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 RECORDING BLOG This is a list of what I've recorded and with whom - in blog form, though many entries were actually made years after the fact. Songs in italics have never been released in any form (and, in many cases, probably shouldn't be.) Most of those were either studio demos or things recorded just for the heck of it years ago, and included here because, hey, it's just text, it doesn't take up much space, so one might as well be complete. The list is broken into sections (Solo/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern work, work with Scape Goat, Supernatural Anarchy, etc.) and in reverse chronological order.
Clark Street Carols sessions 14 January 2006 Chicago, IL Engineer: Jamie Warner Jeff Brown - guitar, backup vocals, accordion Brian Feltner - piano, organ Kurt Vile - organ on "Crooked Houses" Kelly Warner - percussion New York Rain Long Way Home Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps Wake Up, September I Don't Believe in Summer One Last Short Poem Barbara Allen's Grave Fade To Black (song by Metallica) Initial plans were to record everything live, but this proved to be impossible given the mic setup. Guitar and piano/organ tracks were recorded simultaneously, then vocals were added, followed by lead guitar and accordion, then percussion, over the course of the day. Only "Long Way Home" was recorded "Alan Lomax Style," all live to one mic, following trouble doing it in the style of the others. All songs were done on acoustic guitars, but the lead guitar on "Neighborhood" and "But Not the Songs" were fed into effects boxes, a la "Man Who Sold the World" from "Nirvana Unplugged." Jen Hathy was on hand to take photos, visible throughout the page and on the tray card of the album. More will be posted soon, or you can see several at her page, morethannothing. Recording lasted until around six, when we had to be at Uncommon Ground for a gig, and resumed afterwards with the addition of percussion. The spontaneous version of "Fade To Black" featured me on vocals, Jamie and Kelly on acoustic guitars, and Jeff on accordion. It was quite fanatastic, but the recorder wasn't set up right for it. 13 January 2006 Chicago, IL Engineer: Jamie Warner Kelly Warner - percussion Jamie Warner - guitar, bert Jeff's guitar/backup vocal tracks for: But Not the Songs Kelly's Percussion for Crooked Houses Jamie's tracks for: Bells of St. Julian's (acoustic guitar) An Intellectual Country Song About Joan Baez ("bert" guitar) 12 January 2006 Chicago, IL Engineer: Jamie Warner New vocal tracks for: Bells of St. Julian's When Kevin Comes Marching Home (also a harmonica track) Crooked Houses An Intellectual Country Song About Joan Baez But Not the Songs 28-29 December 2005 Douglasville, GA Engineer: Jamie Warner Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar, vocals Bryan Hall - upright bass Crooked Houses An Intellectual Country Song About Joan Baez Bells of St. Julian's (Criminal's Good-Night) When Kevin Comes Marching Home The Singer But Not the Songs A late night session following the gig in Carrolton, yielding few, if any, usable vocals. One particular notable take of "Crooked Houses" ended with me trying not to cough in the first verse, trying not to cough or choke in the second, and trying not to cough, choke or laugh by the end. Excellent bass tracks, though - recordings will resume in two weeks in Chicago. Summer 2005 Clark Street Carols demos Barbara Allen's Grave Crooked Houses I Don't Believe in Summer (w/ Jeff Brown on lead guitar) Untitled (Apartment On the Lower North Side) (aka Estella) An Intellectual Country Song About Joan Baez Viktor: Human Cannonball The Nights Are So Long When Kevin Comes Marching Home Bells of St. Julian's Towson Street Long Way Home (fast version) New York Rain Wake Up, September Means To an End White Trash Women For You (song by Bruce Springsteen) Blue Line Train, Blue Line Train Trills Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets Songs not italicized were on myspace at one point. Most are solo acoustic, some had piano or organ added. Suburban Post Modernist Sessions Date: 27 March 04 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar, vocals, harmonica Track Recorded: If I Loved You Slightly re-written lyrics led to a re-record of the song on the last day of mixing. Guitar, vocals and harmonica were recorded simultaneously in one take. "Crime of the Century" and "The Mysterious Midnight Accordionist" are being left off the album because having outtakes makes me feel like a big shot. Date: 19 July 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - vocals, accordion Jamie Warner - acoustic guitar Tracks Recorded: The Mysterious Midnight Accordionist (guitar(Jamie)/vocals(adam)), accordion dubs Punk Rock Tango Girl (guitar dubs) From a blog entry regarding the session: Just returned from the studio. Principle recording for Suburban Post Modernist is now finished. Hooray! Mixing should begin later this week; I'll post a song or two as they become finished. Here's a story from the last session: "Six and a half for a dozen. Hah." I murmured, randomly, as I fumbled with my accordion. One has to be in the right mood for certain songs. I'd had to stop at a thrift store on the way there to buy a red and navy striped shirt (a la Ernie) because recording "The Mysterious Midnight Accordionist" in anything else would have been simply wrong. "Who's on take one, what's on take 2, and I don't know if there'll be a take 3." The thumb strap on the accordion picked this moment to break, this very day, the first day it has been used on an album, after five years of being in my possession. It waited until its exact moment of glory