The Rick Hascobar Project...with Rick Hascobar (the band leader), Kent "Rick" Hambrick, Daniel "BC Rick" Barness, J. Scott "Rick the Mix" Bovitz, Damien "Ricky" Riehl, occasional guest artists, and the infinite universe of sound
Fistful of Iguana/Takes on a Plane (R. Hascobar, composer, drums, bass, guitar, piano; Ricky Riehl, lead and backup vocals; BC "Rick" Barness, bass clarinet; Rick the Mix, reader's theatre, mixing, and production services; Ricki Spitzer, TSA research)
Voodoo Lilly and the Symphony Kid (R. Hascobar, composer, drums, bass, guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, organ, and back up vocals -- he has six hands; Ricky Riehl, lead and backup vocals; BC Barness, saxophone; Rick the Mix, percussion, frogs, mixing and production services) -- MP3 version
Voodoo Lilly and the Symphony Kid (R. Hascobar, composer, drums, bass, guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, organ, and back up vocals -- he has six hands; Ricky Riehl, lead and backup vocals; BC Barness, saxophone; Rick the Mix, percussion, frogs, mixing and production services) -- 96k wave file (big download)
Hascobar-stock, flute mix (R. Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, fretless bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Ricky Riehl, vocals, recorded in a hotel room studio substitute; BC Barness on flute; Rick the Mix, mixing engineer)
City of Dreams, Roddy "Rick" Bede sitting in on sax mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Bede from Studio B on sax because R. Hascobar called in a "favor," if you know what I mean; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl, vocals; Ricky the Mix, percussion and remixing services)
City of Dreams, a little more BC mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl, vocals; BC Barness on bass clarinet: Ricky the Mix, percussion and remixing services)
Lost in Space -- the whole band mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl, our world class singer; BC Barness on alto sax, flute, and harmonica; brief samples of NASA communications are used under the guidelines provided at https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html -- thank you, NASA; Ricky the Mix, mixing engineer)
And just for a minute or two, here is the full wave file for Lost in Space -- the whole band mix
Idaho, the big bass and sheep mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl, the man of many voices; a random tourist; a few hungry sheep; and soon the horn section from BC Barness)
Idaho, the Christmas mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl, the man of many voices)
The Ballad of Reverend Rick, harmonica mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, piano, guitar; Ricky Riehl channeling the Reverend; R. Bovitz, a short sermon, mixing engineer; BC Rick Barness on harmonica)
Kenticulous (Rick Hascobar on guitar and piano, a sampled noise from the microwave, synthesizers, and a few words from Laura)
Fifth of Eight -- sax remix (drums, bass, Rhodes, BC Barness on sax, and the history of love from crooner Ricky Riehl)
Beer Mustard -- one not two -- sax mix (drums, Rhodes, synthesizer, a sprinkling of BC Barness on sax, and the haunting vocals of Damien Ricky Riehl)
Chicken or Fish (candidate fish -- resampled Ricky Riehl, a hip hop number)
Waiting for the Fourth of July, no dang synthesizer accents mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, guitar, piano, and bass; Damien "Ricky" Riehl on lead vocals; Bovitz on fireworks recording and the mix engineer; waiting for BC Barness to contribute his wind instrument)
Part Time Stuntman, less Sophie mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, guitar, and Rhodes; Damien "Ricky" Riehl on lead vocals; BC Barness on flute; special appearance by Sophie Barness on "Dad" vocals; Bovitz, mixing engineer, background vocals, and atonal noises)
Why am I blue, clamp down on the vibraphone mix (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, guitar, vibraphone, and piano; Damien "Ricky" Riehl on lead vocals; Bovitz on synthesizer and background commentary)
Surfer girl (and Malibu too) (Rick Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, bass, guitar, and piano; Damien "Ricky" Riehl on lead and backup vocals; BC "Rick" Barness on bass clarinet; Bovitz on synthesizer, bebops, and scattered comments)
Holly Karburetor, the fun sax two mix (Rick Hascobar at the race track and on drums, bass, guitar, and lead vocals; BC Barness on sax; Bovitz on percussion, organ, backup vocals, and ear candy; and introducing Damien "Ricky" Riehl on vocals)
Fat Boy -- salute to a Virginia burger joint (lyrics, drums, bass, guitar, and lead vocals by Rick Hascobar; tenor sax and harmonica by BC Barness; Bovitz on backing vocals and ear candy)
TFS, the more me (BC) mix (lyrics by Ronald C. Griffin; Rick Hascobar on Rhodes, guitar, and bass; bass clarinet from BC Barness; Bovitz on organ bass, drums, percussion, and vocals)
Man from the Shack (Rick Hascobar on bass, guitar, piano; BC Barness on alto sax; Bovitz on drums, percussion, synthesizer, gun shots, radio noises, and a few tiny bass fills that Rick has not yet noticed)
Girl from the Burger Shack, BC "don't step on my flute solo" remix (Rick Hascobar on the drums, bass, and guitar; BC Barness on flute; Bovitz on percussion, synthesizer, samples, "alto fax," and vocals)
Knocking on Rick's door (Rick Hascobar on electric bass and kitchen timer, BC Barness on tenor sax, a few words from that girl from the burger shack, drums, and a false ending -- perfect for the last slow dance at the high school prom)
I knew that, the BC mix (Rick Hascobar introduction, Rick Hascobar on the bass and BC Barness on the bass clarinet)
Rick's and BC's Funk in a Box, version 4.0 (drums, Rick Hascobar on the bass, BC Barness on the sax, synthesizer, guitar, and Rick's kitchen timer)
Ode to Barry White (Kent Hambrick on the double bass, BC Barness on the bass clarinet, a few love chords, and a tip of the hat to the late great Barry White)
But they cannot dance to it -- the trash man's mix (Hambrick on the double bass, BC Barness on the woodwinds, Bovitz on loops, and two guys in the kitchen at the local pizza restaurant)
Je suis Hambrick (Kent Hambrick on his 1962 Fender Jazz bass, Bovitz on the Wurlitzer and a drone, and a very small French chorus)
Hambrick's Rooster Can't Hear You (Hambrick on the Fender Jazz Bass, supported by Bovitz on guitars and organ, plus a few random noises)
Bovitzistan -- the radio mix (Hambrick on double bass, George Sims on piano, Bovitz directing the chorus)
Bovitzistan -- the traditional anthem that you know and love (Hambrick with an extended solo on double bass, George Sims on piano, Bovitz on drums, and a chorus of people from the old country)
Bovitzistan -- the Ibiza remix (Hambrick on double bass, George Sims on piano, Bovitz on woodblock and space noises, and Vivian reading a magazine advertisement)
Bovitzistan -- the Barness mix (Hambrick on double bass, George Sims on piano, BC Barness on bass clarinet)
Studio B Lockout Band...with BC Barness, Gordon Kempler, Sophie Barness (sitting in), J. Scott Bovitz, and wandering minstrels
Avocado piano (piano, strings, waiting for input from BC Barness)
Good Job, Mabel third remix (BC Barness on flute, and the usual suspects on synthesizer, drums, guitar -- recorded in the disco beneath a Tibetan monestary, production assistance by Sophie)
Bells on the hill (bells, harp, piano, and resampled BC Barness on saxophone)
DAG (interweaving sythesizers and a snippet of BC Barness on flute)
