Recordings

• In The Still Of The Night
  Recorded Spring 1995
  

  I think this was one of the first things I ever recorded with my 4-track. It's a simple arrangement of the classic doo-wop song, which was redone by Boyz II Men around the time that I recorded it. Bass, lead, and three backup vocal tracks.
  [MP3 46 sec./723K][WAV 46 sec./362K]

• Comedown
  Recorded December 1996
  

  This is the first song I recorded with my guitar (and it shows). It's a Bush song from their first album, I think it's my favorite Bush song. Sort of a rockin' tune even though it is on the slow side.
  [MP3 70 sec./831K][WAV 70 sec./554K]

• Follow Me To Heaven
  Recorded January 1997
  

  I arranged this Rockapella song for the Higher Keys, another college a cappella group I joined following the demise of the High Jinks. When I heard that Rockapella was auditioning for a replacement second tenor, I recorded the song using six tracks and sent it in, hoping for the "sentimental vote". Of course, I'm not a tenor anyway, so it's a good thing that they didn't call me back.
  [MP3 38 sec./447K][WAV 38 sec./298K]

  
• Keith Hernandez
  Written/Recorded February 1997
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  I was lying in bed one Saturday morning, and this melody sort of popped into my head with some words. Then I thought about it some more in the shower and recorded a quick demo so I wouldn't forget it. I actually wrote the guitar part a few years earlier (I think in the spring of 1994), but it lay dormant. Although Keith is probably more famous for his appearance on Seinfeld than his accomplishments on the field, the song makes no reference to his acting career.
  [MP3 48 sec./564K][WAV 48 sec./376K]

• Shine
  Recorded May 1997
  

  Greg and I recorded this Collective Soul song around the time that Greg graduated. We used my junky Charvel electric, Greg's acoustic Washburn, and a MIDI track with drums and bass.
  [MP3 45 sec./538K][WAV 45 sec./359K]

• Hard-Hearted Hannah
  Recorded May 1997
  

  This is an old barbershop song that I first learned when I sang with the High Jinks at Brown. I think they'd been singing this song for quite some time. I also sang it with Laughing Gas, a quartet I formed for the summer of 1993. I recorded this version using four tracks in my apartment in Providence.
  [MP3 22 sec./434K][WAV 22 sec./348K]

• Baby Back Ribs - The Chili's Theme Song
  Recorded June 1997
  

  I think Dave and I were just sitting around one day, singing the "baby back ribs" song from the Chili's ad, and decided to record it. Dave recorded the bass line, then I recorded the melody and harmony lines. We called up Greg, about an hour away in Needham, Mass., to get him to sing the "barbecue sauce" part. Really an amazing triumph of technology -- the headphones were up against the phone's mouthpiece, blaring out the first three tracks; the microphone was jammed up against the earpiece, capturing the sweet crooning of one Mr. G. Foxman, and the 4-track immortalized it for all time.
  [MP3 30 sec./352K][WAV 30 sec./234K]

  
• Hypocrite
  Written/Recorded December 1997
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  Shortly after taking a new job which involved a 100-mile commute, I wrote this peppy, feel-good anthem about the trials and tribulations of the commuter. Have you ever found yourself mentally berating another driver for weaving in and out of traffic, only to find yourself doing the same thing minutes later?
  [MP3 40 sec./471K][WAV 40 sec./314K]

• Lombard Street
  Written/Recorded December 1997
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  This is a little ditty that Greg and I wrote after I moved into an apartment on Lombard Street, The Crookedest Street In The World. I thought it might be an interesting concept to write a song in the past tense about how "I used to live at a famous address," even though when we wrote the song I was currently living there (and Greg didn't live there at all).
  [MP3 40 sec./481K][WAV 40 sec./321K]

• What Do You Want (On Your Piazza)
  Written/Recorded February 1998
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  This was one of those songs where I said to myself, "I should write a song called 'What Do You Want On Your Piazza?'" I actually wrote the song, mostly because I thought it was a good title for a song. The song actually has nothing to do with pizza, or pizza toppings, it's just about baseball player Mike Piazza.
  [MP3 40 sec./472K][WAV 40 sec./867K]

• Crazy
  Recorded May 1998
  

  This is an acousticized version of Seal's hit song, recorded with my Martin 12-string acoustic and two vocal tracks.
  [MP3 50 sec./592K][WAV 50 sec./395K]

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