason Brock and Brian Andersen. Each month Jason & Brian dive into Marvel's X-Men family of comic books to offer gleeful reviews, oh-so-colorful opinions, a special spotlight on a beloved x-character, an award-worthy dramatic reading, and a special look at one non-X-title."
                                                                                                                           -TheX-Gays.com 

Episode 10 opens with an all-new theme song featuring the voice talents of Jason Brock singing to music made by yours truly. I've never done anything with vocals before, luckily Jason did all the heavy lifting in that department writing his own lyrics and creating a vocal melody that took the music I wrote to a whole new level.

It's a huge relief to see this one escape into the world, it's been in the works for more than 6 months. I guess this could be considered a nod to dubstep (sort of) but mostly I just wanted to make something light and fun for the guys. I used low frequency oscillators simultaneously on a bass AND treble synth which is something I had never tried before. Jason and Brian contacted me at just the right time as I was in the midst of a house music fury and they wanted a track that their listeners could dance to.

UPDATE!: well, this one only lived for 3 episodes but that is because Jason Brock has left the podcast to be on X Factor.  break a leg, Jason!

From the Vault - Gunning for Jimmsy (2007)

Originally completed in 2007, Gunning for Jimmsy from the Wormfood album was at the time about as close to rock as I could get.  I was always entranced by the Guitar solo in The Ramones "I wanna be Sedated" and wanted to take a shot at something like that.  I played with panning the sound around to give it a little oomph beyond the repeated one note because try as I might it was hard to be satisfied with the results.  That's what I get for trying to do something specifically as opposed to letting it happen organically.  Between the simple baseline, one note guitar solo and the presence of absolutely no chords whatsoever in this song,  despite my efforts to hide the raging minimalist inside it still manages to sneak out from time to time.

I don't like how the soundclick player looks so if you really need to hear this song you're going to have to do it here or click on the song title above.