mangobananas music : The Andy Band : solar

solar

1	every day is a new day	1998	Jon Morse: drum kit in a sample from "a record", from Killer Whirlpool 9/11/97, various loops Pete Bosanko: congas hit with a stick on the side, other percussion, in the same looped samples Tom Whittle: electric slide guitar in the same looped samples Andy Wyatt: arrangement of samples, two electric guitars, bass [C#ADG], acoustic guitar, three vocals, acoustic slide guitar solo Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
2	everything	1998	Andy - drum loop with a metal whisker hitting a one-cup measuring cup, drumstick clicks, and a giant popcorn tin; piano, bass [DADG], two acoustic guitars, three vocals.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
3	ride it	1998	PitchShifter: free samples of water, drums, zhuzhuzhuzhu pulse, bass pulse, and crunch guitars Andy Wyatt: arrangement and manipulation of samples, ten acoustic guitar tracks (not more than five simultaneous, and only 3 parts?). Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
4	in 1999	1999	Andy: click loop, cheek pop loop, two rhythm acoustic guitars, bass, four vocals, two lead acoustic guitars. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
5	behind those eyes	1999	Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "Tom's greenhouse", Killer Whirlpool 4/24/1998. Pete Bosanko - timbales and bells in same sample Tim Odell: bass in same sample Tom Whittle: harmonica and bugle in same sample Andy Wyatt: electric guitar in same sample; arrangement of samples, three electric guitar overdubs (two space gibsons and a clickety gibson), four vocals. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
6	opened up	1999	Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "fifteens" on Killer Whirlpool's stratospheric metamorphasis, 2/13/97. Pete Bosanko: dune djune from the same sample Andy Wyatt: congas from the same sample; bass, three electric guitars, five vocals Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
7	evident	1998	Andy: six electric guitar tracks (one looped), bass, vocal Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
8	helsinki	1999	PitchShifter: drum sample from their CD Andy Wyatt: looping and doubling of drum sample, two acoustic guitars [DADGBE], bass [DADG], vocal. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
9	meaningless	1999	Andy Wyatt: thumping the back of my acoustic guitar, thumping a liter water bottle, bass, three electric guitars [EADGBbD], three vocals. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
10	will be	1998	Andy: bass, five acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo 2], computer-generated drum loop, real snare & hi-hat, real kick drum, three vocals. Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
11	smudged	1999	Andy: three acoustic guitars Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
12	tangerine monsoon pants	1997	Andy: tom-tom & snare drum, 2" copper bell, and kick drum (3 tracks looped); two piano tracks arranged into four layers; vocal; electric guitar [DADGBE down to piano a touch]. Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg
13	ice	1997	Andy: three acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo IV?] Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	5	solar	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/solar.jpg

Info for song: every day is a new day

Jon Morse: drum kit in a sample from "a record", from Killer Whirlpool 9/11/97, various loops
Pete Bosanko: congas hit with a stick on the side, other percussion, in the same looped samples
Tom Whittle: electric slide guitar in the same looped samples
Andy Wyatt: arrangement of samples, two electric guitars, bass [C#ADG], acoustic guitar, three vocals, acoustic slide guitar solo

Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?songID=56

Download: every day is a new day.mp3

This song was the Pick of the Week on 2014.08.10. Here's the story:

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This song started on a late night in late November 1997 with a search for more drum loops. I found a song in a tape of a jam by my all-improv band Killer Whirlpool where there were some good sections of Jon playing mostly by himself. So I digitized the whole song into my computer, then cut out cool beats. I spent a while creating several workable drum loops and then I layered in two electric guitars just kinda jamming along in a funky, clicky way. And that was the end of that night. It remained this herky-jerky jam, with working title "dog", as it gestated in my head for 9 months.

In late August 1998 I started working on making this a proper song. I searched the guitar jams for good syncopated loops and arranged them and the different drum loops into a song structure. Then I made up a cool rolling bass part to go along, and recorded electric bass through a Roland bass flanger, with the low bass string tuned way down to a C#. Then I recorded an acoustic guitar track playing some subtle rhythm enhancement. Then I had to write some lyrics, and on a misty morning sitting in my back yard, I came up with these. I recorded three tracks of vocals, with the bass flanger on two of them, and some sweet harmonies that remind me now of the Steve Miller Band a bit. The clincher was an acoustic guitar solo played with a steel slide. I don't play much slide guitar, but in the loop right at the very beginning, you can faintly hear Tommy playing a descending bit of electric slide guitar. I echoed that riff in the beginning of the slide solo. This was the first take, improvised beyond that opening riff, and it blew my mind.

Recorded in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY, with OSC's Deck II on an Apple Macintosh Centris 660AV. On the album solar from 1999. All sounds by me except the drum loops, which include Jon Morse on drum kit, Pete Bosanko hitting his congas on the side with a stick, and Tommy Whittle playing the faintest bit of electric slide guitar.

Thanks for listening!

-Andy

every day is a new day

morning glories
what do I say?
misty morning
cool scattered rain
have to wonder
start a new day
what is passion?
what drives anything?

every day is a new day

marigolds red
yellow and gold
touch the morning
watch it unfold
misty morning
nothing to say
but that never
got in my way

every day is a new day

bed of impatiens
what do you say?
soak up the water 
seek the sunrays
watching the grass grow
catching the view
misty morning
what'll we do?

every day is a new day

August 18, 1998
©1998 by Andy Wyatt

Info for album: solar

Andy recorded this album between 1997 and 1999. All instruments and vocals by Andy with the following exceptions: Jon plays drums and PeBo plays percussion in loops used for "every day is a new day", "behind those eyes", and "opened up". Tom plays slide guitar in the "every day is a new day" loop and bugle and harmonica in the "behind those eyes" loop. Tim plays bass in the "behind those eyes" loop. A few free loops from Pitchshifter were used in "ride it" and "helsinki".

