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1	together (comes to mind) (mix 5)	2020.04.22	Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, trumpet; acoustic guitar (Taylor 310 [DADGAC]), electric guitar (Strat [DADGBE]), vocals, 4 bvox.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
2	wonderful / merveilleuse [MY18] (mix 3)	2018.07.23	Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, and trumpet; acoustic guitar [DADGBBE], vocals. Recorded July 2018.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
3	crumbling (mix 3)	2016.06.22	Andy: drums (sampled), bass (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar [DADGBE], vocals (6 tracks) Recorded on June 22, 2016 in the playroom at mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
4	many planets around the sun (live improv @Skunk 2019.07.17)	2019.07.19	Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar Val McCallum: lead guitar Jim Yeager: bass Woody Thompson: congas, bvox Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio. First improvised as the tape rolled on December 7, 1994 -- see The Andy Band album liquid planet.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
5	catch (live @Skunk 2019.07.17)	2019.07.19	Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar [DADGAC] Val McCallum: lead guitar Jim Yeager: bass Woody Thompson: congas, bvox Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio. Written in July 1990 by Andy Wyatt. First recorded and released on The Andy Band album navigating.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
6	only one world (improv instrumental)	2017.12.31	improv with 2 mics through new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface to Logic Pro on MacBook Pro	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
7	everything (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)	2017.05.17	recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
8	sunsets (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)	2017.05.17	recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
9	onward (mix 1 - base tracks)	2017.04.04	Andy - acoustic guitar, "programming" Logic's Drummer Just getting the idea for a song down, playing along with Logic Pro's new Drummer virtual instrument.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
10	skin (improv @Skunk 2017.03.29)	2017.03.29	recorded on my iPhone 7 with built-in mic to the Music Memos app. Jim on bass, Ken on drum kit, Jeff on conga, me on acoustic guitar. 2017.03.29	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
11	interstate social (mix 1)	2016.04.28	Andy - GarageBand instruments: drums, strings, clavinet, piano, bass; acoustic guitar. Started on GarageBand on iPad. Lots of virtual instruments and effects. Acoustic guitar track. What is this? Tracks are labelled big beat, smart cymbals, pizzicato string hook, smart clav, smooth section (strings), arp and melody (piano), P-Bass, acoustic -2 mics on Taylor via FastTrack, and Master Track (FX from pads and gyro) once in Logic. The gyroscope and touchpad-entered FX track makes it quirky and sorta modern, maybe. Recorded April 2016 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT. ©2016 by The Andy Band	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
12	six-four romp (mix 1 -instrumental layout)	2014.11.24	Andy - drums (Ultrabeat programming), two acoustic guitars, two mandolins, acoustic 5-string fretless bass guitar, piano (EXS24 sampler), vibes (EVP88). Instrumental track so far, but I've been hearing a vocal melody and have improvised some lyrics ("nephew/niece") on some dogwalkin' voice memos and a take on the album playroom. Recorded 22-24 November 2014 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT. ©2014 by The Andy Band	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
13	Coast of Carolina (Jimmy Buffet cover)	2009.04.20	Andy: drums, bass (sampled), piano (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar (2 tracks), electric guitar (3 tracks), vocals (3 tracks). Recorded in 16-20 April 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. Song written by Mac MacAnally. My personal challenge was to copy the studio recording of this from 'License to Chill' by Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers.	65	latest mixes	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg

Info for song: together (comes to mind) (mix 5)

Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, trumpet; acoustic guitar (Taylor 310 [DADGAC]), electric guitar (Strat [DADGBE]), vocals, 4 bvox.

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?songID=1404

Download: together (comes to mind) (mix 5).m4a

This song was the Pick of the Week on 2020.04.26. Here's the story:

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Starting in the summer of 2018, I started a project for a new album. I had this idea of recording 10 or 12 songs live in my barn with a 6 or 7 piece band: trombone, sax, trumpet, guitar, bass, drums and maybe another horn, guitar, or keys... I'd used sampled horns in Logic Pro 7 for some songs like "here today", and I'd done Alman-Bros-like guitar parts in some other songs that were really imitating horns. I wanted to bring these songs to life with a live recording and great players --maybe only overdubbing vocals.

I played bass in Stuart Ross and the Temp Agency from 2016-2017 (Stuart's still going strong as Ross Hollow in the Indianapolis area!), and that band's instrumentation of drums, bass, guitar plus trombone, trumpet, and viola/violin was really inspiring! During the same time period, I also played bass in a reggae band called Ridim Vigil, and they had a trombone player. So the band in my head started having horn parts.

I built up a playlist of 10 new recordings, some old some new, some with lyrics, some without, over the summer and fall of 2018. Things got nuts with work in 2019, and now the pandemic, so it's probably going to be a while before I get a band together for a session.

