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A little piece I am working on. Enjoy.

Hi peeps. I finally got a bass line recorded to the latest BassIAB tune. This was a bit tough for me because I've not tried to play much in the way of acoustic folk.

I had to really listen to a bunch of older BD tunes to get a sense of what to play and then I really had to experiment before finding a line that worked for the tune and that I liked.

This is the result. I know I should never quit my day job but I don't think the result is too bad. It seems faithful to the genre.

Composition, Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar lead and rhythm - A.J. Spinella
Bass - Hazz L
Drums - Steve Gardner

This is not final as we are trying to get some keys added but it is close and I will leave it up this time.

Ok, BassIAB 2009.2 is here. I wanted this to sound a bit like a Bob Dylan tune and I think it does. I used a chord progression very similar to something BD would have played. To make it more authentic there's two acoustic guitars, one strumming and the other finger picking.

I tried to add some harmonica but none of the harmonica tracks really suited the tune. I tried a fiddle instead and I think it works well. It really has the sort of sad sound you'd expect from some of BDs work. And man can that fiddle player play, really sweet.

A little jam track I put together to work on some walking and soloing ideas over that standard-of-standards, "Autumn Leaves." My version follows the Real Book chords:

The "A" section goes like this:

| Am7 | D7 | G Maj7 | C Maj7 |
| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em | Em |

Play it twice. Then, you hit the "B" Section (about 00:00:28):

| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em | Em |
| Am7 | D7 | G Maj7 | G Maj 7|
| F#m7b5 | B7 | Em7 Eb7 | Dm7 Db7 |
| C Maj7 | B7 | Em | Em|

Just a test of the audio feature. I wanted to see if it would post my T40 samples. Anyway, this is what Peavey T40 sounds like if you are interested.

The Rig: I know, I know, you're reading this part because you wanted to know my preamp, eq, and effects. No, it's rather boring; T40> Lightsnake>Crappy Lappy.

Testing the new Audio contributed module, which allows mp3 uploads. If you decide to test it as well, be mindful of #11 on our TOS.