The little things are so important (BC Barness on alto saxophone)
Dan is back again, again (with BC Barness on the bass clarinet and alto saxophone)
Back to Basics BC v24 (with BC Barness on the bass clarinet)
Sheepish Fagin (drums, bass, BC Barness with his bass clarinet solo in neighboring Studio A for the next Oliver Twist production, and a few hungry sheep in Studio B -- the Romani band asked us to watch the herd until they returned with some pizza)
Tree work ahead -- more sax mix (BC Barness on sax, drums, synthesizer, bass)
All your needs (drums, organ, synthesizer, resampled BC Barness on harmonica, and a guest appearance by Anna)
Two for one (drums, percussion, e-bass, organ, and featuring BC Barness on flute -- he's a rock star)
Nothing attached (BC Barness on the tenor sax)
Molto fangulo con sassofono e con agente federale (synthesizers, drums, BC Barness on sax, and a really wrong number)
Hey man (drums, percussion, bass, Hammond B3, synthesizer, and the great tenor sax of BC Barness) -- licensed to the American College of Bankruptcy for Somebody Believed in Me videos
Don't go shooting up the graves (toy piano, synthesizer, drums, deadly chorus, BC Barness on rib percussion)
Thracian dogs (drone, synthesizers, Thracian singer, BC Barness on bass clarinet, and a title borrowed from the script of "Spartacus")
The clarinet stands alone (BC Barness on bass clarinet, Bovitz on rap vocals, and the band from Studio A sitting in)
Two baby lizards (drums, bass, guitar, horns, one-handed piano, BC Barness on bass clarinet -- vocal remix)
Focus on the ending (rock drums, percussion, deep bass, guitars, and BC Barness with a bass clarinet duet)
Radial surgery (marimbas, drums, synthesizer, and BC Barness on bass clarinet)
Packing for a Disco Riot (introduction, drums, guitar, bass, piano, horns, odd noises, and featuring BC Barness on the tenor sax and bass clarinet) -- licensed to Tom's Garage Amateur Radio Club for ham radio videos
Dancing in the Fog (drums, synthesizer, a rhythmic chicken on guitar, and BC Barness on bass clarinet)
Bumblebees and Dandelions, version 5.0 (BC Barness on bass clarinet, the return of Sophie Barness on handpan, and Bovitz on xylophone and tubular bells)
Do the Dishes, version 8.0 (Kempler on guitar, Kempler on drums, Kempler on bass, Kempler on vocals, Bovitz on backup vocals, Bovitz on the dishes)
Buy the Dip, version 6.0 (Kempler on guitars, Kempler on bass, Kempler on drums, Kempler with day trading advice, BC Barness on tenor sax, Bovitz on wood block, and one anonymous 1970s synth-wizard from Studio A -- mumbling "Isle of Wight Festival" and "Roger the Synth" -- sitting in on that poorly maintained Moog Modular in the corner of Studio B)
Why Do You Ask, version 6.0 (an exchange between BC's bass clarinet and Kempler's sleepy guitar)
Number 484 version 3.0 (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fretless bass, Kempler on Professor Khoronfich's violin, and five seconds of a church organ)
Red Pepper Flakes (Kempler on guitar, Bovitz on strings, and the Kempler/Bovitz duo on percussion)
I don't know disco, version 24 (classic disco and horn section, with BC Barness on tenor sax) -- licensed to the American Bar Association for Bad Boys in Bankruptcy podcast
Yes, I'll Take a Second Cup, Thank You (BC Barness takes over, in a nice way, on tenor sax)
1:58 Skiffle (weird drums, walking bass, accordion solo, and bigger than life horn section, led by BC Barness and his bass clarinet)
Middle East Piece (94 Watts of Love) (two minute trance with the melodic clarinet of BC Barness)
Kempler's Noodle Soup (G. Kempler composition, remixed by Bovitz)
Kempler's key note (Gordon Kempler on guitar)
Everything is new (Bovitz on the marimba, BC Barness on the bass clarinet)
Whistler duet (a tin cup stinger)
Funky Pie (Kempler's groove, with Bovitz on the smoke detector)
Dog toy surgery (a trance number)
Ting ding (drifty, with Kempler's guitars and BC Barness' custom sax)
We have arrived (with the bass clarinet accents of BC Barness)
Julia can really move (slow electronic roll)
Mixed messages (jazz-rock fusion, with BC Barness on the alto saxophone)
Harp on fire (Kempler on harmonica, BC on clarinet, Bovitz on hubcap, remixed around the campfire)
Foray into a fauré-forêt version 3.0 (special guest appearance by Sophie Barness on handpan, clarinet from Dan BC Barness, and orchestration by J. Scott Bovitz)
It is all jazz, right? version 10 (with the dreamy sax meanderings of BC Barness)
Goat Yoga Blues (drums, percussion, horns, Rhodes, a men's choir, with horn stylings from Daniel "BC" Barness)
It just ain't funk (blues with Kempler's harmonica)
Sheltering in Cayman (with a jazzy lead from BC Barness on the tenor sax and BC's hypnotic counterpoint on the bass clarinet)
Polo Norte (Gordon Kempler on guitar and his great-great-grandfather's violin, Daniel "BC" Barness on clarinet and bass clarinet, and Bovitz on foghorn)
Comet 2060 (space drum music with BC Barness on clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute)
Keep Your Hands Inside (with the sporano-clarinet and bass-clarinet stylings from BC Barness)
Running with untied laces (a little of this, a little of that, version 8, with the bass-clarinet stylings of BC Barness and guitar counterpoint from Gordon Kempler)
Funk-a-Groove-A-Delic (blues, lots of horns from BC Barness, and session jazz guitar work from Gordon Kempler)
Taking Out the Trash (sax and bass clarinet by the very talented, four-handed BC Barness, appearing with permission of Barness Space Rock Records)
Chicken weather remix (buzzy but with a beat)
Bovitz Sound Check -- I Look Great! (BC Barness on the bass clarinet for just a brief moment in time, followed by complete chaos)
Disco nightmare -- my name is Chris (drums, bass, guitar, synthesizers, sampled Halloween noises and random horns from BC Barness from a completely different recording session, and of course Chris)
'Demic Delight (jam session from a smoky 1962 jazz club, bass clarinet solo by Uncle Dan-O-Mite aka BC Barness)
Dr. Walker's All StarsDumble (New Orleans marching band, recorded from the sidewalk)
Where is my daughter, young man? (drums, trash cans, bass, synthesizer, tinkle noisemakers, and one suspicious father)
Take a breath (drums, active bass, synthesizer, trash can lids, a lost girl from the bass player's past)
Beats and Wings, 993 (drums, some deep bass, synthesizer, a few horns, and yet another Wendy)
Equal time (calling to introduce myself) (drums, guitar, B3 organ on the low notes, and introducing Misty)
How tall are you? (A work in process)
Dance and electronicStrike three (rapid synthesizer madness)
Boom da boom (drums, e-bass, synthesizer, tinkle noise box, vocal instructions from Rick Hascobar)
Will prioritize your request (drums, bass, second bass, confused voice over actor, and a little of this and that)
30,000 beetles (bass, drums, more bass, a sultry singer, and, well, 30,000 beetles in the tape machine)
LA's top ten (e-drums, synthesizer, wind tunnel, and a rating from Rev. Rick Hascobar's new love interest)
Best practices (electronic stuff)
Four fifths (e-drums, bass, synthesizer bass, organ)
No good song titles left (calliope, winds, crunching noises)
Cannot say (synthesizers, piano)
Hard to improvise (synthesizers, resampled vocals)
Squeegee (electronics, samples)
What was the name of that guy (drums, synthesizers, one note guitar)
Song 666 (a salute to Bach)
No time for cupcakes (drums, synthesizers, and sampled Ricky Riehl vocals)
Do you remember that smart girl? (drums, synthesizers, bass, a tiny bit of rhythm guitar, and of course a quote from the "smart" one)
