Andy: thumping a frisbee with my finger, thumping an empty liter bottle of seltzer, bass, electric guitar [sekova w/ distortion+ box], acoustic guitar strums, a freeware Mac alert sound called "pole", acoustic guitar melody (R), second acoustic guitar melody (L), four vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?songID=70
song | recording info | favorite / pick of the week |
---|---|---|
new office | Jon Morse - drums sampled from "Live It Up" on the cassette Voyager, March 1980. Andy - sample of singing to my voice mail from my cell phone, sampled three times and layered and panned; two acoustic guitars [DADGBE] (all recorded with PlainTalk mic); acoustic guitar strumming [DADGBE], bass [DADG], piano [stereo], electric guitar through Twin Reverb amp [stereo], and vocals [with doubled delay track]. Pretty far out. Could stay as is, could get more stuff, or be an intro to a bigger better song. (1/11/96). Became a better song by making the cell phone & acoustic guitar part an intro to the rockin drum, piano, guitar thing that developed with a similar melody in my head. Yes! Fabulous mix! Piano is powerful! (1/22/96). The ending is particularly beautiful, with the electric guitar and piano. I remember that I couldn't hear the piano when I was playing the guitar at the end, beacuse I hadn't decided it was part of the song yet, it was "outside the loop". But I played that bit of guitar sort of remembering what I'd done on the piano, and it melded beautifully for the first part of the piano but wasn't long enough. So in a haphazard fashion, I selected a swatch of guitar audio at the end, option-cmd-dragged it so it jumped onto the end, did the same again, and then chose the reverse command for the middle section. The way that stuff ended up lining up with the piano, the awesome coincidence of timing there, still amazes me. | ♥︎ 2014.07.13 |
here today | Andy: thumping a frisbee with my finger, thumping an empty liter bottle of seltzer, bass, electric guitar [sekova w/ distortion+ box], acoustic guitar strums, a freeware Mac alert sound called "pole", acoustic guitar melody (R), second acoustic guitar melody (L), four vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2014.03.02 |
your skin | Jon & Andy: drums & congas sampled from "bongoland" on E.B.A. - tangerine cowbells [2 loops, 6 seconds in the chorus (twice), 16 seconds in the verse (twice)]. Andy: bass [DADG] , piano [stereo], light strummy acoustic guitar, bassy acoustic guitar [DADGBE], two vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2015.11.29 |
overwhelmed | Andy: real drums (22-second layered loops of cymbal, kick drums, and snare), two basses (Distortion+ on one), three electric guitars (Distortion+ on one), four vocals (one rapping). Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2017.05.18 |
really? | Jon: drums sampled from "mac & cheese" on The Andy Band - Improv Volume 25 [no loops]. Andy: congas and electric guitar from the same sample; overdubs of bass, two acoustic guitars, and a vocal. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.01.18 |
four guitars | Andy: electric guitar (Sekova!) four tracks, two clean, two mean with distortion+; PlainTalk mic upside down on wrist rest, thumping wrist rest, rubbing it, and tapping the computer keyboard with a long fingernail; vocal. Wierd and wonderful, a spontaneous celebration of my old guitar! (1/5/96) Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
leave a trace | Jon: 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. | ♥︎ 2014.06.29 |
shiny | Andy: electric guitar (looped), drums (constructed and looped from bits of "roger"), bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar [Gibson through distortion+], snaps (looped), vocal. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | ♥︎ 2014.09.21 |
the big dream | Andy: CD-R finger drum (looped), three travel mug lids (looped), two acoustic guitars [CGCGCEb] (looped), two clavinets, two acoustic guitars [CGCGBbEb], three vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
caught | Andy: piano, acoustic guitar [EbAbDbGbBbEb], bass [EbAbDbGb], electric guitar [EbAbDbGbBbEb], five vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
roger | Andy: drums [7 times a 26 second loop plus some intro and outtro bits], bass, piano. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
sycamore river rush | Eric: bass [through stereo flanger]. Ayman: recording of Berry Creek at Big Basin Redwoods, CA (2/23/94) (19-second loops, overlapped in stereo). Andy: twisting the stereo flanger knobs while Eric played bass, four acoustic guitar improvs [std], two vocals (one doubled quietly in the left ear slightly delayed). Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2015.10.18 |
melon | Ayman Mobarak: incredible 8-bit 22 kHz mono samples designed for looping: ALPHA1, ALPHA2, BETA, DELTA, and GAMMA. Andy Wyatt: upsampling and arrangement of samples, backwards distortion plused guitar solo. Recorded in 1995 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
diet cokes split into hairs | Ayman Mobarak: fretless 5-string bass guitar Pete Bosanko: piano Andy Wyatt: acoustic guitar, vocals From an improv at Ayman's house in Los Gatos, CA, in May 1996. | |
in the factory / on vacation | Ayman Mobarak: fretless 5-string bass guitar Pete Bosanko: acoustic guitar Andy Wyatt: electronic keyboard, vocals From an improv at Ayman's house in Los Gatos, CA, in May 1996. | |
talking about the weather | Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1995 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
vacationing | Andy: piano and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1995 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.06.08 |
cars | Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | |
moving along | Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2014.03.23 |
burn out across the sky | Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. |
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.