24 favorite song picks by The Tim & Andy Band
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| 1 | open door | 2009.05.29 | Tim - 5-string, fretless, acoustic-guitar-style bass Andy - piano (Logic EXS24 sampler) Drum loops programmed by T&A. 29 May 2009 - Tim was visiting from England and spent an afternoon in mangobananas studio with Andy. Tim was really getting into Andy's new Dragonfly bass and Andy really getting into playing along on the piano. | 701 | lefty loosey | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimStudies.jpg |
| 2 | I want my Mac back | 2010.03.05 | Andy - acoustic guitar, vocals Paul - acoustic guitar (Backpacker) Tim - bass guitar Improvised and recorded live in Tim's place in Kent, England, UK on March 5, 2010. ©2010 by The Tim & Andy Band | 778 | chimney cats (feat. Paul) | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/chimney_cats_TnA.png |
| 3 | Billy Bob's Big Ballad | 1984.07.09 | Tim: drums and backing vocals; bass and backing vocals Andy: guitar and (quiet) backing vocals; 12-string and backing vocals Geoff: (quiet) backing vocals; LEAD VOCALS -An excellent song - a country tune. The refrain was the only part of the song we had words to until we recorded --Geoff made up the verses as we went along. Really excellent and funny! Recorded 9 July 1984 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdub. ©1984 The Tim & Andy Band | 788 | Ahem | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/ATJam1984IthFest.jpg |
| 4 | into the station | 2007.11.20 | Tim - drum programming, bass Andy - drum programming, guitars Tim visiting from the UK, an afternoon of fun in the studio....Nov 20, 2007. The awesome rhythm comes from the trains in England via Tim, the great syncopation and melding of the two parts was awesome. I played my Strat, Tim played Eric's bass. We both went DI thru the Firepod, jamming together to find the riffs while monitoring thru the studio monitors. We recorded bits for different loops separately. The guitar doing the rhythm crunch is tuned CADGBE (E dropped down to a C). Logic's bass amp and guitar amp plugins were used on all gits. | 701 | lefty loosey | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/sixfootmoles.jpg |
| 5 | Ode to Mike | 1984.07.11 | Tim: drums; bass; bvox Andy: clean guitar; distorted guitar; lead vox -Geez. Recorded 11 July 1984 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdubs. ©1984 The Tim & Andy Band | 788 | Ahem | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/ATJam1984IthFest.jpg |
| 6 | If I Ever Loved You | 1984.07.11 | Tim: drums; bass Andy: lead vox & clean guitar; 12-string and harmony vox -A damn good Beatlesque tune! Recorded 11 July 1984 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdubs. ©1984 The Tim & Andy Band | 788 | Ahem | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/ATJam1984IthFest.jpg |
| 7 | zone of tone | 2006.05.20 | Andy - electric guitar (strat) Tim - bass Drum loops from GarageBand, arranged by Tim and Andy Tim came over May 20, 2006 for an afternoon. I'd just gotten my new Taylor 310 (acoustic guitar), but after we checked it out on the deck and talked a while I didn't record with it. This is partly because I'd previously busted the G string and replaced it with a non-Elixer Daddario string that sounded different to me. And this was a rockin' loop we got going on, with Tim riffin out and me jammin over it --and check the little grunty yeah yeah noises in the drum loop! We recorded a splurge of jammin' over the loops with me on electric guitar (Strat) and Tim on bass (Eric's Ibanez Roadstar). It was a fun jam, and the first 5 minutes or more weren't even recorded. I wanted to let Tim just rock with what he wanted to do as far as arrangement, wanted to give him a taste of producing what's in your head with a multi-track program like this. Those Apple Loops are pretty awesome. We jammed out, then played around with some cutting and pasting and tried to build an arrangement. It took longer and than TIm probably expected, but we got something pretty cool done in about 3 hours. Mix 1 is pretty much as we left the mix when Tim had to go that afternoon. I may or may not do anything else with this. Cool jam! Small World! | 701 | lefty loosey | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/sixfootmoles.jpg |
| 8 | Posterus | 1983.02.18 | Tim: drums; bass Andy: guitar; 12-string -Excellent jazz piece - just so awesome Recorded 18 Feb 1983 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1983 The Tim & Andy Band | 787 | Rubber Duck | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/rubberduck.jpg |
| 9 | Hey Dick | 1985.02.01 | Tim: vocals Andy: acoustic 6-string and vocals -Totally insane weird song Recorded 1 Feb 1985 with two mics into a cassette deck. ©1985 The Tim & Andy Band | 789 | The Jungle in the Snowstorm | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/jungle.png |
| 10 | Ode to Rick | 1983.08.11 | Tim: drums; bass; backup vox Andy: heavy guitar; heavy guitar (doubled); vox; b-vox -Our compliments to Rick Springfield. We just knew we could do a pop song that sounded as good as some shit Top 40 and then we wrote some great lyrics... Craziness!!! I love it! Recorded 11 Aug 1983 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdub. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1983 The Tim & Andy Band | 787 | Rubber Duck | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/rubberduck.jpg |
