Takki House Jam Volume 2

As promised, the last half of our jam session at Nikki's and Tamara's house.
I might eventually be able to decipher who played what when. I'm pretty sure Andre, who we had just met, played guitar on AVJam and maybe the last 3 tracks.
I recorded this jam on my Edirol R-44 field recorder. I just placed it on the window sill and used the onboard stereo mics. Except for a tiny bit of distortion during the loud parts I'm extremely surprised by the sound quality. We set up the drums in one corner of the livingroom and the two guitarist (when there were two) sat on the couches. It was a really casual environment to play in. The only thing missing was a vocal mic which we'll probably remember to bring next time. We didn't exactly have a set list and 90% of the music we played this night was improvised. I had a blast. Can't wait to play at another party like this. Maybe we'll have some more material to try out.

taki.06.19.10.V2a-Intermission.mp3 11:36
taki.06.19.10.V2b-Knightrider.mp3 12:45
taki.06.19.10.V2c-Groove.mp3 14:42
taki.06.19.10.V2d-AVJam.mp3 1:56
taki.06.19.10.V2e-BillyJean.mp3 1:54
taki.06.19.10.V2f-JJ.mp3 3:48
taki.06.19.10.V2g-EasyPeasy.mp3 3:17
taki.06.19.10.V2h-Sunday.mp3 3:04
taki.06.19.10.V2i-Smells.mp3 4:29
taki.06.19.10.V2j-creep.mp3 2:38
taki.06.19.10.V2k-Sunshine.mp3 1:57
taki.06.19.10.V2l-Ocean.mp3 1:10
taki.06.19.10.V2m-BarbecueShuffle.mp3 4:14
taki.06.19.10.V2n-InExcess.mp3 1:57
taki.06.19.10.V2o-Santana.mp3 2:01
taki.06.19.10.V2p-Cocaine.mp3 6:34
taki.06.19.10.V2q-FunkyBasterds.mp3 4:14

Some pics I snapped on my iPhone:

Takki House BBQ Jam June 19 2010 Vol 1

This was Jamie's and my first attempt to go play live in front of real live people. It was an incredible success thanks to all the players that joined in to make the party memorable. Sean Palmer sat in on the drums for most of the night. The effervescent Alena Wooten also rocked out a few drum beats. Andre Vanegas played some drums and guitar. At some point Dan Barker may have joined in to play drums or something. There was a lot of beer and it's hard to remember who played what. I think someone said Bonno showed up... Anyway, there were too many hours of music to edit so here's what I could do in one night. I'll post the rest later ... enjoy!

taki.06.19.10a-dreamy.mp3 7:43
taki.06.19.10b-chill.mp3 4:03
taki.06.19.10c-shimmysTurn.mp3 10:15
taki.06.19.10d-myApologies.mp3 4:16
taki.06.19.10e-louder.mp3 17:32
taki.06.19.10f-duelingNovaxes.mp3 5:30
taki.06.19.10g-drePlaysPretty.mp3 4:06
taki.06.19.10h-epicBBQ.mp3 8:46

novax jam #1

This was our very first time jamming with the Novax CH-8 and CH-7 guitars. This is just me and Jamie on guitar and drums. Check it out!

azimuth.5.6.10.a-pixies.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.b-shimmyLikee.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.c-riffing.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.d-need2brains.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.e-noodles.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.f-slowChildren.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.g-somethingCool.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.h-cheeseburgerMediumWithFries.mp3
azimuth.5.6.10.i-hangOfIt.mp3

fuzz live! 7/8/2010

In Glorious Mono!

This jam was accidentally recorded pre-mixed onto the disk instead of in separate tracks *and* in Monophonic sound! It's a little wonky but kinda cool. Anyway, we're back!

fuzz.7.8.10a-rusty.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10b-beebop.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10c-growl.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10d-buggy.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10e-mishmosh.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10f-doomdoomdoom.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10g-robotAttack.mp3
fuzz.7.8.10h-epoch.mp3

6/3/10 Novax Jam #2

Sorry it's been so long... I'm backed up about 5 jam sessions. This is the 2nd "novax jam" that I've had with Jamie. The first jam will come later, I'm mixing and posting in reverse order... This time I recorded using the stereo microphones on the Edirol field recorder and they got distorted so I apologize for the crappy sound. We're still getting used to the Novax "CH" (Charlie Hunter) guitars which are a bass and a guitar combined into one instrument. Jamie is playing a 7-string and I have the 8-string version.

Azimuth is a name we came up with after imbibing many beers at the beer garden. Not sure if it'll stick but there you go.

azimuth.6.3.10aGimmeAnA.mp3 19:25- Dan:Gtr/bass Jamie:Drums
azimuth.6.3.10bMoreA.mp3 17:06- Dan:Gtr/bass Jamie:Drums
azimuth.6.3.10cChillin.mp3 7:31- Jamie: Gtr/bass Dan: Drums
azimuth.6.3.10dNurbsForever.mp3 10:49- Jamie: Gtr/bass Dan: Drums
azimuth.6.3.10eWhereIsMyChord.mp3 2:01- Jamie: Gtr/bass Dan: Drums
azimuth.6.3.10fGreatCapo.mp3 11:19- Jamie: Gtr/bass Dan: Drums
azimuth.6.3.10g.pain.mp3 15:23- Dan:Gtr/bass Jamie:Drums
azimuth.6.3.10h.knight.mp3 12:07- Jamie: Gtr/bass Dan: Drums

Fuzz Live! 3/18/2010

And we're back with yet another jam session. The main thing that stands out from this jam session is that Jamie and I both attempted to do the dual-wielding guitar/bass combo. My attempts were less successful but still interesting. I haven't had a good chance to listen to all of the tracks but I think I've found a favorite. I recommend checking out fuzz.03.18.10d-experimental.mp3 . I found a new way to play the hihat and jamie's dual-wielding rocks.

fuzz.03.18.10a-groovy.mp3 11:03 d:gtr e:bass j:drums s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10b-kickass.mp3 14:38 d:gtr e:bass j:drums s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10c-coolness.mp3 18:27 d:drums e:gtr j:bass s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10d-experimental.mp3 14:49 d:drums e:gtr j:bass/gtr s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10e-747.mp3 7:47 d:bass/gtr e:drums j:e-gtr s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10f-747part2.mp3 7:47 d:bass/gtr e:drums j:e-gtr s:gtr
fuzz.03.18.10g-insane.mp3 16:09 d:s-gtr e:gtr j:drums s:bass

Streaming version of fuzz.03.18.10d-experimental.mp3:

epic jam (streaming audio test)

This is the last jam from our 3.4.10 sessions. I'm just testing out the service from soundcloud.com . I like to have a play button appear in your browser instead of forcing you to download tracks. Pretty nifty.