'Twisted Roads' and '424' were recorded in early 2005. I played fills and solos on both cuts using my Melancon Pro T, with a Seymour Duncan JB bridge pickup, and two custom Melancon single-coil pups while using a Line 6 POD, v2.0 direct! Both were done in one or two takes, with my work simply added as overdubs to existing material in a basement studio in Liverpool, NY.

Twisted Roads

424

'Casino' is an instrumental written by a great bass player, and friend Greeley Ford. I played chorused rhythm, solo and melody on 'Casino', probably through a Rockman! The song was recorded in 1980 onto a boombox cassette, with Greeley on bass, Lenny Milano on drums and Paul Angerosa on dry rhythm guitar - what a great 'backing band' eh? I used this recording to open some doors in NYC when I moved there in 1981!
Casino

The instrumental 'Random' was cut direct to a MacBook using GarageBand and a loop created by Red Ant over at TGP. I played my Edwards LP into a POD 2.0, thru an iMic interface into GarageBand (iLife 08). I did a few intro overdubs, then improviused the solo... it was just a way to experiment with the tools, and lay out a bit on the guitar too! The base tune is Home At Last, by Steely Dan.
Random

The song 'Out Tonight' from the Broadway show, RENT. An old friend needed someone to re-create the flavor of the RENT tune for a demo - a client wanted to demonstrate her pipes for her future possible Broadway debut! I played my Edwards LP into a POD 2.0, direct into the console. I did one of the rhythm parts first, added a second, and overdubbed the two-guitar 'solo' parts next. It went down in about an hour total.
Out Tonight

'Jingle Bell Rock' I helped record this little Xmas Gift for Cassidy Gerken. Pickle had asked me to come down to his studio (Cider Hill Recording) to add some guitar parts for a CD that his 10 year old daughter wanted to be able to give to her family on Christmas morning. Well, needless to say the holidays and Syracuse's beautiful weather got in the way... so Plan B! Pickle and I experimented at the last minute (the days before mixing) and found that we could exchange files via e-mail. I proceeded to break out the POD again, and quickly recorded some tracks for experimental purposes, and e-mailed those to him. I played over a scratch track, and then layered a few other tracks for Pickle to choose from. Over a couple of days, I recorded several test tracks for Pickle to choose from, mostly done in under an hour, and with the Melancon and POD 2.0 - well, it was last minute! Cassidy sings and plays the flute solo (she's been playing flute since September!)
Jingle Bell Rock

'Hunka Bells' I also helped record this little Xmas Gift for Cassidy Gerken. Done in under an hour, also with the Melancon and POD 2.0.
Hunka Bells