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Hi talisman! Thank you Yea, a lot of stuff, but I tried to arrange it so it all makes sense, and doesn't pile up. There are certain guitar rhythm sections that I ran cleaner gain on to clarify the passage, then others where I went for the full saturation That helped those certain elements...

thanks track rat!!

HIGH GAIN HEAVEN on this one. i taught myself how to control as much guitar gain as i could, and it really isnt that much gain, but it is saturated.

*Headin for the Weeds - my anti war rant. the whole 'war' section in the middle, was a blast to come up with. i just wanted cacaphony, and even tho i tried to impart some angst, it still comes off fairly groovy and proper, exactly opposite of what i was going for! hehe, so i just went with it...

Sunday bumpin

used my Catalpa tele build with the fralins, for all the rhythms on this one... used my USACG strat build with lawrence pickups for all the solo work.

from the new bats brew album

Yea. "Shoegazer", for me, this is as close it gets for me! Heh, Maybe I'll try an honest "gazer" approach some time. And see what happens. I thought "what is the style of this track", and I really couldn't think of anything better! Lol, Yea, not shoegaze... What would be a better choice of...

Speak to Me: this is a remake of a demo i did back in 1999 with a buddy of mine, i met on the roland VS Planet website, last seen in florida. i took him my original demo, and said 'do whatever, 'carte blanc', the entire backing track, sans guitars and vocals, he created on top of my demo...

thanks papanate! you know, the yes thing, i hear it fairly often, yet, i'd say that YES, as a band, had zero influence. i like the early albums, especially Close to the Edge, and Fragile. i guess the pitch of my voice is just similar enough to Jon Anderson's, then the music is just slightly...

a lot of folks want me to put this to a full band treatment, but that's not how it was written, not envisioned that way, so doing it any other way, is just not being straight up about the intention. would it work with full band..? of course. does it work as it is...? of course! it was...

*Twilight Rain - this is purely autobiographical. i did a demo of this several years ago, and it was a full band arrangement. i did this version as part of a 'song-fact finding mission', and ended up liking it better. features real thunder and rain, recorded from the downstairs entrance door...

REVERSE REVERB. and a beautiful sense of melody.

thank you talisman Rich! yea, the original demo didn't do that... the breakdown.. it made it breathe a bit to add that in... helps break up the song a bit, since it's almost too long.

this is the rocker with the swagger. pretty straightforward, it's a hopeful song about walking close to that edge, and pulling back. hope it can resonate with someone besides myself!

hi talismanRich thanks so much for taking the time all the tracks on this album, i find are at about the same level of performance and arrangement style, that's on purpose, it was intended to be an 'album' experience. right now, i'm focusing on 'singles' but at the time of this recording, it...

thanks eric, again! and yea, i know it's not a 'true' waltz... the gigue or the tarantella would be the correct term, but i play it as if it's a waltz, the 3/4 is in the middle of the riff, with the riff divided into two parts. i was going for the waltz vibe, but with a slightly more...

thanks so much for listening eric V

from the new album, this is the title track. it's meant to just introduce the listener to the beginning of the album. it's kind of an instrumental... should effectively get you up out of your chair for a quick boogie, if it's doesn't, contact a neurologist. heheh

alright eric! thanks for listening! yea, the lead is fun, it's just kinda off the cuff feeling, yet i composed it after many different passes, i learned the best little sections of everything i tried, then did a one pass capture. i kinda hang out on the limb when i do those kinds of one-pass...