Andy: voice and electric guitar recorded with two microphones (one close to the Les Paul's body, one a couple feet away) and a direct input from the guitar

Recorded on 20 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.

This song was the Pick of the Week on 2015.02.01. Here's the story:
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In December 2007, Andy was house-sitting and pet-sitting in Vermont and spent time alone in the studio every night for two weeks. Most nights started with one burst of total improv, then work on a totally new structured song that often sprung out of the improv.

These are the structured songs. All the improvisations are on the album uncoil.

These are all the first or second rough mix of a song idea, mixed the same night I recorded it, except "dreaming dog" and "want need give", which both received some additional overdubs and development in 2008.

The playlist Vermont BGH Session lists all the songs from both albums chronologically, and includes the first mixes from 2007 of "dreaming dog" and "want need give".

Any lyrics on these songs were improvised and sung on the spot to capture the vocal melody idea.

Andy plays all instruments and sings. Recorded and produced by Andy with Logic Pro 7 on an Apple PowerBook G4.
Album recording info:
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octal opticsAndy: Logic instruments: drums, bass, rhodes, piano, steel drums, 2 cellos; plus electric guitar and vocals Recorded on 10 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.2014.12.28
rice and beansAndy: drum sampler, real bass, real acoustic guitar, piano sampler, vocals. Recorded on 12 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.2016.12.12
noreasterAndy: drums, piano, rhodes, bass sampler, voice Recorded on 13 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.
want need giveAndy: drum sampler, piano sampler, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals; backing vocals, fretless 5-string acoustic bass guitar Recorded on 14 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig, with subsequent overdubs back in the Ithaca, NY studio through 26 August 2008 (vocals, b-vox, and bass).2014.12.14
dreaming dogAndy: rhodes, drums, piano, cello in Logic 7; acoustic guitars, electric guitar, 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar Recorded on 15 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig, with subsequent overdubs back in the Ithaca, NY studio through 12 April 2009.♥︎ 2014.07.20
tear it all downAndy: drums, bass, rhodes, piano in Logic 7, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Recorded on 16 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.
equationsAndy: drums and bass in Logic, electric guitar Recorded on 17 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.
wire and bridgesAndy: drums, piano Recorded on 18 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.
your truckAndy: voice and electric guitar recorded with two microphones (one close to the Les Paul's body, one a couple feet away) and a direct input from the guitar Recorded on 20 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.2015.02.01
vaporsAndy: drums (2 tracks of UltraBeat), synthesizer (Sculpture), bass (EXS24), piano (EXS24), electric guitar (2 tracks of Les Paul), acoustic guitar (2 mics on Taylor). Recorded on 20 December 2007 in Brownsville, VT at the BGH with the mobile mangobananas recording rig.
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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