Give me the beats (jungle drums, marimba, cello, and synthesizer)
Mind your head (a little ditty -- electronics, piano, sampled "mind your head")
What about rubber? (drums, Arturia PolyBrute)
Bunny love (with a resampled Rick Hascobar)
Friday night sessions (calliope, synthesizer, organ)
Turkey leg (drums, bass, keyboards, synthesizers)
Drive angry (synthesizers, resampled bass, strings)
Armadillo army remix (808 bass, drums, synthesizers, remixed Armadillo noises, and more; song title suggested by Maynard Klein)
Emotional exploration (drums, bass, organ, synthesizers, more)
Diggity (middle eastern percussion, synthesizers)
Ten-Eight (drums, synthesizer, piano, wooden xylophone)
Did not mean to (piano, synthesizers, electronics)
J.S. Bach-ed Punt (electronic harpsichords, bass guitar)
50 miles (synthesizers, sampled piano, sampled guitar notes, circus discord)
Key note (synthesizers, bass, sound recordings from the electrical closet, and vocals from "Mr. Eight")
Three knocks at the door (drums, bass, synthesizers, an off-duty chorus from Studio A, and a robot collection agent)
Hazy future (drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer, guitar, vox box)
Calliope slap (percussion, big bell, vocal percussion, and calliope solo -- we don't get to use that phrase too often)
Low hanging bass (drums, bass, synthesizers, piano percussion)
I don't think the kids can dance to it (drums, synth bass, electronics, at 108 BPM)
Trance-o-topia -- Hollywood mix (drums n' bass, synthesizers, Damien "Ricky" Riehl on vocals)
End of quote (drums, synthesized bass, random voices)
Alien cat sequence of doom (synthesizers, toy piano, cat noises)
Disinformation (synthesizers, the Karaoke mix)
28 minutes -- appreciate that (electronica, drums and bass)
Momma likes the cowboy hat (synthesizers)
Ricky remix (Damien Ricky Riehl on vocal samples; BC Barness on introduction; Bovitz on drums, synthesizers, and tiny vocal bits)
No title yet (drums, more drums, Farfisa organ, synthesizer)
Fireworks and chaos (drums, synthesizers)
Aifur (drums, organ, synthesizers, nuclear power plant noises)
Are made of cheese (drums, 808 bass synth, speedy organ, santoor -- never before heard on the same song together)
I want to extend the same offer to you (drums, Moog, electric bass, loops, and Maryanne)
Reasonable (synthesizers, bass, drums, guitar riff)
Evidently so (synthesizers and a vocal snippet)
Just a second there, you "has been" (synthesizers)
Life, health, prosperity (electronic drums, acoustic drums, synthesized bass, a little guitar, and a false ending)
Good harvest (drums, one bass note, synthesizers, a visiting singer from the Rick Hascobar band, and a detuned Moog)
Snefru (a modern salute to an early Egyptian king)
Parity violation (electronic drum kit, synthesizer, and a few guitar chords through a Marshall stack)
Cannot keep track (drums, synthesizers, distorted guitar)
Fussing, too (drums, synthesizers, guitars, a sultry background singer who works at the donut shop, and two "too" singers)
Moche badminton (two speedy marimbas, two synthesizers, one trombone)
Pottery shards on the snare (drums, percussion, synthesizer, and a vocal loop at 120 BPM)
Nine of eleven (electronic percussion, deep organ stabs, electronic loops)
Even more unconditional love version 2.0 (snare, synthesizers, bass)
Make up your mind (electronic drums, synthesizers, distorted guitar, bass, scratching)
What happened while I was gone (drums, percussion, synthesizer, scratching, and Christine)
Human artistic development (swirling synthesizers and chorus)
513 or "send this salesman to the chair" (throbby thingie, drums, rhythmic guitar chords, electric chair, annoying salesman)
Alien party rentals (synthesizer, deep bass drum, percussion, piano stabs, and alien party rental sounds)
Wind and thunder (oil drums, percussion, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, and Kyle)
Who knows who blows (Taiko drums, percussion, synthesizers, and a looped recording of the hum from a large power station)
Hungry for waffles (drums, guitar, synthesizers)
Thumping again (synthesizers, drums, electronic flute, and that Thursday night pizza delivery gal)
Bowl of noodling (synthesizer)
Maynard said so (synthesizer, guitar, gypsy percussion)
Wooha -- legal action (synthesizers, percussion, robocaller, and "it has a nice beat but you can't dance to it")
There is a refugee in the back room (synthesizers, tiny drums, two string guitar)
Song for three, off to the races (synthesizers plus a few bars of guitar, bass, sitar, and cello)
Just the best (drums, synthesizers, piano, a piece of scrap metal from the garage, and a stranger who called to say I'm the best)
Small satellite (drums, bass, guitar, synthesizers, robocallers)
Quadrillionth (synthesizers, percussion, bass, piano)
Compelling rocks (rolling synthesizer, drums, Wurlitzer electric piano, marimba)
Drifting sunshine, version 2.0 (drums, keys, bassoon, horns, guitar, a few guys from down the street)
Packing for a Disco Riot (introduction, drums, guitar, bass, piano, horns, odd noises)
Without my worries (drums, percussion, Moog, synthesizer, weird male vocal)
Are you now (synthesizer, bass, percussion, two note guitar)
Elvis has left the building, again (church organ, percussion, sampled singers)
Rapid alteration (three synthesizers and one backup singer)
No reply necessary to blintzes (drums, guitar, Wurlitzer, a few horns, and a snippet from the lady down the street)
Best in Show Again, version 3.0 (wild piano, drums, percussion, ting-ting piano, more)
Tool from Mars (think about you) (synthesizer, drums, a horn or two, and a girl from that night in Berlin)
Time to Move, version 2.0 (synthesizers and one big drum)
Errant carrot (drums, synthesizers)
Faster than broccoli, version 2.0 (drums, guitar, bass, more bass, and piano)
Breaky Lewolt (a few vocal contributions from Greg Lewolt, other contributions from the electric closet)
Fat Zombie Trance (vocals and lyrics, such as they are, by Greg Lewolt)
Peanut (custom electronics, 1980s toy, garbage can lid percussion, synthesizers)
Got me (drums, electronics, and gosh who knows what else) -- licensed to the American College of Bankruptcy for Somebody Believed in Me videos
The broken water pipe (plus electronics from outer space)
Feel U (drums and bass, plus the standby background singers)
State of the Solar Cycle (120 BPM more or less)
I don't know disco, version 24 (classic disco and horn section, with BC Barness on tenor sax)
I will try to remember that tomorrow (synthesizer mix)
The usual rules don't apply to electricity (inviting contributions from Barness Space Rock Records)
A lesson learned, Mr. Riley (need contributions from Barness Space Rock Records)
Don't fiddle without me (need contributions from Barness Space Rock Records)
Leg up (electronic, at 80 BPM)
Middle East Piece (94 Watts of Love) (two minute trance with the melodic clarinet of BC Barness)
Insider Statement (drums, bass, and synthesizers)
Dog toy surgery (a trance number)
Julia can really move (slow electronic roll)
Polo Norte (Gordon Kempler on guitar and his great-great-grandfather's violin, Daniel ("BC") Barness on clarinet and bass clarinet, and Bovitz on foghorn)
Comet 2060 (space drum music with Daniel ("BC") Barness on clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute)
Chicken weather remix (buzzy but with a beat)
Pick your brain for a second (dance music)
Upside down platter remix (electronic dance music)
Testing testing (dance)
She's gotta go (producer's cut, version 4) (dance)
