This album was my first experience as a recording engineer and producer of a live band. Rod Middleton co-produced this album as well as laid down some seriously rocking guitar tracks. He's my guitar hero!
The album was recorded with only 16 tracks and minimal processing. At the time, I was just beginning to build up my studio gear. Heck, I didn't even own studio monitors...we actually used stereo speakers.
Musicians:
Rod Middleton - all guitars,vocals
Mike Birkemeier - bass guitar, vocals
Jim Graham - lead vocals
Russ Reed - percussion, vocals
click onto the links to listen:
This is a sound clip of the original version of "Shimmerman". It was rejected by mp3.com due to "unauthorized audio content". Nevertheless, I always thought it was an important segment to the lyrical content of the song.
Rod Middleton Mike Birkemeier
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Jim Graham Russ Reed
This album is a selection of early demo recordings that Rod and I recorded from 1996-1999 on my Tascam Syncaset 8 track recorder. There is a wide variety of music on this CD.
Musicians:
Rod Middleton - all guitars
Mike Birkemeier - bass guitar, vocals, Roland R5 drum programming
Bob Komstock - Lead Vocals on "Second Time Around"
George Harp - Lead Vocals on "VII"
click onto the links to listen:
Second_Time_Around Sick_'em Number_13.mp3 VII Number_5_Jam.mp3 Written_In_Stone (Sorta)_Friends Enigma Pull_Around Sunrise
This is the album Rod and I recorded three months after we met.
I joined this band in January 1993 and we recorded Naked Edge in March 1993. These guys blew me away when I first heard the tape they sent. I went to the audition two weeks later and got the gig. That was an awesome day! I had played with great musicians before, but this was something way beyond what I'd ever experienced before. Three months after the recording of this album, we went from a five piece to a four member band and that's when the real fun began!!! We were technical monsters that no band in the Cincinnati area could touch. We recorded another album in 1994 that was a technical frenzy of aural delights. Unfortunately, we had some serious phase problems on the recording so the quality is very poor. But, man...does it rock!!
Musicians:
Rod Middleton - Guitar, vocals
Mike Birkemeier - Bass guitar, Moog Taurus Pedals
George Harp - Lead Vocals
Jon Biondo - Percussion, vocals
Greg Silver - Guitar, vocals
click onto the links to listen:
Take_Me_Down.mp3 Fool's_Game.mp3 Stranger's_Kiss.mp3 Pieces.mp3
Don't_Worry.mp3 Close_To_The_Edge.mp3 Naked_Edge.mp3
Cry_Alone.mp3 Never_Be_A_Next_Time.mp3 Parade_Of_Fools.mp3
Love_Is_On_It's_Way.mp3 'Til_The_End.mp3
George Harp Jon Biondo
Aberrent - '94 (c1994 & c2001)
This album is the second and final recording Aberrent made. We used my Fostex X-28 four track recorder, mixed down to Hi-Fi VHS, back onto the Fostex X-28 for overdubs, and then mastered the final mix to Hi-Fi VHS. Somewhere along the way, we encountered a phase problem (the sound of swishing cymbals). I have no idea what happened to the master cassettes for the Fostex X-28. I'd love to have had a chance to remix this album. Since then, I've never allowed master recordings to leave my immediate possession. My favorite song from this album is "Eye of the Storm". It Smokes!!!
Musicians:
Rod Middleton - Guitars, vocals
Mike Birkemeier - Bass guitar, Moog Taurus Pedals
George Harp - Lead Vocals
Jon Biondo - Percussion, vocals
click onto the links to listen:
Life_Extreme.mp3 Ready_To_Play.mp3 Truth_Always_Tells.mp3
Secret_Lies.mp3 Now_&_Forever.mp3 Eye_of_the_Storm.mp3