BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... Ghost of a Chance, Original Demo...

Circa 1997/1998

The beginning of a long drawn out process. Originally, this song was to be an instrumental included for a website I created titled Psychoblitzerblobbenbleegen. My plan was to feature these songs as an internet only download. All songs would be featured in MIDI format and those who were remix savvy could do anything their hearts desired with these songs. Three songs were posted but 'Ghost of a Chance' had remained unfinished at this point.

This demo recording was a work-out session where I was deciding how this song would fit together. Parts of this song were played on guitar (the section I like to call the 'Teddy Bears Picnic' breakdown) and translated into various keyboard parts. Once I made these arrangements, I programmed the rythym using a software synthesizer and other various parts were worked out on my PSR-500.

There are other alternate takes to 'Ghost of a Chance' that I will be posting here on the SUB ONE blog as they become available.

From the SUB ONE archive 'Ghost of a Chance (Instrumental Demo)'.

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BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... Chapter 4, West Virginia Mountain Momma... take me home Country Roads...

West Virginia, Mountain Momma, take me home Country Roads...

Chapter 4, West Virginia Mountain Momma... take me home Country Roads... Circa 1997 - 1999

No, I did not have a flash of inspiration to write country music. Yet during the first months of 1997 my girlfriend and I made a move to Charleston, West Virginia. This put a few things on hold in my life including my music. However, once things changed for the better I was able to sit down again and put some ideas to wax.

Most of my time being Wild and Wonderful was spent recording instrumentals and pieces of songs. A good portion of those pieces ended up being material that would end up on CD releases such as IYUS AAS MEMSMIS and Nillum Noom. 'Ghost of a Chance' is a great example of taking as much time as I could to write and record a song.

Something else notable about my move to West Virginia is that I was able to upgrade my equipment from my typical two-track tape deck to a MIDI enabled computer system. This created possibilities for me that I didn't have before. I was able to run an early version of Cakewalk on my PC and utilize the MIDI functions on my Yamaha PSR-500. Where I was using the Song Editor function on board this keyboard before, now I could assign voices to separate MIDI channels and program each track separately. This made songwriting so much easier and opened creativity for me.

However this was not without difficulties. My time in West Virginia was met with a serious case of writers block. For the life of me, I was stuck in a rut with what type of music I wanted to record and how I was going to take SUB ONE to the next level. It even got to a point where I just wanted to rid all of my equipment and give up on music all together.

I'm glad I never finalized that decision.

A handful of instrumentals were recorded during this time including 'Attention Defecit Disorder', 'Chemical Imbalance', 'Monster Neurality', and a few that have yet to be titled. I will feature these songs here on the SUB ONE blog as I take you on my journey through the country roads of West Virginia.

BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... You Are Solitude (90's version)...

"It's a flame that's burnin' you can see..."

After the release of Poom! I started writing and recording new songs. During the summer of 1996 I relocated and moved in with my girlfriend, Tina, who I shared an apartment with in Horsham, PA. This made things difficult as far as having adequte space to set up my recording equipment and have the time to actually sit down and write songs. However, I was able to set aside days and spend hours doing what needed to be done. There were other recordings made during this session for 'You Are Solitude', they included a newer take of 'Turn You Into A Doll' and an off-beat ballad titled 'Forever is Not Far Away'. I want to share the latter title here on the SUB ONE blog but I'm having problems trying to locate it. Once I find it, I will definitely post this in the near future.

From the SUB ONE archives, 'You Are Solitude'.

BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... Turn You Into a Doll (90's version)

Turn You Into A Doll (90's Version)


"I wish I could just turn you into a doll so you can be at my disposal as you hang from the wall..."

The subject matter of this song is, of all things, Masturbation. Yes! I will not beat around the bush!! I am singing about how much of a pervert I really am! Blow up dolls, phone sex, pornography, sex toys, and a desire for sex is the contextual makeup of 'Turn You Into A Doll'.

This was the original version of this song recorded in 1994. The middle part using the samples, sound effects and weird voices was added later. A few years later, in 2001, this song was re-recorded for the IYUS AAS MEMSMIS CD.

This song happens to be one of my personal favorites, specifically this 90's version. This is one of the first recordings done where I had ditched my previous tape deck (a personal boom box) with a pro dual cassette deck. Using this deck created a nice, even compression to the signal and any future recordings I did had more of a saturated tone to the over all sound of the mix. These recordings still sound great to this day.

Yet another unearthed gem from the SUB ONE archive, 'Turn You Into A Doll' by SUB ONE.

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BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... Silicon Penis

Silicon Penis


"I got a lion raging in my pants, as I grab ahold with both hands..."

Another weird composition from the same sessions as 'Take A Listen', 'Silicon Penis' was my attempt at incorporating humor into music. I would have liked this song much better if I would have had some sort of effect, whether it be compression or distortion, on my vocals. This is one song that has remained in the SUB ONE archive since it's inception back in 1994.

One part that stands out in this song is the chaotic random sequence that occurs toward the end of the middle eight solo section. Crazy man, crazy!

Yet another unearthed gem from the SUB ONE archive, 'Silicon Penis' by SUB ONE.

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