My Sound III: Shag Carpet Sunset and Others, by Ben McAllister

My Sound III: Shag Carpet Sunset and Others

by Ben McAllister

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1.	Shag Theme 02:24	buy track
2.	Under the Traffic Lights 01:38	buy track
3.	4gtrs 02:46	buy track
4.	Love is a Rocket 02:32	buy track
5.	Almost Home 01:59	buy track
6.	CRI World 00:57	buy track
7.	Jimpster World 01:56	buy track
8.	Phleg Shanty 02:13	buy track
9.	Whammys 02:17	buy track
10.	Gtr Trio 1998 (Excerpt) 02:21	buy track
11.	Giant Squid in Puget Sound: I. Morning 03:02	buy track
12.	Giant Squid in Puget Sound: II. Squid Awakens 01:51	buy track
13.	Giant Squid in Puget Sound: III. Squid vs. Whale Pod 01:48	buy track
14.	Giant Squid in Puget Sound: IV. Back to Sleepy Times 00:57	buy track
15.	Sleestax 00:24	buy track
16.	Shiny Clean Vocal 01:31	buy track

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Tracks 1-5: From Shag Carpet Sunset (2002)

I think at some point we thought we’d be halfway between the McKenzie brothers and the Cohen brothers. This was the first big move by my filmmaking brother Andy and a prolific time for me. These tracks were produced with the help of my brethren Ian Rashkin (engineering advice and I think bass), Josh Stewart (trumpet) and especially Neil Wilson (all drums), who let me use his basement studio for this whole soundtrack. Country Session Man and sometimes IT guy Forrest Lee Jr played the steel guitar on Track 1, the opening theme to the film. Looks like Forrest has some cds up on cdbaby here.He’s an amazing player. Track 3 is a four track recording from 1993 that Andy ended up wanting to use, to my amazement. Tracks 4 and 5 were my first recordings on a computer – Andy sings lead through our upstairs telephone on Love is a Rocket, and Almost Home was recorded on my cousin Mike’s mac while I housesat for them.

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Track 6 – 9: Game stuff

Some random bits I did for video games never released. Inspired, in order, by China Radio International, Jimpster, Phleg Camp and.. whammy bars.

Track 10: Gtr Trio 1998:

Still studying composition at the UW, I wrote a collage of guitar ideas for 3 steel string acoustics. Friends Don Craig and Pete Matern helped me get through this clumsy little set – I pulled the couple of ideas I think work together here in this excerpt.

Track 11-14: The squid that lives…

At one point there was a rumor of a giant squid living in Puget Sound. I think of him/her (them?) when I hear this now. One of many bits that didn’t make it on Alkaline, I did this after hours of practice around playing slide, ebow, and thumb on my bottom strings simultaneously. Recorded on the back patio of my mother-in-laws in Mesa, AZ, while everyone slept Christmas Eve, 2003.

Track 15: Sleestax

Tried and tried to get Andy to use this for something, but he never did. 4 tracks recorded with my neighbor Todd’s Bass Guitar Synthesizer, which I still covet.

Track 16: Shiny Clean Vocal

The last bit of Shag stuff, this is my vocal demo of the theme.

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released May 23, 2015

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Listen Faster Music Seattle, Washington

I'm Ben McAllister, a composer and guitarist based in Seattle, I've played with a string of boundary-pushing groups including Medicine Hat, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Wizard Prison, C’mon C’mon, Tuktu and Guitar Cult, my current focus, a 7-piece electric guitar. I'm an obsessive journaler and recordist, which you'll hear through my My Sounds sound journal series. ... more

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