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Guilty - 02 & Check Again - 02

Guilty and Check Again are songs completely influenced by a visit to Seattle. Seeing "Eldrige Gravy and the Court Supremes" was all I needed to try some funky jazzy tunes.

They both are instrumentals and are my first attempt at using horns on my keyboard.

I bet you're tapping your foot to these songs!

Alvarez - 02

Added drums, bass and several guitars (Distortion). Pretty close to how I want the final to sound like.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 02

I had a version last year that never made the list. With this new one, I changed the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4 and I've fallen back in love with this song.

The tension builder at the end is just priceless. I can only hope the final version has as much power in it.

Into The Ocean - 02

All I did was add some drums to the previous version.

Doesn't that make a huge difference...

Guaranteed - 01

Another Eddie Vedder cover from Into The Wild. So many good songs from that soundtrack...I'll be picking some from there for a while.

Once again, this version sounds pretty close to what I think the final version will.

ENJOY!!!

Dear God - 01

A requested cover from a great friend. I've included just about every different guitar part (Sound, patterns, layers, etc) in this one. I'll be getting some direction from said friend on which ones to use.

Maybe speed it up a bit too...

Zeplike - 01

A Slightly Stoopid cover...didn't see that one coming. Great guitar progression and patterns...quite frankly some I couldn't pick up.

This one will sound very similar to this in the final version. Nothing big changing on this one.

Do You Feel - 02

Do You Feel...a song I wrote long ago. Actually (As Marissa kindly pointed out) the first song I ever wrote for her.

The original version was a bit less...distorted. This is therefore "02" as I've already done a "scratch track" for this one.

Hope the energy and emotion comes through...

OH YEAH, and this is the first recording with the new drum set up!!!!!

Into The Ocean - 01

This is a song that got me through a lot of all-nighters in college. The original has so much power and emotion...I just hope I'm able to portray that in my final version.

This is just the start!

I Will Go On - 01

Just another scratch...of another love song...boom!