Jon - drums
Andy - acoustic guitar, overdubs of programmed clavinets 

Base track from the improv at Jon's house on June 30, 2006. Overdubs back at mangobananas studios. That wah clav patch is funky. One track is playing bass, a second track (panned more to the right) is playing chords. Funkosity!

This album features Jon Morse on drums, improvising a bunch of music with Andy.

Jon and Andy have been playing together since 1979 when they were the founding members of Thunder, which became Voyager, and later The Raid, and Everything But Anchovies. Jon has done some session work recording drums for The Andy Band tunes (especially on refresher and cymbal monkeys).

The first four tracks are from the "rocking horse" session on 10 August 2007, at Jon's house in the playroom with Jon on drums and Andy on bass (and a little piano on "hanging out".

The next three, "bullfrogs and fireworks", "circles", and "j-funk", are from the "Gear Gear and Beer" session on 30 June 2006, recorded at Jon's house in the playroom with Jon on drums and Andy on acoustic guitar. Andy made some overdubs after the session back at mangobananas studios, Ithaca. (See pics.)

The remaining nine tracks are from the "King Blatt" session on 21 May 2005, recorded in Andy's den, mangobananas studios, Ithaca. Andy played guitar while Jon drummed, then Andy overdubbed other instruments on a lot of the tunes after the session.