Oscar Sam Victor (voice mail rap)
Yelp called to wish me a nice day (electronic)
365 cheers (electronic)
Creative chaos (electronic)
Micro plumber (electronic)
Cardboard tiara (electronic)
Killer Cornbread (electronic)
Aliens demand: Take me to your boombox! (electronic)
Grasshopper dance (electronic)
It's killing me (infinite electronic drone)
Orphanarium (dance)
Roller inductor (dance)
Nonlinear (electronic)
Buzz Aroma (electronic)
This title intentionally left blank (electronic)
Holiday music overload (drums and bass)
Kind of forever (electronic)
30 MPH spider (dance music)
Trance Express (all synthesizers, all the time)
Rented fingers (dance music)
Insufficient zebras (electronic)
Bumper cars (out of control drums)
199 channels on Mars TV (synthesizers, a few samples from voice over artist Jacques Bolton, and space noises)
True love -- Wednesdays only (synthesizers, electronic drums, and a Coke)
Moth hunt (synthesizers, bass, Space Invaders noises, drums at 93 BPM)
Throbby alien thingie (Karen Reynosa, guest rhythm guitarist, and one throbby alien thingie)
Bad knees (five synthesizers at 99 BPM)
Don't look, don't breathe (no bull frogs or aliens were injured during this recording session)
Digital lock vox (drums and bass)
Song for Carolyn (mixed synthesizers)
No peaches for Daisy (three swirling synthesizers)
Snorkel boogie 3 (synthesizer, recorded noises, and snorkel)
Maybe he just had someplace to go (drums and everything at 100 BPM)
Dinner for 275 (guitar, synthesizers, drums)
Project 269 (Prophet, Moog, strings, and a washing machine at about 120 BPM)
Good to be back (drums, Prophet synthesizer, found noises)
Zombie hospital (drums, synthesizer, police sergeant)
Partial female skeleton dance (organ introduction, drums, machinery, and synthesizer)
Sucker for the salacious (synthesizer warm up exercise)
Scary ice cream (synthesizers, drums, scratching, and such at 120 BPM)
Song warp (drums, synthesizers, and one trained bull frog, at 70 BPM)
Blackberry preserves (drums, fog horn, one-finger toy organ, synthesizer, electronic percussion, and two power chords on a rhythm guitar at 112 BPM)
Muse to me (synthesizer, hand rubbing, simple guitar accent, super fast ping pong bounce)
Trance paste (synthesizers, electronic percussion, and odd stuff at 142 BPM)
The LAPD will be hiring (electronic drums, synthesizers, a few spoken words, police helicopter, siren, and a car crash at 115 BPM)
Commuter nightmare (pulsating synthesizers, pinhead noise, and piano at 144 BPM)
You make coffee nervous (drums, electronic bees, pizzicato violins at 125 BPM)
Oatmeal arpeggio (drums, guitar, mix-and-match synthesizers, and odd mouth noises)
Climate controlled donuts (drums, synthesizers, and electric guitar accents at 110 BPM, with a long coda)
Never pulled his gun (kick drum, synthesizers, minor vocals, and electronic noises at 132 BPM)
Wishful (drums, synthesizers, and a tape recorder at 148 BPM)
You and what army? (synthesizers, electronics, and bits at 108 BPM)
Camp of the Chuckwalla bees (synthesizers at 120 BPM)
She never answers her phone (drums, synthesizers, vocal bits, a touch tone telephone, and a glockenspiel at 120 BPM)
Leaf in the crosswalk (drums, synthesizers, and alien noises at 65/130 BPM)
Housekeeping (drums, synthesizer, organ, piano, and a tiny little man at 116 BPM)
Puny (drums, percussion, a synthesizer hook, horns, vocals by Biff Nosenchuck, and a sample at 136 BPM)
Power lunch (synthesizers, drums, and a Moog at 60 BPM)
33tt (drums, synthesizers, Moog, and female vocal at 90 BPM)
Sunday night deliverance (drums, synthesizers, and one-string guitar at 120 BPM)
Eyebrow takedown (four on the floor drums, three synthesizers, and one looping lady at 136 BPM)
Guard butterfly (drums and dueling synthesizers at 90 BPM)
Frog house music (big beat, synthesizers, frog vocals, vox snippets, and an accordion style coda on the Moog, at 100 BPM)
Alien romance (drums, synthesizer, electronic bass, a little ticky-tacky percussion, and vocals at 80 BPM)
Tickler (bass, tinkles, and synthesizers at 128 BPM)
Flattery is unnecessary (tabla, percussion, synthesizers, strings, and a spaceship at 120 BPM, more or less)
I can't hear you when the dog is barking (big beat, organ, and odd counterpoint at 134 BPM)
Electro-not (electronic beat and such at 95 BPM)
Slump (drums, electronics, and a pool skimmer at 140 BPM)
Jungle fire (jungle drums)
Rhumba-rhumba (background vocals by BCG recording artist, Janet Bonnefin)
Foam party (drums, fast bass line, and synthesizer at 141 BPM)
Bass-like creatures (drums, walking bass, synthesizers, and a two violins at 90 BPM)
One-one (drums, slippers on a mat, fat bass, synthesizer, a girl, and a boy at 120 BPM)
Dog who could kill with the wag of its tail (drums, percussion, bass, synthesizers, and a few lines about a dog at 130 BPM)
Space slugs (synthesizers and drums at 117 BPM)
Rebreather (thick electronic layers and steady drums at 110 BPM)
Our last song (serious drumming and synthesizers at 115 BPM)
Song 150 (beats and a pulsating synthesizer at 125 BPM)
Judicial admissions (drums, bass, organ, and synthesizer at 110 BPM)
Cleaning without judgment (beats, bass, and electronics at 118 BPM)
Tiggle toggle (ice skating music for Andrew at Red Robin, with electronic drums, synthesizer pads, and a weird bell counterpoint, at 136 BPM)
Bleep-o-vator (deep kick drum and bass at 136 BPM)
Downtown anthem (big beat, electronic counterpoint, and weird trance stuff at 140 BPM)
Unanimously pretty satisfactory (drums and bass at 108 BPM)
Electricidad (120 volt beat and drums at 136 BPM)
Nicole's birthday song (big beat, electronica, and low-fi audio at 128 BPM)
Twice is nice (139 BPM, with electronic back beat)
30-second attention span (130 BPM)
If fishes were wishes (weaving synthesizers)
Oh baby (electronic house at 120 BPM)
Spoingy (electronica at 136 BPM)
Rain on the window (dance groove at 115 BPM)
I'm safe (with guest artist Karen Reynosa, courtesy of Fido Records)
126th Street Beat (drums, fat bass, and infectious stutter at 126 BPM)
140 beets and other vegetables (140 BPM slapback)
Electronic pugs (drums, bass, and electronica at 120 BPM)
Spitting lizards (Mr. Buzzy returns at 125 BPM)
State Bar Blues (not a traditional blues song; this is a dance song at 130 BPM, with a chorus of lawyers)
Saturn house party (drums, acoustic guitar, bass, organ, and Saturn's radio transmissions)
Leaky faucet, leaky heart (leaky faucet and heartbeat percussion)
Scratch n' synth (odd vocal samples, synthesized percussion, piano, and bass at 122 BPM)
Mustard nose (scratching, a synthesizer, persistent drumming, and a man from Marrakech)
Squeezy (a salute to disco with a "Moog," Rhodes piano, horns, and 132 BPM groove)
Pizza dough #1 (take-out pizza at 125 BPM, instrumental)
Running flat (groove, bass, organ, and a few odd strings at 132 BPM)
Yo! Mr. DJ (dance and yelp at 128 BPM)
Don't stop dancing (7.5 minutes at 134 BPM)
Dance of the Valentines (big beat with a silly lead)
Seven ball juggler on the party bus ("harpy" dance)
March of the bobble-heads (the bobble-heads are coming)
Engine room dance (hot and noisy)
Percussive persuasion (short house chant at 120 BPM)
Monkey drums (drums for a summer night foam party in Ibiza)
Jammin' in the sky (trance conductor)
Jazz and odd bitsNothing to say, dandelion (drums, percussion, bass, Rhodes, jazz guitar, horns, hip hop philosopher)
Please call us back soonest (drums, piano, guitar, robo-call, and cat woman)
Concordia -- smoke 'em if you got 'em (more piano than synthesizers)
Piano riff from Hollywood (aka outsourcing discomfort) (piano, drums, bass, organ, guitar)