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Words came to me in the wee hours of Tuesday 7 April 2020. The coronavirus inspired the lyrics, obviously, but so did the undeniable rush I get every year from seeing life burst from the earth and green everything up. Without a melody in my head, I just wrote out all the words like they were coming from memory. Called it "comes to mind". When I read back over what I'd wrote, I realized it could work with the wordless tune I had from 2018 I'd called "horndog".

I recorded a sketch of the music and words together to a voice memo in my phone, and the next night I recorded the lead vocal and 4 backup vocals. The next night I performed it (just acoustic guitar and vocals) at the Skunk Hollow Tavern Open Mic on Zoom! About a week later I recorded a few vocal fixes where the timing or melody was off, and snipped out a refrain and a verse that was the same words as the current "outro", shortening it from 4 minutes down to 3 minutes.

Thanks for listening!

-Andy

together (comes to mind)

I wanna hover over the page
until the perfect phrase
comes to mind
             to take us
somewhere other than here

I wanna take you down a road
kiss you on the beach
comes to mind
             feeling fine
right here right now

    I really do hope
    no, I really know
    I'm not the only one
    I'm not alone
    I'm trying to express
    the hope in my heart
    the feeling of love
    the ache of being apart
    yet together

I wanna put you in my mind
until you feel alright
comes to mind
             to take you
somewhere other than here

I wanna take you back home
kiss you on the couch
comes to mind
             feeling fine
at home, right now

    I really do hope
    no, I really know
    I'm not the only one
    I'm not alone
    I'm trying to express
    the hope in my heart
    the feeling of love
    the ache of being apart
    yet together, united
    standing strong at home
    we're all in this together
    no one is alone!


Words by Andy Wyatt on 7 April 2020
Music by Andy Wyatt in July 2018
©2020 by The Andy Band

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Info for album: latest mixes

This is an album for recent recordings with no album to call home (yet).

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?albumID=65

Album recording info:

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song recording info favorite / pick of the week
together (comes to mind) (mix 5) Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, trumpet; acoustic guitar (Taylor 310 [DADGAC]), electric guitar (Strat [DADGBE]), vocals, 4 bvox. 2020.04.26
wonderful / merveilleuse [MY18] (mix 3) Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, and trumpet; acoustic guitar [DADGBBE], vocals. Recorded July 2018. 
crumbling (mix 3) Andy: drums (sampled), bass (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar [DADGBE], vocals (6 tracks)

Recorded on June 22, 2016 in the playroom at mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT. ♥︎ 2016.06.24
many planets around the sun (live improv @Skunk 2019.07.17) Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar
Val McCallum: lead guitar
Jim Yeager: bass
Woody Thompson: congas, bvox

Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio.

First improvised as the tape rolled on December 7, 1994 -- see The Andy Band album liquid planet. ♥︎ 
catch (live @Skunk 2019.07.17) Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar [DADGAC]
Val McCallum: lead guitar
Jim Yeager: bass
Woody Thompson: congas, bvox

Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio.

Written in July 1990 by Andy Wyatt.
First recorded and released on The Andy Band album navigating. ♥︎ 
only one world (improv instrumental) improv with 2 mics through new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface to Logic Pro on MacBook Pro 2017.12.31
everything (live @Skunk 2017.05.17) recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass. 2014.04.20
sunsets (live @Skunk 2017.05.17) recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass. ♥︎ 
onward (mix 1 - base tracks) Andy - acoustic guitar, "programming" Logic's Drummer

Just getting the idea for a song down, playing along with Logic Pro's new Drummer virtual instrument. 
skin (improv @Skunk 2017.03.29) recorded on my iPhone 7 with built-in mic to the Music Memos app. Jim on bass, Ken on drum kit, Jeff on conga, me on acoustic guitar. 2017.03.29 
interstate social (mix 1) Andy - GarageBand instruments: drums, strings, clavinet, piano, bass; acoustic guitar.

Started on GarageBand on iPad. Lots of virtual instruments and effects. Acoustic guitar track. What is this? Tracks are labelled big beat, smart cymbals, pizzicato string hook, smart clav, smooth section (strings), arp and melody (piano), P-Bass, acoustic -2 mics on Taylor via FastTrack, and Master Track (FX from pads and gyro) once in Logic. The gyroscope and touchpad-entered FX track makes it quirky and sorta modern, maybe.

Recorded April 2016 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT.

©2016 by The Andy Band
six-four romp (mix 1 -instrumental layout) Andy - drums (Ultrabeat programming), two acoustic guitars, two mandolins, acoustic 5-string fretless bass guitar, piano (EXS24 sampler), vibes (EVP88).

Instrumental track so far, but I've been hearing a vocal melody and have improvised some lyrics ("nephew/niece") on some dogwalkin' voice memos and a take on the album playroom.

Recorded 22-24 November 2014 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT.