Recorded and produced by Andy with Macromedia Deck II on an Apple iMac G3.

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?albumID=5

Album recording info:

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song recording info favorite / pick of the week
every day is a new day Jon Morse: drum kit in a sample from "a record", from Killer Whirlpool 9/11/97, various loops
Pete Bosanko: congas hit with a stick on the side, other percussion, in the same looped samples
Tom Whittle: electric slide guitar in the same looped samples
Andy Wyatt: arrangement of samples, two electric guitars, bass [C#ADG], acoustic guitar, three vocals, acoustic slide guitar solo

Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. ♥︎ 2014.08.10
everything Andy - drum loop with a metal whisker hitting a one-cup measuring cup, drumstick clicks, and a giant popcorn tin; piano, bass [DADG], two acoustic guitars, three vocals. 2014.04.20
ride it PitchShifter: free samples of water, drums, zhuzhuzhuzhu pulse, bass pulse, and crunch guitars
Andy Wyatt: arrangement and manipulation of samples, ten acoustic guitar tracks (not more than five simultaneous, and only 3 parts?).

Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. ♥︎ 2014.12.21
in 1999 Andy: click loop, cheek pop loop, two rhythm acoustic guitars, bass, four vocals, two lead acoustic guitars.

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. ♥︎ 2014.08.17
behind those eyes Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "Tom's greenhouse", Killer Whirlpool 4/24/1998.
Pete Bosanko - timbales and bells in same sample
Tim Odell: bass in same sample
Tom Whittle: harmonica and bugle in same sample
Andy Wyatt: electric guitar in same sample; arrangement of samples, three electric guitar overdubs (two space gibsons and a clickety gibson), four vocals.

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. ♥︎ 2015.04.05
opened up Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "fifteens" on Killer Whirlpool's stratospheric metamorphasis, 2/13/97.
Pete Bosanko: dune djune from the same sample
Andy Wyatt: congas from the same sample; bass, three electric guitars, five vocals

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
evident Andy: six electric guitar tracks (one looped), bass, vocal

Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
helsinki PitchShifter: drum sample from their CD
Andy Wyatt: looping and doubling of drum sample, two acoustic guitars [DADGBE], bass [DADG], vocal.

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
meaningless Andy Wyatt: thumping the back of my acoustic guitar, thumping a liter water bottle, bass, three electric guitars [EADGBbD], three vocals.

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
will be Andy: bass, five acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo 2], computer-generated drum loop, real snare & hi-hat, real kick drum, three vocals.

Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
smudged Andy: three acoustic guitars

Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
tangerine monsoon pants Andy: tom-tom & snare drum, 2" copper bell, and kick drum (3 tracks looped); two piano tracks arranged into four layers; vocal; electric guitar [DADGBE down to piano a touch].

Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
ice Andy: three acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo IV?]

Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.

song	recording info	favorite / pick of the week
every day is a new day	Jon Morse: drum kit in a sample from "a record", from Killer Whirlpool 9/11/97, various loops Pete Bosanko: congas hit with a stick on the side, other percussion, in the same looped samples Tom Whittle: electric slide guitar in the same looped samples Andy Wyatt: arrangement of samples, two electric guitars, bass [C#ADG], acoustic guitar, three vocals, acoustic slide guitar solo Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	♥︎ 2014.08.10
everything	Andy - drum loop with a metal whisker hitting a one-cup measuring cup, drumstick clicks, and a giant popcorn tin; piano, bass [DADG], two acoustic guitars, three vocals.	2014.04.20
ride it	PitchShifter: free samples of water, drums, zhuzhuzhuzhu pulse, bass pulse, and crunch guitars Andy Wyatt: arrangement and manipulation of samples, ten acoustic guitar tracks (not more than five simultaneous, and only 3 parts?). Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	♥︎ 2014.12.21
in 1999	Andy: click loop, cheek pop loop, two rhythm acoustic guitars, bass, four vocals, two lead acoustic guitars. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	♥︎ 2014.08.17
behind those eyes	Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "Tom's greenhouse", Killer Whirlpool 4/24/1998. Pete Bosanko - timbales and bells in same sample Tim Odell: bass in same sample Tom Whittle: harmonica and bugle in same sample Andy Wyatt: electric guitar in same sample; arrangement of samples, three electric guitar overdubs (two space gibsons and a clickety gibson), four vocals. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	♥︎ 2015.04.05
opened up	Jon Morse: drum kit sampled from "fifteens" on Killer Whirlpool's stratospheric metamorphasis, 2/13/97. Pete Bosanko: dune djune from the same sample Andy Wyatt: congas from the same sample; bass, three electric guitars, five vocals Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
evident	Andy: six electric guitar tracks (one looped), bass, vocal Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
helsinki	PitchShifter: drum sample from their CD Andy Wyatt: looping and doubling of drum sample, two acoustic guitars [DADGBE], bass [DADG], vocal. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
meaningless	Andy Wyatt: thumping the back of my acoustic guitar, thumping a liter water bottle, bass, three electric guitars [EADGBbD], three vocals. Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
will be	Andy: bass, five acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo 2], computer-generated drum loop, real snare & hi-hat, real kick drum, three vocals. Recorded in 1998 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
smudged	Andy: three acoustic guitars Recorded in 1999 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
tangerine monsoon pants	Andy: tom-tom & snare drum, 2" copper bell, and kick drum (3 tracks looped); two piano tracks arranged into four layers; vocal; electric guitar [DADGBE down to piano a touch]. Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.
ice	Andy: three acoustic guitars [DADGAC capo IV?] Recorded in 1997 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.

Info for artist: The Andy Band

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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