86 the Special (synthesizers, drums, a few strings, bass, vocal percussion)
Think again, again (a rapid piano excursion)
And that, my little friends, is all she wrote (synthesizers, organs, piano)
Fat Thursday -- special email, tone down mix (drums, bass, synthesized bass, synthesizers, piano, and the promise of one special email)
Zero One Nine, Big Sky mix (drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer, and the Zero One Nine singer)
What is (drums, synthesizer, horns)
Cubey-o (Clavinet, piano, synthesizers, drums)
Slower (piano, synthesizers, with a bit of BC Barness to wrap up the tune)
In memory of the flute (waiting for BC Barness to add his flute)
Chimu farm (drums, Rhodes piano, synthesizer, guitar, a lonely horn, and a ghost from a Chimu farm)
Send me a melody, please (drums, guitar, one burst of synthesizer, chatty vocal)
Unas the cannibal (drums, organ, synthesizer)
Melissa was so prehistory (drums, garbage can lid percussion, bass, guitar, and my old girlfriend Melissa)
You don't say (drums, bass, guitar, distorted piano interlude)
Lucky 8 (drums, percussion, synthesizer, four piano stabs)
Thin crust (Wurlitzer, Bovitz' Thursday night horn section, electric chair, one snare drum)
Metronome test (drums, bass, guitar, synthesizer, bird noises, two lost singers from Studio A)
No, I'm not (sitar, tambura, drums, synthesizers, and the dark haired mystery girl who stopped by to record a vocal loop)
Boomble (drums, bass, one note guitar, synthesizer, piano, and a lonely salesman)
Maynard's Celestial Maelstrom VII (drums, bongos, bass, piano, horns, and a short chorus of salesmen)
Spam of Fish (piano, synthesizer, drums, drone)
Disposable (guitars, bass, drums, percussion, piano)
Killing a Little Time, version 2.0 (keyboards. percussion)
Thanks for the Life Lesson, version 2.0 (drums, percussion, strings, trumpet, piano, and a little discord)
Piano noodle (piano, duh)
Recycled horns (drums, Wurlitzer, Bovitz Studios horn section, and a two note electric guitar)
Teardrop tempest, version 3.0 (drums, percussion, piano, a little guitar)
Wrong cohort, version 3.0 (drums, sythesizer, and guitars)
We hardly knew you, version 6.0 (piano, Wurlitzer, accordion, melodic noises, and a few notes of bass)
Sonic timeout (drums, grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, and a dash of strings)
Too deep, too slow version 4.0 (guitar, drums, scratch noises, two notes on a keyboard, a video game, and a few seconds from an off duty string quartet that we met hanging around in the kitchen at Bovitz Studios)
Unleashed at last, version 3.0 (drums, bass, piano, marimba, computer noises, kitchen percussion)
Lost at Love, This Time (bass guitar, rhythm guitar, one handed piano, and horns at 84 BPM)
Yesterday's Refrigerator version 2.0 (mostly guitars, plus a cat)
Yes, I'll Take a Second Cup, Thank You (BC Barness takes over, in a nice way, on tenor sax)
Cycle 88 (shuffle, bass, pad, guitar)
Whaa version 3.0 (drums, bass, horns)
Way Lower, version 6 (drums, a Rhodes duet, and three codas)
Atacama rain (piano, metal pipe, synthesizers)
Stack the Deck (piano solo, waiting for BC Barness and his new bass clarinet)
Don't make me repeat myself (awaiting contributions from the band)
Dreamy Sax (BC Barness on sax and a chorus of passersby in Studio "B")
Dreamy Sax, secret life of butterflies remix (with BC Barness on sax, plus drums and synthesizer)
Electoral Dance (Bovitz on the flute -- that's a first)
Everything is new (Bovitz on the marimba, BC Barness on the bass clarinet)
Mixed messages (jazz-rock fusion, with BC Barness on the alto saxophone)
It is all jazz, right? (with the dreamy sax meanderings of BC Barness)
It just ain't funk (blues with Kempler's harmonica)
Sheltering in Cayman (with a jazzy lead from BC Barness on the tenor sax and BC's hypnotic counterpoint on the bass clarinet)
Running with untied laces (a little of this, a little of that, version 8)
Taking Out the Trash (sax and bass clarinet by the very talented, four-handed Daniel I. Barness, appearing with permission of Barness Space Rock Records)
'Demic Delight (jam session from a smoky 1962 jazz club, bass clarinet solo by Uncle Dan-O-Mite)
Sound Like This (theramin solo)
The Hold Song (an tribute to Alicia's Cookery & Catering in Brea, California)
Jazz club jam (jazz)
The desk of an artist (swirling guitars)
Nine (jazz)
Bring me my money and pick up Pete (walking beat)
15 99 80 (jazz)
Chalcedony and Iolite -- the Christmas Mix (piano and solo female vocalist)
Last Rabbi Cohen (slow)
Turkey troop jazz scat (dueling vocalists, rhythm guitar, and ear candy)
There's probably some stuff you want to know about (a sales call, put to music)
Au pair (jazz)
Untracked (jazz)
B-29 crop duster (jazz)
Love me squared (rock, with guest artist Karen Reynosa from Fido)
Karen's esophagus (jazz, with guest artist Karen Reynosa from Fido)
Muck in a bucket (Pluto jazz)
Bass guitar wave (jazzy bass and percussive noises)
Alan from Hollywood (comedy)
Smokey blues (Rhodes piano, drums, bass)
Jury duty! What else could go wrong? (slow lament)
Hurtful silence, track 16 (light jazz)
I cannot be the loneliest (slow organ solo, jazzy ending)
Fourth of Tomorrow (funky beat, ELP synthesizer, retro keyboard, police siren)
No eyebrow people (funky beat, big synthesizer bass, over processed singer)
Liver and jam (crazy Hammond B3 groove)
Genealogy happy dance (drum kit, chorus, extras)
Stereophonic cacophony (xylophone, Asian percussion, synthesizer -- light jazz)
Crow (synthesizers, bells, drums, and what not)
Little person, giant, and the lady (a politically incorrect drum solo)
Autistic poet (percussion, chords, and a beatnik)
Must go save the broccoli (chorus, beat, and pads)
Piano dude! (piano, drum kit, strings, and flute)
Fried chicken and assault rifle choir (drums, bass guitar, xylophone, Rhodes piano, Georgia choir, and little processing magic at 96 BPM)
No talent (piano, pizzicato strings, and synthesizer bits at 70 BPM)
Graffiti breakfast (found percussion, drums, rhythm guitar, and three seconds of noisy neighbors at 100 BPM or so)
Not true (a weary soldier's march with piano, electric bolts, a middle eastern bridge, and a sharp kick drum at 60 BPM)
Mail order dental school (drums, bass, piano, vocal, and drill at 110 BPM)
I don't need a boyfriend; I need a restraining order (bongos, drums, synthesizer hook, and a very short vocal)
People, pets, pictures, and papers (a fire evacuation song with drums, vocoder vocals, synthesizer pads, and a hook at 95 BPM)
Echo master (slow guitar and one Space Echo)
Doggie wants a cookie (drums, piano, organ, bass, horns, and a little vox at 90 BPM)
Voices in my head (a Prophet 2008 and a short monologue on the creative process)
Marching band sonata (drums, piano, South American flute, and synthesizer at 100 BPM)
Faster (drums, electronic bass, synthesizer, and a groovy break at 60 BPM)
Biff don't do that anymore (drums, disturbed piano, one note organ, distorted violin, and Moog at 95 BPM)
Love hangover (drums, Hammond organ, synthesizers, saxophone, violins, and bells at a jazzy 63 BPM)
Beat me, make me write bad songs (drums, Hammond organ, Juno, finger snaps, and vocoder at 120 BPM) (title suggested by Biff Nosenchuck)
Number 196 on our weekly countdown of the hits, with a rocket (drums, synthesizers, and competing time signatures at 80 BPM)
Slow down, lover boy (an anthem for percussive organ, swirling synthesizers, and odd noises at 70 BPM)
Going to Burbank (drums, percussion, bass, rhythm guitar, and bamboo flute at 85 BPM)
