As a some of you know, Barry & I have made a lot of music over the years. Some of it we even made money at. But recently we decided to find all our old obscure, not released stuff & give it away. We've been compiling the collection at BobAndBarryShow.com FWIW, my personal stuff is here - http://bobandbarryshow.com/bobs-music/ Like I said, it's all stuff that never saw the light of day, just ideas..
There's also a page dedicated to the crazy stuff Barry & I did together over the years. And a page dedicated to just Barry driven stuff .. though we were always involved with each others music (since the early 70's)
This may appear as shameless self-promotion (and it is), but thought I'd share none the less. At minimum it all used PT. Some used RB, some may have used BiaB, but we always had fun. Thanks Peter & Jeff
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Hey Harv, there's a neat and diverse collection of material there.
The last one (Tacky Teaser) didn't seem to want to come to the party. Was I getting teased?
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I dunno, works here. I can't believe someone made it down that far to find that.
That said, you didn't miss much. That was one of the first songs I ever wrote (high school), and I was certainly surprised when the instructor said "let's try to do this" <grin>
In this rendition it is pretty much a GM version of the song anyway .. so nothing to write home about
Actually, I shouldn't short myself, it IS pretty cool now that I think about it; a high school age kid actually writing this stuff out. (Yeah I took the time to hand write every part out for our high school jazz band) That was over 40 years ago (ancient) .. time flies when you're having fun
I liked the way the Bass cuts through. It sounds like it could be the music score from one of Perry Mason's 'Ironside' episodes Actually, it's pretty neat, especially for a high school composition.
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I can certainly hear the 1960's. Some Doors influence. It is a very cool assortment of musical ideas and much more fun to listen to a bunch of songs.
There are some very interesting bass lines in all this. I also hear the "Perry Mason" thing.
It would be fun to know what bands influenced you through all this.
Fun stuff, thanks for the post.
Billy
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When I was young I listened to stuff like Bob James, Maynard Ferguson, Yes, UK, Masabumi Kikuchi, Al Stewart, Steely Dan .. to name a few The Doors were not in my world view at the time.
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I liked the way the Bass cuts through. It sounds like it could be the music score from one of Perry Mason's 'Ironside' episodes Actually, it's pretty neat, especially for a high school composition.
This made me laugh. Raymond Burr played Perry Mason and Ironside. So saying Perry Mason's Ironside just struck me as funny. I do this all the time, can't remember an actor's name and call them by their most famous character's name!
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Ha Ha. Good pickup. Yes, the actor certainly was Raymond Burr, but I found myself visualizing him as 'in character' when I contemplated the suggestion of the 'Ironside' musical score.
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I like all of this!! If you released it today and called it Art Rock it would sell. Every song is different so there is no "all sounds the same" syndrome. And for the time you wrote this stuff it was cutting edge.
Yeah, I was going for something like that (but only for the intro) I don't think the rest of the song is 'Ironside'ish .. more Get Smart, or some other show from long ago Thanks for the compliment. When I left high school and went to college the instructor asked if any of us had ever done any arrangements, or such .. so I pulled out those old charts and I'll be danged if we didn't play it in the spring concert.
Learning theory and reading/writing early on was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Not for making money, but for enjoying life, which is the bigger goal IMHO
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I like all of this!! If you released it today and called it Art Rock it would sell. Every song is different so there is no "all sounds the same" syndrome. And for the time you wrote this stuff it was cutting edge.
Thanks Eddie, glad you enjoyed it, though probably not as much as I did creating it. The Art Rock thing was a nice touch, made me smile. I don't think Art Rock would sell much anymore .. that means you have to take the time to listen, probably more than once, to appreciate it. People don't do that anymore
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Although she is way hotter than you (in a "in certain outfits and in certain lighting" kind of way), so there's that...
In fact she's on Austin City Limits tonight, though she is blonde again and has a different band configuration that isn't as good as the years when that picture is from.
I DID buy a St Vincent guitar if you recall. Mainly because it is shaped just like her! And it sounds great!
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