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loading inJon - drum kit Andy - bass Simple improv from August 2007 at Jon's house.
setting upJon - drum kit Andy - bass Simple improv from August 2007 at Jon's house.2017.08.20
chowing downJon - drum kit Andy - bass Simple improv from August 2007 at Jon's house.
hanging outJon - drum kit Andy - bass, piano (Logic EXS24 sampler) Simple improv from August 2007 at Jon's house.
bullfrogs and fireworksJon - drums Andy - acoustic guitar, programmed percussion and drums, programmed piano, real bass, acoustic lead guitar At Jon's house June 30, 2006. Liz and twins at Bonaparte, Jon and I jammin'. The night after the jam, late night Sat. July 1, 2006: wow, discovered Logic does "beat mapping". This lets me set the metronome to us playing by constantly making small adjustments to the tempo by drawing a line between the metronome ruler marks and marks made for transients in the kick, snare, agit tracks (whatever I tell it to analyze). Wow that made things go from good to awesome. I added an Apple Loop, "Conga Groove 10", and then dropped in a MIDiI loop "World Bongo 03" that was bongos in the loop browser but I used it on an UltraBeat track with the 2-step drum kit and a Sculpture track with the "Tribal Drums" patch. I even copied it to an EXS24 "Grand Piano" track and added some chords. That's mix 1. Another night, I added chords to take the progression from 2 chords to a longer 8-bar pattern, for some parts. Some night I wrote that beautiful piano part for the 2 crescendos, just clicking in the Matrix Editor. Late July 5 (Wed) I recorded real bass, the Ibanez Roadstar II direct through the Firepod. That made mix 2. in the afternoon of July 13 (Thu), I recorded an acoustic guitar overdub (the Earthworks SR77 up close through the Symetrix preamp and S/PDIF, the Rode NT1-A a bit more than 2 feet away through the Firepod). That makes mix 3, what ended up the final mix. ♥︎
circlesJon - drums Andy - acoustic guitar, programmed piano, programmed percussion, real bass, electric lead guitar, vocals Another that started with a jam at Jon's on June 30, 2006. After a session or two of beat mapping back in mangobananas studio to get a click in sync with us, I laid in some synth piano and percussion, some real bass (direct thru Firepod), some real Les Paul (thru POD patch 1B into Firepod) on Monday afternoon, July 17. Late night I came back to it and ... played with the verses, which I couldn't remember while jammin' with Jon, so I found the feature "Insert Time and Move by Locators" to make room for the full progression. I laid that out on the EVB3 in the Matrix Editor, did some piano skanking on that, repeated Jon's bits. This is cool! That is mix 2, and it's a birthday present to myself.
j-funkJon - drums Andy - acoustic guitar, overdubs of programmed clavinets Base track from the improv at Jon's house on June 30, 2006. Overdubs back at mangobananas studios. That wah clav patch is funky. One track is playing bass, a second track (panned more to the right) is playing chords. Funkosity!
paradiseJon - drums Andy - 5 guitar tracks: strat (w/ drums, chorused clean), bass, L&R acoustics, strat (heavy) This is the first track Jon and I jammed out together 5/21/2005, a great night of jamming just drums and guitar in my den (B visiting E in CT). Drums recorded with 6 mics - kick (NAD KBM412), snare (Earthworks SR77), L overhead (Rode NT1-A), R overhead (AT2020), rack toms (SM57), and floor tom (SM57). My old AudioSpectrum SM58 knockoff was used for the vocals, and it was pointed too much towards the drums and got a lot of harsh drum noise. But the vocal track is pretty precious in a way, so I've mixed it best I can. Guitar was the Strat through the POD (9D? not sure of the patch) into the Firepod direct. Overdubs done in the wee hours, first bass (direct into Firepod), then two acoustic guitars (Earthworks SR77), then heavy electric (POD 1A patch into Firepod). Rough mix Saturday night, refined Monday 5/23 at work. ♥︎
riffage jamJon - drums Andy - strat, bass, two more strats Base is me and Jon jamming 5/21/2005. Made mix 1 Saturday night, 5/21, getting quite drunk. Made mix 2 Sunday night 5/29, just a few level tweaks.
island 29Jon - drums Andy - 3 guitars and bass (strat (w/drums, chorused 9C?), bass [DADG], strat solo (9D, with mda circle panner), les paul clickity bits (1D)) Awesome reggae groove jammed out Sat night 5/21/2005. Overdubs started Monday night (5/23) with bass [DADG] doing a killer low riff. Then a loopy little solo track circling around the head and echoing. This is going somewhere cool. Friday morning 5/27/05, B&I taking a vacation day, I got up at 6:30 or so and re-did the bass part. The last note of the riff was kicked, but the kick drum wasn't, so I held back and got on it and it sounds great. I did a bit more experimentation with little riffs, too, and I like it. Then I also decided the mda Stereo things created digital clipping that was harsh, so I took that off the guitar and bass. I instead did my usual manual double-track by copying and shifting. Then I did a new guitar track with my Les Paul through patch 1D of the POD, playing mostly little clicky bits that sound great. ♥︎
purple beadsJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat with drums), bass, guitar (les paul w/ POD 2B patch) Started with the jam session 5/21/2005. Overdubs and mix 1 made 5/28 late. This is pretty jammin'!
lively jamJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat w/ 9D patch, with drums), bass, guitar (les paul, POD 9D tweaked to tremolo w/ speed & intensity adjustments) Improv jam 5/21/2005. Overdubs and mix 1 made 5/28 late night. This is really jammin'!
the kickerJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat w/ drums), bass Started with an improv jam 5/21/2005. Just the bass sounds damn good, overdubbed Sunday late, 5/29. Mix 1 made. mda Stereo on the guit, some 60 Hz EQ (+5db) on the bass. But this is too long with nothing really interesting happening. Either needs good words, either layered guitar doing harmonically interesting stuff.
staying up all nightJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat w/ drums), bass Started with an improv jam 5/21/2005. Overdubbed bass and mixed 5/29.2017.03.06
aldi belgian beerJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat w/ drums), bass Started with an improv session 5/21/2005. Just bass overdub for mix 1, 5/29 late. Kept it short and simple.
smoked porterJon - drums Andy - guitar (strat w/ drums), bass [AADG]. This is a strange one, short. Started with the improv session 5/21/2005. I added bass with the low E dropped down to a very low A. I duped the guitar track and shifted it a bit late. Then I duped it and reversed the dupliicate and shifted it around until it sounded kinda cool, especially with the mda RoundPan plugin moving it around. Strange but kinda cool.
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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