©2014 by The Andy Band 
Coast of Carolina (Jimmy Buffet cover) Andy: drums, bass (sampled), piano (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar (2 tracks), electric guitar (3 tracks), vocals (3 tracks).

Recorded in 16-20 April 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. 

Song written by Mac MacAnally. My personal challenge was to copy the studio recording of this from 'License to Chill' by Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers. 2014.10.12

song	recording info	favorite / pick of the week
together (comes to mind) (mix 5)	Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, trumpet; acoustic guitar (Taylor 310 [DADGAC]), electric guitar (Strat [DADGBE]), vocals, 4 bvox.	2020.04.26
wonderful / merveilleuse [MY18] (mix 3)	Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, and trumpet; acoustic guitar [DADGBBE], vocals. Recorded July 2018.
crumbling (mix 3)	Andy: drums (sampled), bass (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar [DADGBE], vocals (6 tracks) Recorded on June 22, 2016 in the playroom at mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT.	♥︎ 2016.06.24
many planets around the sun (live improv @Skunk 2019.07.17)	Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar Val McCallum: lead guitar Jim Yeager: bass Woody Thompson: congas, bvox Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio. First improvised as the tape rolled on December 7, 1994 -- see The Andy Band album liquid planet.	♥︎
catch (live @Skunk 2019.07.17)	Andy Wyatt: vocals and acoustic guitar [DADGAC] Val McCallum: lead guitar Jim Yeager: bass Woody Thompson: congas, bvox Recorded live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on July 17, 2019 by John Snyder and Dave Baldwin with a multi-track digital mixer. Mixed by Dave Baldwin at his studio. Written in July 1990 by Andy Wyatt. First recorded and released on The Andy Band album navigating.	♥︎
only one world (improv instrumental)	improv with 2 mics through new Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface to Logic Pro on MacBook Pro	2017.12.31
everything (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)	recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass.	2014.04.20
sunsets (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)	recorded by David Baldwin live at the Skunk Hollow Tavern open mic on Wednesday 17 May 2017. With Andy on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Yeager on electric guitar, Woody Thompson on congas, and Emile Giroux on bass.	♥︎
onward (mix 1 - base tracks)	Andy - acoustic guitar, "programming" Logic's Drummer Just getting the idea for a song down, playing along with Logic Pro's new Drummer virtual instrument.
skin (improv @Skunk 2017.03.29)	recorded on my iPhone 7 with built-in mic to the Music Memos app. Jim on bass, Ken on drum kit, Jeff on conga, me on acoustic guitar. 2017.03.29
interstate social (mix 1)	Andy - GarageBand instruments: drums, strings, clavinet, piano, bass; acoustic guitar. Started on GarageBand on iPad. Lots of virtual instruments and effects. Acoustic guitar track. What is this? Tracks are labelled big beat, smart cymbals, pizzicato string hook, smart clav, smooth section (strings), arp and melody (piano), P-Bass, acoustic -2 mics on Taylor via FastTrack, and Master Track (FX from pads and gyro) once in Logic. The gyroscope and touchpad-entered FX track makes it quirky and sorta modern, maybe. Recorded April 2016 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT. ©2016 by The Andy Band
six-four romp (mix 1 -instrumental layout)	Andy - drums (Ultrabeat programming), two acoustic guitars, two mandolins, acoustic 5-string fretless bass guitar, piano (EXS24 sampler), vibes (EVP88). Instrumental track so far, but I've been hearing a vocal melody and have improvised some lyrics ("nephew/niece") on some dogwalkin' voice memos and a take on the album playroom. Recorded 22-24 November 2014 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, VT. ©2014 by The Andy Band
Coast of Carolina (Jimmy Buffet cover)	Andy: drums, bass (sampled), piano (sampled), organ (modelled), acoustic guitar (2 tracks), electric guitar (3 tracks), vocals (3 tracks). Recorded in 16-20 April 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. Song written by Mac MacAnally. My personal challenge was to copy the studio recording of this from 'License to Chill' by Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers.	2014.10.12

Info for artist: The Andy Band

eclectic acoustics

Members: 
Andy Wyatt - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, mandolin, ukulele, studio.
Guest musicians have included co-conspirators from other projects/bands including: Jon Morse, Tim Odell, Pete Downes, Ayman Mobarak, Paul Tuckey, Tommy Whittle, Pete Bosanko, and Eric Krivitzky

Years of Activity:
1978-present

Overview:
There are cassette tapes by "The Andy Band" dating back to 1979, when Andy was 14 years old, and he is still an avid recording musician. Sometimes The Andy Band is all about "hit record and go" improvisation, other times it's all about one-man-band multi-tracking in the studio. Since 2010, Andy has been playing some of these songs live near his new home in Vermont at open mics. He relishes the thrill of improvising with an audience, as well as singing three-part harmonies and playing bass with players there. But he also loves building up a song with layers and layers of Andys, singing and playing everything.

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