Popsicle kisses (big drums, enthusiastic piano, a little Moog flute, and poetry in two languages at 85 BPM)
Dramasticate (percussion, odd synthesizer, and effects -- with guest artist, Biff Nosenchuck)
Crush (percussion, B-3 organ, sythesized bass, strings)
In the middle of a wonderful memory (drums, tabla, trombone, a devil dog, and this-and-that)
Voice (drums, a girl, fingernails tapping on the piano strings, and MS-20 pads at 80 BPM)
Bass snoodle (string bass, drums, and a few goodies)
Even a mop can play the piano (piano, mop, rhythm guitar, Moog, drums)
If I'm going 80, please don't tailgate (drums, booty bass, synthesizer)
What the (kick, percussion, organ, and keyboard at 99 BPM)
Triple time boogie (Rhodes, strings, and horns at 93 BPM)
D9-wiggles (piano solo)
Yellow cords of love (jazzy drums at 96 BPM, piano, organ, knock-knock-knock percussion)
Forgetful (pulsing pads, with a cool guitar riff by Biff Nosenchuck)
Please do not disturb the elephant (drums, bass, Wurly, and other at 100.3 BPM)
Mister, don't call me "Honey" (percussion and synthesizer riffs at 108 BPM)
Once more, Mr. Nosenchuck (truck undercarriage percussion, with hypnotic strings by special guest artist Biff Nosenchuck)
Life is a race, but you don't want to finish first (odd rhythm and counterpoint at 120 BPM)
Yeah what (vocal percussion and beat)
Jazzy toy soldier (with guest jazz guitarist, Biff Nosenchuck, courtesy of T-Hunt Records)
She don't talk, but she speaks to me (a short bossa nova)
Rabbit crossing (piano, three synthesizers, drums, and percussion at 89 BPM)
Beatnik bass (piano, string bass, and a broken record player)
I wish it were not so (drums, fat bass, guitar, organ, and a puppet at 85 BPM)
Flat tire polka (hard to describe, exactly)
Thank you, no problem (latin beat)
The time before, before (a bittersweet duet)
How do you spell calliope? (happy interlude with calliope, bed spring, low-fi organ, electronic bass, and traditional percussion)
Funk-bov-itz (strings, rhythm guitar, bass, drums at 105 BPM)
Hypno-tech (house/jazz fusion at 90 BPM, with a guest appearance by Mr. Buzzy)
Lizard walk (drums, bass, horns, and guitar at 85 BPM)
Rod n' Bov (Rod Wilson -- keyboards, bass, and drums; J. Scott Bovitz -- recording engineer, strings, and horns)
Detective show (horns and piano)
Good evening ladies and gentlemen (marimba lead)
Wiggle room (upbeat piano and organ groove)
Murder mystery theme song (television show fare)
Alien angel (a duet with an angel and the devil's right-hand man)
Between the lies (inspired by house music in Puerto Rico)
MacAllister's fantasy (featuring Alice J. MacAllister of the Ashiko Orchestra on drums)
In space, no one can hear you dance (weightless gyrations)
Electric jungle stroll (walking music)
Girl without a D-A-D (never forgotten)
Devil's nursery rhyme (young Hansel in trouble)
That girl can walk, but the kid can count (the devilish walk of a young woman)
St. Thomas love affair (a warm night, full moon, and gentle ocean breeze)
Bongo squirrels (furry creatures on the drums)
Cubana electric (kitchen appliance dance)
Spanish ant farm (a midnight stroll in Barcelona)
Hollywood bass line (big bad bass solo)
BluesMax 7190 (electric bass, congas, drums, synthesizer, Rhodes, processed dog toy squeak)
What was (is past) -- confused blues (processed piano, Rhodes, synthesized bass)
Jennifer -- quite a bit (drums, bass, guitar, Rhodes, and a Jennifer)
Ivory Castle, confused blues (piano, synthesizers, drums, and Kay)
Blues in C (Kent Hambrick on the upright bass, plus piano, drums, percussion, horns, and sweet scat singer)
Pond Frog Dance (guitar, bass, drums, organ, piano, two riffs on the violin)
Need a comeback (walking bass, drums, Wurlitzer)
Thought control (drums, piano, horns)
Doug's valentine groove (organ, drums, buzzy bass, horns of love)
What the Farnarkling (guitar, horns, pads)
Zydeco storm, version 3.0 (guitars, horns, and washboard)
Three in a row, version 3.0 (organ, random guitar noises)
No resolution required (chorus singing the blues in an ancient language)
1:58 Skiffle (weird drums, walking bass, accordion solo, and bigger than life horn section, led by BC Barness and his bass clarinet)
Funky Pie (Kempler's groove, with Bovitz on the smoke detector)
Dodgers v. Braves (slow blues number, waiting for Kempler and Barness)
Harp on fire (Kempler on harmonica, BC on clarinet, Bovitz on hubcap, remixed around the campfire)
Goat Yoga Blues (drums, percussion, horns, Rhodes, a men's choir, with horn stylings from Daniel "BC" Barness)
Funk-a-Groove-Delic (blues, lots of horns from Daniel Barness, and session jazz guitar work from Gordon Barness)
I'm sorry (lyrics, vocals, and guitar by Karen Reynosa; strings, piano, percussion, background vocals, and production by J. Scott Bovitz)
Impure thoughts (steel guitar, heavily processed electric guitar, GEO synthesizer, B3 organ, and drum machine at 80 BPM)
Slow crow shuffle (slow guitar solo)
Flat trance recorder blues (pulsating bass, bells, synthesizer, and recorder)
Urgent blues (drums, synthesizers, and an out-of-tune guitar at 120 BPM)
Down and out (a classic blues song -- vocals and guitar by Michael Evans; drums, backing vocals, and popcorn machine by J. Scott Bovitz)
Blues before dinner (synthesizer, acoustic guitar, and "horns" at a comfortable 80 BPM)
Happy puppy ferris wheel (drums, bass, tack piano, organ, and horns)
Hobo stroll (Yamaha acoustic guitar and a folksy vocal)
Doggies in the closet (piano, synthesizer, horns, one door, and two dogs in the closet)
Absence of personality blues (piano, organ, synthesizer, and guitar)
Whose blues and the voodoo hop (blues and voodoo)
Hitchhiking dogs (a work commissioned by a patron of the arts, Scott F. Gautier)
Limousine shoes (piano, fat tone bass, drums, synthesizer, freeway noise, and tubular bells -- mixed in a limousine)
Baseball stadium organ blues (baseball music)
52-second baby blues (52 seconds of 12 bar blues)
Unfinished jellyfish blues (almost traditional blues)
Perfectly "loverly" (Ibanez electric-acoustic guitar and vocal)
Angry bee rag (piano, bass, horns, and one really big bee)
Girlfriend in pinstripes (sung in the style of Hound Dog Engel)
Hummingbird blues (arpeggio blues)
Mayalin's song (vocals and lyrics by Alan Ramos)
Biff's teeny-tiny Texas boogie (Biff's guitar licks, sampled and remixed by Bovitz)
Rock and the weird60% water (drums, guitars, organ)
Rack them up (guitars, organ, synthesizer, sweetly distorted flute)
Rick's Mojave Desert Collection (drone, electronic drums, acoustic drums, slow guitar)
Pull out the Vicks and stop the coffin (drums, deep synthesized bass, two distorted guitars, and a guest captured on tape when her toast burned in our small studio kitchen)
Focus on the ending (rock drums, percussion, deep bass, guitars)
Ungrateful -- but what were you expecting (1970s synthesizers, piano)
Pressurized (drums, percussion, bass, and guitars)
Happily ever after or at least until next Wednesday (drums, guitars, bass, piano, garage noises)
Messing with me version 2.0 (drums, two guitars, bass, synthesizer, and a laughing girl at the other end of the echo chamber)
Five minutes to write a song (drums, bass x2, piano stabs, screaming fans)
Geese and Metal (metal percussion and a flight of geese at the end)
Rabbit slippers (semi-rock at 108 BPM)
5, 6, 7, 11 (two songs in one)
Knot (drums, dive bomb guitar, synthesizers)
Killer Joke (drums, organ, guitars, and honest laughter from a killer joke)
Drumstick charity (guitar and drums)
Reach out (acoustic guitar, lyrics, and vocals by Karen Reynosa; strings, vocals, and production by J. Scott Bovitz)