| 11 | Sire Draits | 1981.11.10 | Tim: drums mixed over Sire Draits from vol.I Andy: engineering his first deck-to-deck overdub Recorded 10 Nov 1981 with two mics into a cassette deck. ©1981 The Tim & Andy Band | 781 | As They Is | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimCampBarton1980.jpg |
| 12 | WD-40 | 1981.11.20 | Tim: electric, voice Andy: acoustic, voice -Not as spontaneous as the cut off "A Folk Progression" Recorded 20 Nov 1981 with two mics into a cassette deck. Actually was on the Holiday Din tape, but was recorded the same day as the last 6 songs on this album. ©1981 The Tim & Andy Band | 782 | Spanish Bees Don't Laugh | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimShades.jpg |
| 13 | The F-16s (I Want You To Know) | 1982.03.20 | Tim: drums and lead vocals Andy: guitar and backup vocals -Okayfine. Strange Recorded 20 Mar 1982 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1982 The Tim & Andy Band | 785 | Mount Pleasant | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimTowelHV4H.jpg |
| 14 | Marguerite | 1996.02.02 | Andy - electric guitar Tim - bass Piece written by Tim. Recorded live with two mics into a cassette deck on 2 Feb 1996 at Albrectsen Road Studio, Ithaca, NY. ©1996 Tim Odell | 759 | flipping channels | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/flipping channels.jpg |
| 15 | The Working Man's Blues | 1984.07.10 | Tim: drums; lead vocals Andy: distorted guitar; 12-string and b-vox Geoff: bass; b-vox -Scraps of the first two takes. The third was great, but we'd forgotten to take off the pause. Geez. No time to do it again. Geez. Recorded 10 July 1984 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdubs. ©1984 The Tim & Andy Band | 788 | Ahem | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/ATJam1984IthFest.jpg |
| 16 | Peg's Pony | 1981.11.10 | Tim: doubled drums (2 tracks); bass Andy: electric guitar flanged + chorused -Everything kicks and is chorused out! Fine! Recorded 10 Nov 1981 with two mics into a cassette deck. Deck-to-deck overdub. ©1981 The Tim & Andy Band | 781 | As They Is | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimCampBarton1980.jpg |
| 17 | get on down out that chimney | 2010.03.06 | Andy - acoustic guitar, vocals Paul - acoustic guitar (Backpacker) Tim - bass guitar, vocals Improvised and recorded live in Tim's place in Kent, England, UK on March 6, 2010. ©2010 by The Tim & Andy Band | 778 | chimney cats (feat. Paul) | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/chimney_cats_TnA.png |
| 18 | poster boy | 1997.02.06 | Andy: bass and vocals Tim: guitar PeBo: congas and percussion Improvised and recorded live with two mics into a cassette deck on 6 February 1997 in Jon's the jamming room at Albrectsen Road Studio. ©1997 by The Tim & Andy Band | 744 | rug patrol (feat. PeBo) | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/rug patrol TnA.png |
| 19 | cuban sandwich | 2007.07.12 | Tim: bass (2 tracks) Andy: guitar (Strat) (3 tracks), drum programming, acoustic guitar Jon: drum kit Recording started 8 Feb 2006 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY, with Tim and Andy recording loops. Another quick jam with Tim (Feb 8, 2006) over a drum beat I programmed with the mouse using Ultrabeat synth. This has some cool effects and potential for layering -- I can hear a gravelly rap over this, some urban devolution and psychedelic descent. On July 2 (Jon jam 4) Jon overdubbed drums while I played strat doing some soloing. When mixing and arranging that I found an acoustic guitar part that I layed in for 8 or 10 measures as an alternate part. Recorded that on the Taylor with the usual 2 mic setup on July 5, 2007. Also, while I was walking though the song 2 bars at a time doing the drum comps, I heard goovy parts and I played around and recorded with clavinet (EVD6) and piano (EXS24). The piano part is becoming the vocal melody (or counter-melody) in my head. That got me to this final mix on July 12, 2007. | 701 | lefty loosey | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/sixfootmoles.jpg |
| 20 | A Tupperware Party | 1982.03.19 | Tim: bass; drums; tupperware Andy: guitar -Incredibly great! Recorded 19 Mar 1982 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. Deck-to-deck overdub. ©1982 The Tim & Andy Band | 785 | Mount Pleasant | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimTowelHV4H.jpg |
| 21 | Baby II | 1982.03.26 | Tim: drums, backup vocals Andy: vocals, guitar -Not the same as Baby I - Different! Recorded 26 Mar 1982 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1982 The Tim & Andy Band | 786 | Freeway | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/deep.jpg |
| 22 | New Place to Live | 1988.03.26 | Andy - vocals and electric guitar Tim - drum kit Ayman - 5-string fretless electric bass Recorded at Warren Road Studios with two mics into a cassette deck on 26 March 1988 | 773 | insects (feat. Ayman) | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/insects-and-monkeys.jpg |
| 23 | Baby | 1982.03.20 | Tim: drums and backup vocals Andy: guitar and lead vocals -Pretty damn funny! Recorded 20 Mar 1982 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1982 The Tim & Andy Band | 785 | Mount Pleasant | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimTowelHV4H.jpg |
| 24 | Pizza!!! | 1982.03.20 | Tim: drums and lead vocals Andy: guitar and backup vocals -Has to be heard to be believed Recorded 20 Mar 1982 with two mics into a cassette deck. Recorded in Tim's basement on Mount Pleasant. ©1982 The Tim & Andy Band | 785 | Mount Pleasant | The Tim & Andy Band | https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/TimTowelHV4H.jpg |
