mangobananas music : The Andy Band : leave a trace

leave a trace

1	new office	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
2	here today	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
3	your skin	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
4	overwhelmed	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
5	really?	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
6	four guitars	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
7	leave a trace	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
8	shiny	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
9	the big dream	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
10	caught	1996	Andy: piano, acoustic guitar [EbAbDbGbBbEb], bass [EbAbDbGb], electric guitar [EbAbDbGbBbEb], five vocals. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
11	roger	1996	Andy: drums [7 times a 26 second loop plus some intro and outtro bits], bass, piano. Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
12	sycamore river rush	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
13	melon	1995	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
14	diet cokes split into hairs	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
15	in the factory / on vacation	1996	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.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
16	talking about the weather	1995	Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1995 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
17	vacationing	1995	Andy: piano and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1995 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
18	cars	1996	Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal from an improv Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
19	moving along	1996	Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg
20	burn out across the sky	1996	Andy: acoustic guitar and vocal Recorded in 1996 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.	6	leave a trace	The Andy Band	https://mangobananas.com/img/icons/leaveatrace.jpg

Info for song: 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.

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?songID=69

Download: new office.mp3

This song was the Pick of the Week on 2014.07.13. Here's the story:

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From 1991-1998, I worked at Cornell University in their IT department, first coding custom database systems in FileMaker and 4D with links to Cornell's IBM mainframe systems, then more work on Mac front-ends to the mainframe for Project Mandarin, then work on the pioneering CU-SeeMe video-chat system and other VOIP R&D. In 1996, my office was moved from the CCC building on the Ag quad over to an off-campus site on Maple Avenue. I could park right outside my office, which was a big improvement, and the new office space was quite nice with big windows looking out over big trees. All my computers and files were just transported overnight, and I was excited enough to write this song about it.

The intro to this song started with a cell phone call to my work voicemail, a common technique in those days to capture a song idea. I recorded that by putting a mic to a landline earpiece while checking my voicemail. I found guitar chords that would fit under that melody, and recorded two tracks of acoustic guitar for the intro bit, tuned DADGBE.

In those days, I was using Bias' Deck II software for recording, which had no MIDI or virtual instruments like Logic. My usual recording technique back then was to start by finding a drum loop on which to base the song. I'd rip bits of the copious Killer Whirlpool tapes, or even older recordings of my band. For this song, I wanted it to rock out after the slow intro, so I ripped Jon's solo drum parts from "live it up", from the eponymous "Voyager" tape from 1980. I took one of the huge drum rolls from the intro and looped it into this crazy ruckus that blasts in after the intro to this song. Then I found a decent loop of the floor-tom-beating main beat for the verses.

I layered in tracks of bass [DADG], my old cabinet grand piano, my Les Paul through my Twin Reverb amp, and vocals. I don't remember how I came to arrange the outro the way I did, but there's a magical bit where I grabbed some tracks, made two copies, and reversed the first copy to extend things in a moody, beautiful, fade. (Best enjoyed LOUD!)

This is the opening song on the album "leave a trace". Recorded in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY.

Thanks for listening!

-Andy

new office

	I don't work over there
	I work over here now they
	moved all my desks and
	computers and files and I
	got a nice space over
	by the window and
	I look at the snow
	fall in the trees
		
	I got a nice space over 
	by the window and
	I look at the snow falling
	in the trees

in my office		
	-cruising 'round the world on my screen
on the network
	-pushing things to the max
at my desk here
	-a million strange worlds to see
this is not work
	-this crazy train is off the tracks

	I think and I dream as I
	debug the code and I
	wonder what's next and
	what to believe
		
	I sit and I worry 'bout
	encryption and pirates I'm
	working a puzzle that
	hasn't been seen
		

11, 18, 19, 21 January 1996
©1996 by Andy Wyatt

Info for album: leave a trace

Andy recorded this album in 1995 and 1996. All instruments and vocals by Andy with grooves from Eric on "sycamore river rush", from Ayman on "melon", from Ayman and PeBo on "diet cokes split into hairs" and "in the factory / on vacation", and from Jon on "new office", "your skin", "really?", and "leave a trace".

Recorded and produced by Andy with Macromedia Deck II on an Apple Macintosh Centris 660AV.

Link: https://mangobananas.com/music.php?albumID=6

Album recording info:

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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.

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.

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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