All about the music (guitar, lyrics, drums, and vocals by Karen Reynosa; vocals, strings, additional drums, percussion, and production by J. Scott Bovitz)
Anywhere (12 string guitar, lyrics, vocals, and bass by Karen Reynosa; secret sauce, vocals, and production by J. Scott Bovitz)
Ketchup in my coffee (drums, glass xylophone, and the lovely voice and lyrics of Carolyn Branson, at 96 BPM)
Lovin' ("Country Bear remix" by Karen Reynosa with J. Scott Bovitz)
Keep coming (Karen Reynosa, produced by J. Scott Bovitz)
I do not feel pretty (Karen Reynosa, produced by J. Scott Bovitz -- adult lyrics)
Tell me (Karen Reynosa, produced by J. Scott Bovitz)
Lazy bee (wicked rhythm guitar, larger than life synthesizer, weird accents, and one lazy bee)
Walter -- big strings remix (folk music, lyrics -- a true story! -- and haunting performance by Lindsay Ransford; production, engineering, mixing, and mastering by J. Scott Bovitz)
Registered contrarian (drums, bass, found percussion, and psychedelic guitar)
Note to self (drums, rhythm guitar, synthesized accents, and vocal)
Funky headphones (drums, buzzy bass, electronic piano, scratching, synthesizers, and vocals from Biff Nosenchuck)
Karen's everlasting love (lyrics, vocals, and guitar by Karen Reynosa; synthesizers, horns, dripping noises, and engineering by Bovitz; additional vocals by the kids; guitar technician and production by Biff Nosenchuck)
Shatter remix (lyrics, vocals, and guitar by Karen Reynosa; drums, synthesized tidbits, and mixing by Bovitz; guitar repairs and production by Biff Nosenchuck)
1969 forever (distorted bass, drums, six string guitar, and rock organ at 85 BPM)
Odd harmonics (electronic bass, twin Moog leads, mini-drum kit, and vox)
In the key of Olga (drums, synthesizers, bass, and a little organ -- with guest artist, Biff Nosenchuck, channeling ELP)
Colonoscopy song (a cappella rendition of a gastrointestinal traditional)
Auto shop dance (empty oil drum, air wrench, oil can, and one customer at the tire shop on a Saturday afternoon)
Duck duck goose (guitar percussion, fretted bass, synthesizers, and a toy piano at 85 BPM)
Spooky patch (drums, funk guitar, clarinet, and alien choir at 112 BPM)
Hip hop cemetery (percussion, organ, and acoustic guitar)
Call me when you get the message (big beat, scratching, bass, synthesized saxophone, tick-tick-ticking percussion, and strings at 100 BPM)
What has happened is happening (again) (electronic synthesizers and a little piano)
Tragedy down at the clown school (60's organ, drums, and bass)
God made me pretty, so I will always get a second chance (theme song for a Hollywood actress, at 93 BPM)
Lime green is the new blue (drums, percussion, organ, clavichord, and whatever)
Crowded solitude (drums, bass, organ, piano, a cat's meow, and a crowd)
What if Jimi played the violin? (drums, bass, piano, and a Jimi Hendrix wannabe on violin)
Prison riot fugue (drums, bass, synthesizers, and a prison riot)
Disco hair (percussion, bass, strings, and a voice box)
Absolutely maybe (drums, organ, and guitar at 80 BPM)
It wasn't about you (slow, sad, end-of-relationship rock song)
Humpback whales in orbit around Pluto (slapping bass in a spaceship)
Urban pirate ship (drums, bass, strings, processed vocals, and a creaking pirate ship)
It reminded me of you (guest vocal loop and a few riffs by Mark Sharf)
No, no, baby, please don't go (she didn't mean anything to me)
Mr. Robot bangs the pipes (and Mr. Robot sings)
Stunk (guest vocal loop by Sofia DeMarco)
Hands off the B3 (70's organ and guitar funk)
Princess groove (hypnotic dance)
Lovers' Kung Fu (classic rock anthem)
Pig and fox sprinkler dance (playful dance tune)
Synco-vision (jazz-rock fusion at 96 BPM)
Congo (drums, organ, and a few buzzy guitar riffs)
Underscore (music for film)Birthday deliverance (orchestra and chorus -- instead of "happy birthday")
Not sure of this (piano, synthesizer)
28 minutes -- appreciate that (electronica, drums and bass)
Carpet of bees (synthesizers, guitar licks -- suitable for a mystery film)
String me along (strings, synthesized glass bells, and five seconds of a trombone recorded through the wall)
Black box (for the horror film credits)
Throbbing thingies (three synthesizers and an audio oscillator from a broken toy)
Two chords -- a sad song for the Ricks (acoustic guitar, an arching power line, and an Echo Boy)
Klein's reject (drums, percussion echo, bass, piano, synthesizer)
12 strings short (12 string guitar, synthesizers, and one lonely trombone)
T-hunt swirl (piano, synthesizer, guitar)
Live and in person (synthesizers and an Eastern European chorus)
Clown dervish (synthesizer, calliope)
Lunar tooter, Mad Hatter (classical strings, synthesizer, electronic piano)
Escape from Brobdingnag (Maynard Klein tells the story about this time that a trumpet, a clavichord, a Hammond organ, and a theremin walk into a bar...)
Remember that time (synthesizer, cello, violins, drone)
Vaccine chasers (violins, cello, tuba, trombone, tuba, in a classical style with two codas)
Iron piano collar (piano, synthesizer, percussion, banging noises)
Lounge music tour de force (lounge music, in three parts)
When the rubber hits (horns, strings, and harp)
Four wives (synthesizer, piano, guitar, and a bamboo bansuri)
Covalent love bond (a classical piece with strings and horns)
Did you get yours? (piano solo)
Wishes, version 3.0 (guitar, pads, and a girl from the back room at O'Sullivan's)
Pounding tuba waltz (Drums, percussion, synthesizer, and, of course, tuba)
Arctic hunter gatherers (solo piano plus a few horns)
Four cubits and a span (a seriously sad song)
If only then, I would (casual)
Sonic fig (BC Barness on the whistle)
Lucky 11 -- the Mind is Space (help me out here team)
Ting ding (drifty, with Kempler's guitars and BC Barness' custom sax)
We have arrived (with the bass clarinet accents of BC Barness)
Foray into a fauré-forêt (handpan from Sophie Barness, alto sax from Dan Barness, and orchestration from J. Scott Bovitz)
Ting ding (drifty, waiting for Kempler and Barness -- needs handpan counterpoint)
Keep Your Hands Inside (with the sporano-clarinet and bass-clarinet stylings from Daniel (“BC”) Barness)
Da da dah (electronic music for the credits in a film about Mars)
Fourth on fire (a walking song)
Short lullaby for a restless drummer (as stated)
Irregular robot heartbeat (film credits)
Radio silence (vocals by Jim Tiemstra, the JAT man)
Experimental (underscore)
Pick-ticular (melodic piano)
I remember (a little bazouki)
We all know what happens next (dream)
All the good titles are gone (string quartet)
Lilly's little ditty (the moving song)
Zombie bee (synthesizers, horns, kettle drum)
Benchmark friends (haunted circus introduction, Latin percussion, electronic interlude)
Steaming up the windows (electronics and such)
10,520 steps (synthesizers, odd percussion)
Dogs don't have lips (toy xylophone and a distorted beat at 75 BPM)
Star Ferry light show (electronics, organ, piano, bass)
Monster session (organ, drums, electronic bass, process guitar, skat vox)
Chicken lip stew (drums, strings, synthesizers)
Blind wink (drums, piano, and more)
Go to bed (on the Fourth of Never) (drums, synthesizers)
OMG LOL 73 88 OM (synthesizers, carillon)
Dance with the peach (drums, synthesizers, and alien FM synthesis at 110 BPM)
Orchestral mismatch (orchestra, snare drum, and synthesizer outro)
Bluster and lust (piano intro, pulsing synthesizers, piano outro)
Snowflake on your eyebrow (Karen Reynosa and J. Scott Bovitz)
Ambiguous Samurai (after battle chant)
Bach No. 3 (if Bach were alive today...)
