A few days ago I was asked to write a song for a church service about Joshua 6.This episode has me recording the bits and pieces as I worked on them - in all 4 clips.Next time I will put it all together - but now you get to hear the dirty rough

RoughMix 155 - He's Not Here

Oct 31st, 2010 4m 39s

The mandolin is new about a week old, and I do not know how to play yet. But this was a way to get a new entry point into a song and that is what I do as I created this very raw tune "He's Not Here"Contact me at [email protected]

RoughMix 154 - Tool of the trade

Oct 1st, 2010 4m 45s

This episode has me playing with a unique capo which allows each string to be pressed individually, and I use it to replicate a DADGBD tuning without tuning (granted the key is different, but you will get the idea...)I find that mixing things u

RoughMix 153 - Camille's Song

Jul 16th, 2010 5m 50s

I am to be the proud godfather of the lovely Camille and her parents chose for her dedication the verse Psalm 91:11The dedication is taking place in a German church so the song is is German (as is the mom as well.) The dad is French, but as I d

RoughMix 152 - Kommt Herzu

Apr 28th, 2010 4m 49s

I was asked to write a song for a church service.I asked about the main theme of course and it turned out to be Psalm 95:1-7OK I thought I can do this.Then I had the single idea to make the first verse into a refrain and the following verses in

RoughMix 150 - 2 Thieves

Nov 16th, 2009 4m 54s

This tune is a prequel to a Tune I have written called "Father Forgive". The deal here is to use what has been previously written as a tool to help spawn a new piece of music.I hope it works!You can follow my TwitterFeed at http://twitter.com/n

RoughMix 149 - Breathy

Oct 9th, 2009 8m 19s

After months of international travel, a dead computer upon return RoughMix has been on hiatus for awhile, but we are back never having intended on being away for so longThis episode takes a vocal effect and uses it to determine the rough. I als

RoughMix 148 - Drop D Capo

Jul 12th, 2009 14m 42s

After quite awhile without a RoughMix post. I decided to add this. I have been recording music, but actually posting a podcast takes some time, and life takes time too!This episode runs long, and is experimental. The audio records uninterrupted

RoughMix 147 - Scratch Pop and Ham

Jun 7th, 2009 11m 42s

The cast about how music is made....I was playing around with a kind of scratching sound on the guitar and decided to experiment with some other effects. By effects I do not mean anything electronic. I mean doing gimmicky things on the guitar i

RoughMix 146 - Cloudy Day

May 17th, 2009 5m 47s

A quick study on a lazy Sunday afternoon. I pick two chords to start and then simply record what happens afterwards directly to the hard disk of my Dell Precision.You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nlnnetShoutouts to listeners i

RoughMix 145 - Nobody Knows

May 5th, 2009 6m 28s

the cast about how music is madeA rough recording in the living room that captures the essence of RoughMix as it starts with a mistake that needs a restart.Shoutouts to listeners in: Tianjin, China; and many other places as well. Thanks so muc

RoughMix 144 - Jazz Slap

Apr 13th, 2009 3m 6s

The cast about how music is made....This time around I am using a tool that churns things up a bit. I play predominantly the acoustic guitar. I tried this time to record playing things in a different way than I usually do. Differently stylistic

RoughMix 143 - Don't Know Why

Apr 1st, 2009 5m 31s

The cast about how music is made....I began this bit with a soft guitar piece and let it flow from there. The lyrics were all on the fly made up as I went along. This was a kind of a tool to help with the lyrical creativity.This episode is spon

RoughMix 142 - Jammin'

Mar 24th, 2009 19m 19s

The cast about how music is made....This is a long format episode. I recorded what I was doing over about 15 minutes without pause. In this episode I give commentary during the music as there a bits to talk about.Amongst other things I talk abo

RoughMix 141 - Must Be Something More

Mar 21st, 2009 6m 6s

The cast about how music is made....Sorry that it has taken so long since the last post. It is not for lack of music, but for lack of time to create the cast from the raw data.This episode is one where I am intentionally raw, also vocally. I am

RoughMix 140 - Twitter Tune

Feb 25th, 2009 4m 54s

The cast about how music is made....This cast episode happened as an aside. I was playing the guitar and scanning the computer for messages and came upon some twitter notes, and I started to sing and play making up lyrics as I went. It is an ex

RoughMix 139 - First the Stone

Feb 7th, 2009 17m 37s

The cast about how music is made....This cast incorporates 4 Palm recordings all related to the same song I need to write for a specific event. It gives what is likely the best inside of the head working to date (and is therefore longer than no

RoughMix 138 - Sunrise

Jan 21st, 2009 3m 27s

The cast about how music is made....Here is a look at what I do recording the thoughts as they flow - complete with the false starts and re-trys. I am trying to get what is in my head to find its way onto the fretboard and strings, and sometime

RoughMix 136 - Can't Walk Away

Jan 6th, 2009 8m 19s

The cast about how music is made.... I am working through my Palm Tungsten taking the rough tunes I have recorded there and finally getting them up to the podcast. I hope it inspires you to record your own roughs to keep track of what you are d

RoughMix 135 - Mirage

Jan 1st, 2009 7m 19s

The cast about how music is made....* One take on the Palm Tungsten. All was made up on the fly. I can never state it enough, also to myself, how much can be captured by simply having what you do recording on the roughest of roughs, as was the

RoughMix 134 - JHAB (Jesus has a Birthday)

Dec 9th, 2008 10m 26s

The cast about how music is made.... * Two takes on the Palm Tungsten make up this episode as I write another Christmas tune. For another Christmas tune from me visit here: http://cli.gs/cligs/show/XmasTune1 Shoutouts to listeners near Sibu,

RoughMix 133 - Free Form

Dec 8th, 2008 8m 48s

The cast about how music is made....Recorded as I made stuff up without an agenda of anything. It was music in free-form - another tool in the craft of writing music.Shoutouts to listeners in, Rome, Italy; Ankara, Turkey; Dubai; New Delhi, Indi

RoughMix 132 - Sunday Morning Tune

Nov 27th, 2008 4m 12s

I am not a morning person, but sometimes the muse strikes at strange unpredictable times. This episode of RoughMix, 132, was a tune that came to me early on a Sunday morning, hence the name "Sunday Morning Tune" for the episode.It is a very sho