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1comes to mind (together) (mix 5)2020.04.22Andy: Logic Pro X virtual instruments for drums, bass, trombone, sax, trumpet; acoustic guitar (Taylor 310 [DADGAC]), electric guitar (Strat [DADGBE]), vocals, 4 bvox. 65latest mixesThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
2crumbling (mix 3)2016.06.22Andy: 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.65latest mixesThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Andy_guitar_bald_hill_icon.jpg
3the right tool1994.11.07Improvised and recorded on November 7, 1994 live with two mics into a cassette deck in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.9the right toolThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/pickaxe.jpg
4here today2005Andy: programming drums, bass, sax, trumpet, and trombone; playing acoustic guitar (two tracks), playing electric guitar, and singing (7 tracks). Recorded in 2005 in mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY. 3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
5talking to cacti (mix 9)2006Andy: sampled instruments: congas, drums, violin (x2), cello (x2), piano; real instruments: electric guitar [DADGAC], acoustic guitar [DADGAC], vocals (x3), bass [DADG]. Recorded in 2006 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
6sunsets (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)2017.05.17recorded 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.19Live at the SkunkThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/AndySkunk25May2011-square.jpg
7wonderful / merveilleuse (live @Skunk 2017.05.17)2017.05.17recorded 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.19Live at the SkunkThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/AndySkunk25May2011-square.jpg
8everything2007Andy: programming samplers for drums & bass & piano, acoustic guitar, vocals (10 tracks) Jon: drum kit Recorded in 2007 in mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY. 3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
9the only things alive2007Andy: piano, bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, rhodes, vocals. Jon: drums Recorded in 2006-2007 in mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY.3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
10moving along2008Andy: drums, rhodes, three acoustic guitars, 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar, sampled cellos, vocals Recorded in 2008 at mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY. 3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
11catch1991Andy: acoustic guitar [DADGAC capo IV], vocals. Recorded in 1991 with two mics live in mangobananas studio basement, Ithaca, NY.10navigatingThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/navigating.jpg
12leave a trace1996Jon: drums sampled from "paradiddling" on the cassette E.B.A. - squares and circles [stereo sample, two 2-second loops, one 4-second loop]. Jon & Andy: drums and bass sampled from the Jon & Andy band's "heavy shoes" from The Andy Band Improv 25 [4-second loop -grabbed from "sycamore river rush" the detuned project]. Andy: piano, electric guitar [Gibson, std tuning], three vocals, piano solo [at end, mono]. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY.6leave a traceThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
13Caico2009.12.10Andy: acoustic guitar (Backpacker) and vocal, piano (sampled), acoustic bass guitar (Dragonfly) Recorded on 10 December 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.20all over the mapThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/alloverthemap.jpg
14what's that mountain doing?2014.11.22Andy - acoustic guitar [DGDGBD], voice Recorded Nov 22, 2014. ©2014 by Andy Wyatt779playroomThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/playroom.jpg
15liquid2007Andy: acoustic guitars (3 parts), organ, piano, bass, vocals (5 parts) Jon - drum kit Recorded in 2007 in mangobananas studios, Ithaca, NY. 3refresherThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/edges02.jpg
16many planets around the sun1994.12.07### WARNING: NOT SAFE FOR WORK/KIDS. ### Improvised and recorded on December 7, 1994 live with one mic into a cassette deck in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. The mic was processed through an MXR Distortion+ pedal then a Roland digital delay.8liquid planetThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/liquidplanet.jpg
17only four words1986.03.05Andy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on March 5, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 13noodle strangerThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/crs2.jpg
18want need give2008.07.05Andy: drum sampler, bass sampler (replaced), piano sampler, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals; backing vocals, fretless 5-string acoustic bass guitar Recorded on 14 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig, with subsequent overdubs back in the Ithaca, NY studio through 28 September 2009 (vocals, b-vox, and bass).1snowcats and sundogsThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/vermont.jpg
19see it all1987Jon: drums Tim: bass Andy: guitars, vocals Written and recorded in 1987 by E.B.A. at Warren Road Studios, Ithaca, NY. 204see it allE.B.A.https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/Monkey Run 1987.jpg
20anything but love1986.05.03Andy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on May 3, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England12the popsThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/crs1.jpg
21it just might help us along1986.04.27Andy: vocals, guitars Recorded on April 27, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England12the popsThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/crs1.jpg
22the way you smiled1994.11.07Guitar tuning is standard capo 4 Improvised and recorded on November 7, 1994 live with two mics into a cassette deck in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.9the right toolThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/pickaxe.jpg
23how2005Andy: drum kit loops from GarageBand; acoustic guitar, two piano tracks, bass, four vocal tracks. Recorded in 2005 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.4babble onThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/babbleon.jpg
24lovin' life1995.08.09Guitar tuned DGDGBbD Improvised and recorded on August 9, 1995 live with two mics into a cassette deck in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.8liquid planetThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/liquidplanet.jpg
25for WEC242014.11.23Andy - acoustic guitar [standard], voice Recorded Nov 23, 2014. ©2014 by Andy Wyatt779playroomThe Andy Bandhttps://mangobananas.com/img/icons/playroom.jpg
Info for song: comes to mind (together) (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

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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.

(Tap the image above for a really interesting site with tons of coronavirus data and visualizations!)

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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Mangobananas recording artist Andy Wyatt (a.k.a. The Andy Band) has been playing regularly at an open mic at the Skunk Hollow Tavern, in Hartland Four Corners, Vermont, on Wednesday nights since May 2011. He accompanies host Pete Meijer and anyone else who wants a bassist. He loves singing three-part harmonies with Pete and Woody. They accompany him when he sings a set, which is usually one of these songs. Several are song sketches that have a lot of improvised content. An amazing panorama of musicians come out for the skunk open mic. Andy says there is always someone moving, someone grooving, something surprising, something up-rising... Here are the studio versions of the original songs Andy most often plays live.

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