Thumbs in ice water (a musical sketch with drums and synthesizers)
Murder for the credits (drums, piano, female vocalist)
Protoplanetary mosaic (hip hop beat, electronic goodies, and a dreamy chant)
More wire for Grandma (church organ, flute, strings, wind)
Dropout madness (just synthesizer)
250 quartet (just strings)
Clock tease (orchestra, audio tick tock, children's toy, and synthesizer)
In "Yhsoes" (kettle drum, flute, cello, and whatever)
Fido bits (14 women and one drum -- with Karen Reynosa of Fido handling all 14 parts)
Spaghetti western theme song (metal cistern percussion, snare, an old guitar with two strings, and a few seconds of a jet engine)
Secret fishing hole (Prophet, theremin, and synthesizers at 120 BPM)
Robot chat room (robot drone, lush pads, and a funky drummer who dropped by from Studio B -- two songs in one)
My favorite part (percussion, square wave bass, synthesizers, a few odd noises, and a robot voice at 85 BPM)
Slow, sad movie soundtrack (violin, trombone, synthesizer, two-string guitar, and a vaguely foreign vocal)
Tension (alien chorus, Cuban percussion, bass, Bach-like keys, and odd space noises)
Crystal clear, my dear (crystal xylophone, processed strings, slide whistle, cow bell percussion)
Guitar for sale, never used (the last, sad song from an old acoustic guitar with a broken back)
Biff whip -- the Bovitz mix (a little of this, a little of that, at 108 BPM -- with Biff Nosenchuck on vocals, drums, and counterpoint)
Flamenco moment (just acoustic guitar)
Halloween dance party (horror film music -- drums, bones, marimba, scary organ, and a lonely horn at 104 BPM)
Come to visit (drums, strings, and weird noises)
Wouldn't it be fine (slow, gentle guitar fantasy)
Dinner waltz at the local haunted house (big organ, played by a pirate)
Electric bells (bass, bells, and electric shock therapy)
I can't breathe (big kick drum, hi hat, a little electric guitar, and processed strings at 95 BPM)
Toenails too close to the skin (xylophone and synthesizer -- a song about life's transitions -- with Biff Nosenchuck)
Victim of capitalism (kick drum, percussion, electronic bass, synthesizer, and horns at 70 BPM)
Suspicion of happiness (fat electronic bass, underwater drums, and a few notes from an old cello at 136 BPM)
Mercy kitchen (an all electric kitchen)
Wind and water (slow, bass-driven song)
Woodpecker song (woodpecker, strings, and synthesizer)
Tap dancing over a misty rice paddy (chopsticks on a pan)
Prince Snake Charming (distorted rock guitar, bass, snake charmer's flute)
Bachy two (simple acoustic guitar and synthesizer duet)
March of the snow bells (a December march at 120 BPM)
Pizza-cado (at the stroke of midnight, minstrel ghosts wander through a medieval town in Italy)
Surfing on a cloud (an old record evokes a lover's daydream)
Butterfly with a mission (organ gone wild)
The wind speaks to me (sax and drift)
Farewell to a Pope (a few words in Latin)
U.S. Trustee trance (electronic beat)
24-string symphony (12-string guitar duet)
One-eyed Bill's dog and cat circus (I am confident that no dog or cat was seriously harmed during the recording of this song)
Underwater holiday (happy fish)
Those ladies can dance! (thump and bump)
Laser light show (music for the planetarium)
Ice giant (a winter walk)
Mixing bells (rhythm and bells)
Mountain meadow picnic (a flute on the breeze)
Sunday showers (soft rain and a hot shower on a lazy Sunday)
Blue moon gypsy caravan (slow dance of the veils)
Chalcedony and iolite (acoustic guitar stuff)
Flight of fancy (a duet for piano and clouds)
Lunchtime in Tangier (snake charmers, merchants, and locals in the Kasbah)
Circus 27 (drunken circus band waltz)
Deep forest 49 trance (headphone test)
Spring thaw (laughing Larry's last ice fishing expedition)
Circus dream (was it a dream?)
RapBlake Lewolt's Carls Jr. Rap (guest artist Blake Lewolt rapping in the Carl's Junior parking lot -- and here is the video)
Fins on that girl (synthesizers, a lady, and a gentleman, co-written with Karen Reynosa)
Furry messenger (with guest artist Karen Reynosa from Fido)
Sunday wish list (piano and Sunday musings)
Booster the cat (big drums, synthesizer, and cat vocal at 110 BPM)
Cloudy girl (vocals by Max Chacon and Alisa Chacon)
341(a) rap (parody of a silly witness set to a latin beat at 113 BPM, lyrics by Michael T. O'Halloran)
Cell phone song (hip hop beat, big kick drum, cell phone, and rap vocals at 85 BPM)
Pizza dough #2 (take-out pizza at 125 BPM, "vocal remix")
StingersChurch organ (a tiny horror film)
Um ha ha (candidate for world's shortest song)
Nasty two bar groove (a two bar bass and drum loop)
Whistler duet (a tin cup stinger)
Recent compositions and work in processFistful of Iguana/Takes on a Plane (R. Hascobar, composer, drums, bass, guitar, piano; Ricky Riehl, lead and backup vocals; BC "Rick" Barness, bass clarinet; Rick the Mix, reader's theatre, mixing, and production services; Ricki Spitzer, TSA research)
Strike three (rapid synthesizer madness)
Nothing to say, dandelion (drums, percussion, bass, Rhodes, jazz guitar, horns, hip hop philosopher)
Birthday deliverance (orchestra and chorus -- instead of "happy birthday")
Dumble (New Orleans marching band, recorded from the sidewalk)
Please call us back soonest (drums, piano, guitar, robo-call, and cat woman)
Boom da boom (drums, e-bass, synthesizer, tinkle noise box, vocal instructions from Rick Hascobar)
Will prioritize your request (drums, bass, second bass, confused voice over actor, and a little of this and that)
30,000 beetles (bass, drums, more bass, a sultry singer, and, well, 30,000 beetles in the tape machine)
Where is my daughter, young man? (drums, trash cans, bass, synthesizer, tinkle noisemakers, and one suspicious father)
LA's top ten (e-drums, synthesizer, wind tunnel, and a rating from Rev. Rick Hascobar's new love interest)
Best practices (electronic stuff)
Four fifths (e-drums, bass, synthesizer bass, organ)
Four fifths (e-drums, bass, synthesizer bass, organNo good song titles left (calliope, winds, crunching noises)
Take a breath (drums, active bass, synthesizer, trash can lids, a lost girl from the bass player's past)
Beats and Wings, 993 (drums, some deep bass, synthesizer, a few horns, and yet another Wendy)
Concordia -- smoke 'em if you got 'em (more piano than synthesizers)
Piano riff from Hollywood (aka outsourcing discomfort) (piano, drums, bass, organ, guitar)
Cannot say (synthesizers, piano)
Voodoo Lilly and the Symphony Kid (R. Hascobar, composer, drums, bass, guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, organ, and back up vocals -- he has six hands; Ricky Riehl, lead and backup vocals; BC Barness, saxophone; Rick the Mix, percussion, frogs, mixing and production services) -- MP3 version
Hard to improvise (synthesizers, resampled vocals)
Hascobar-stock, flute mix (R. Hascobar, composer; R. Hascobar on drums, fretless bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Ricky Riehl, vocals, recorded in a hotel room studio substitute; BC Barness on flute; Rick the Mix, mixing engineer)
Equal time (calling to introduce myself) (drums, guitar, B3 organ on the low notes, and introducing Misty)
Squeegee (electronics, samples)
What was the name of that guy (drums, synthesizers, one note guitar)
Bells on the hill (bells, harp, piano, and resampled BC Barness on saxophone)
Song 666 (a salute to Bach)
Avocado piano (piano, strings, waiting for input from BC Barness)
No time for cupcakes (drums, synthesizers, and sampled Ricky Riehl vocals)
Good Job, Mabel third remix (BC Barness on flute, and the usual suspects on synthesizer, drums, guitar -- recorded in the disco beneath a Tibetan monestary, production assistance by Sophie)
DAG (interweaving sythesizers and a snippet of BC Barness on flute)
Do you remember that smart girl? (drums, synthesizers, bass, a tiny bit of rhythm guitar, and of course a quote from the "smart" one)
The little things are so important (BC Barness on alto saxophone)
How tall are you? (A work in process)
Give me the beats (jungle drums, marimba, cello, and synthesizer)
Dan is back again, again (with BC Barness on the bass clarinet and alto saxophone)
The fine printPlease contact J. Scott Bovitz (bovitz@bovitz.com) for license information. Most non-commercial licenses are royalty free.
J. Scott Bovitz was honored to serve a tour of duty as the recording engineer for the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic, its chorus (Legal Voices), and Gary S. Greene, Esq.'s Big Band of Barristers.
For more about composer/musician/mixer/producer, photographer, and bankruptcy attorney J. Scott Bovitz, please visit bovitz.com.
