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*OFFICIAL LINK*
(closed as of ’18 december 2020′)
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“PRE “FINEST HOUR”” –>
(‘i started writing songs before i could play an instrument…’)
mostly silly songs meant to ridicule my younger sister…
“emily is laying the heat”…
a crude reference to her flatulent tendencies…
(later retitled “heat death”…_
when i started taking guitar lessons at age 13, i started writing songs in earnest…
the first song i wrote was based off a jazz chord progression that my instructor outlined for me…
“heart on the ceiling”
(later retitled “airborne”)…
i based the lyrics off a variety of classic rock cliches…
in high school i received a 4-track TASCAM machine as a christmas gift…
before this, i’d record songs on my mother’s old tape recorder with my brother’s casio keyboard and the family piano…
i learned how to multitrack (in the crudest fashion)…
but i never exported any of the songs to computer to share with others…
and i was never able to figure out how to add drums to the mix…
my first original song i deemed worthy of promotion was “the sinner” (written at age 14)…
despite various attempts throughout high school, i never completed a working demo of the song…
i plan to eventually record a proper version of the song as part of the “riger mortis” album”…
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[in ‘summer 2003’, i recorded a 3-song demo @ quad sound studios with my band “the fat italians”…]
‘homecoming’
‘sadness’
‘eternal recurrence’
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i burned several copies of the CD and gave them away to friends + family…
but i never invested in proper packaging for the album…
i eventually intend to release these songs…
“homecoming”
(‘good morning!’ album)
“sadness”
(“friend of dorothy” album)
“eternal recurrence”
(“clairvoyance” album)
(in early 2005, i recorded two acoustic demos @ quad sound studios)”jacquelina divine” and “trespassing”)
(i started burning CDs for friends + family)
“jogabop”
(vinyl –> .wav –> .mp3))
APRIL 2015:
sell off all remaining physical CDs stored in watchung…
2012:
i released “make a wish” for digital distribution in december 2011…followed by “girl talk” in january 2012…i held off on the release of “banjogai” since there was little reaction to the previous two releases…
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“FINEST HOUR”:
in spring 2006, i recorded my debut solo album “finest hour” (in home studios @ watchung + chadwick beach island NJ) and released it to itunes (under the “gatti-vision” moniker)…i was 21 years old…
i spent a year recording all 50+ songs i’d written up to that point and choosing the strongest 78 minutes of music to fill the CD…
i had originally intended to record a 10-song acoustic demo after purchasing recording equipment from the local guitar center in september 2005:
jacquelina divine
trespassing
katerina
risky business
why did it die?
magazine
eminem
finest hour
what do you want me to do?
emergency surgery
i planned on burning CDs of the demo and distributing them to record labels…
then i discovered drum loops…so i borrowed magic dan’s bass guitar for years on end and began building my own rhythm sections…when a bass guitar wasn’t available, i’d run my electric guitar through a -1 octave pedal…
many of the songs were based on musical patterns i learned from my former guitar instructor “don juan”…
the cover art was designed by the discmakers graphics team based on my sketches…features a photo of me dressed as “purple rain”-era prince with acoustic guitar for hampshire halloween 2005…as well as a photo of my home studios @ watchung + chadwick beach island…
a generic visual concept of “from earth to outer space”…
i eventually left “eminem” off the album…
the time signatures proved too complicated at that stage…
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(i’ll eventually re-release it to “the creeps”)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