Adam Brucker

Two more, taking the total up to 9. Still up in the air about the last one…

Pretty Lights:
Filling Up The City Skies

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Railroad Earth:
Amen Corner

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Cause dreams they seem to cost money
But money costs some dreams

“Yeah Sapphire” -The Hold Steady

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Walked back into my office today to the familiar sounds of a bass riff that I had recorded a few years ago. It seems that I had left my iTunes playing all morning and by the time I got back in it had made its way down to the “adam” section.

Figured that I would post a few of these for fun. All were recorded in ‘05 and ‘06, shortly after I got my Mac and started fooling around with GarageBand, the recording program that came with the computer.

All the instruments and effects, both electronic and live, are me with the exception of the guitar on Terror Cafe, which is my buddy Scott playing. I’d hesitate to call any of these “songs” and they’re not terribly good, but it’s a fun look back at what one guy with a few guitars, a computer, and some spare time can do.

Listen at your own risk…

Live Track
(Sounds like it was recorded at Wembley Stadium with Tito Puente sitting in on Bongos)

Terror Cafe
(Named by an insane / paranoid / drunk guitarist who was convinced that many of the cafes along Newbury Street in Boston were hotbeds of terrorist activity. He may have been right…)

07-19-05
(recorded on July 19th, real original…)

Birthday
(recorded on my birthday, real original…)

Pear Gauge
(nonsensical subject line of a spam email I got that day)

Squirrel Jazz Jam
(jennie hit a squirrel with her car on the way to work that am)

Stuck
(no idea…)

Sweaty Betty
(no idea…)

The Vizyy
(no idea…)

Umph
(had been listening to an Umphree’s McGee album earlier that day…)

I’m giving this debut collaboration from M. Ward (indie musician best known for 2006’s pretty good “Post War”)and actress Zooey Deschanel (the sister from Almost Famous, Elf, etc…) a solid B.

It’s clearly a “let’s get together, play some music and see what happens” sort of thing meant to feature Deschanel’s singing and songwriting. Ward keeps himself tucked away in the background for the most part, capably driving the arrangements and adding the little touches that spice up the mostly straight ahead tunes.

Deschanel’s voice is a little too sweet to really tackle the country tunes on the album but she shines on those songs I’d classify as “old timey, pop songs.” This album might have been a big hit in the 50’s.

For now, it’s a fun listen, and good enough to make we want to hear Volume Two.

Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/sheandhim

I’m helping a friend get a website up and running for his music related projects and I was pleasantly surprised to see that he’s posted a rough demo of a song that he and I recorded a few years ago called “Terror Cafe.” There’s a long story behind this tune that’s worth hearing over a few beers someday…

I’ll link to his full site once it’s finished, but in the meantime, please enjoy some of my not-so-smooth stylings on the bass guitar:

(bass & drums = Me | guitar, shaker & cowbell = Scott Clark | banjo = Bela Fleck)