to break. "Jamie," I said to my guitarist, "do you have any safety pins attatched to you?" He did, and withdrew one so that I could rehook the accordion. "We're still rolling," said Rob, the engineer. "Okay, take two." Take Two was the first time I ever played a complete accordion line on the song, even though the song has now been sitting in the vaults for about five years. Take two was also the take on which the whole thing was nailed. And, after a brief interlude in which acoustic guitar was added to "Punk Rock Tango Girl," the album was a wrap. Handshakes all around, while I tried to figure out what I meant by "six and a half for a dozen." I believe it has to do with finders' fees paid by the mental hospital which is never mentioned in the song but is probably on the minds of the victims of the accordionist. Date: 14 June 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Dave Rood - trumpet Tracks: La Boheme on the Radio (trumpet overdubs) Punk Rock Tango Girl (trumpet overdubs) One Man's Poetry (trumpet overdubs) Date: 26 April 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Jamie Warner - electric guitar Tracks: Snowflakes In Your Hair (guitar overdubs) After it Rains (guitar overdubs) Human After All (guitar overdubs) Valentine's Day (guitar overdubs) Date: 19 April 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Mary Crowell - piano, organ, clarinet Adam Selzer - vocals Tracks: One Man's Poetry (piano, clarinet overdubs) Crime of the Century (piano overdubs) Snowflakes In Your Hair (piano overdubs) After It Rains (organ overdubs) Punk Rock Tango Girl (piano and vocals) Date: 29 March 03 Studio: Simply Recording: Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Dave Rood - trumpet Tracks: Sixty Six (trumpet overdubs) November Smoke (trumpet overdubs) Winter (trumpet overdubs) Date: 8 March 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar, vocals, piano Brian Richardson - drums Tracks recorded: Valentine's Day Sixty Six La Boheme on the Radio Human After All All song were recorded guitar/vocals (with drums on all but La Boheme), and piano was added to "La Boheme" and "Valentine's Day." Date: 2 February 03 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar/vocals Brian Richardson - drums Tracks Recorded: One Man's Poetry After It Rains Again Snowflakes In Your Hair Crime of the Century This was the "rock songs" session. "Snowflakes," in particular, is the most "rock n roll" song yet recorded for an Adam Selzer record. All songs will be getting piano overdubs, and most will be getting either trumpet or electric guitar dubs later on. Date: 11 January 03 Studio: Live at the Holiday Inn, Atlanta (recorded by Simply Recording) Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - vocals George Powell - upright bass Dave Rood - trumpet Mary Crowell - piano Brian Richardson - drums Tracks Recorded: How Mark Got His Sanity Back Unlike the other songs, all tracks on this song were recorded simultaneously in front of a small audience. Date: 26 December 02 Engineer: none Studio: Englewood Way Personell: "Mr Meenee's Strangely Comfortable Quartet:" Adam Selzer - vocals Ryan Clark - vocals, Bert Bert - guitar Alex Miller - vocals Tracks Recorded: Don't Forget Your Hat, Justine Date: 23 December 02 Studio: Simply Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar, vocals Ryan Clark - banjo, mandolin, vocals Alex Miller - vocals Tracks Recorded: The Death of Me Yet (guitar, vocals, bg vocals, banjo, mandolin) Smoke (banjo and vocal overdubs) Date: 7 December 02 Studio: "Simply Recording," Woodstock, GA. Recording Engineer: Rob Schoenborn Personell: Adam Selzer - guitar, vocals Tracks recorded: Winter If I Loved You Midnight in the Schoolyard Smoke WORST EPISODE EVER and MISC SESSIONS 6/10/03 The Burrow For re-release of "Uncle Herbert's Extra-Rowdy Funeral" Personell: Adam Selzer - 12 string guitar and vocals, The Chick in the Chick Tract Polly Wolly Devil / Yankee Doodle Demon Imaginary Relationships Franz Kakfa's Particularly Generic Blues #4 (played on Bert) MPAA Blues Donkey Kong Demands a Sacrifice I Used to Be Cooler Than That Guy During the remastering of the album for re-release, it was determined that these songs would sound better from re-recording than they would from simply being remastered. 10/26-27/02 The Burrow for "Worst Episode Ever" Jamie Warner on guitar, Joe Cato on drums (* only) Midnight In the Schoolyard (Adam on accordion)* We Have Ways* Way That London Looks At Night* Some of My Best Friends Lucy Loves Lincoln Song For Lee Greenwood Murder Ballad Girls Snowflakes In Your Hair River of Dreams (by Billy Joel) Big Bad Retail Wasteland Worst Episdoe Ever (with Mandy Malone) 7/23/02 The Burrow For "Worse Episode Ever" with the Van Atta Jr. High School Girls Chorus (West Side Mandy Malone and the Murphy Sisters) Worst Episode Ever 2/24/02 Recording for Tom Waits Tribute Album Jamie Warner on electric guitar Adam on guitar/vocals/accordion. Just the Right Bullets Sight For Sore Eyes Burma Shave STORM SHADOW SESSIONS 10/07/01 Flat Tracks (Rob Schoenborn, engineer) Overdubs for "Storm Shadow." Diana Obscura - cello (www.dianaobscura.com) Polly Vaughn Dreams of England (overdubs) Lullaby in 12 Nursery Rhymes (overdubs) The October Waltz (overdubs) That's the record! Time to mix now. Diana (who appeared disarmingly normal without the horns, latex suit, odd hair, etc. of her usual costume) did a fine job adding cello to tracks that sorely needed it. She's a pleasure to work with (how do I phrase that last sentence correctly? "A pleasurable person with whom to work?")
Diana Obscura adding cello overdubs...note Bert on couch
9/23/01
9/9/01 3/27/01 - WWGC 3/13/01 - WWGC 1/30/01 - WWGC Adam Selzer and his Maritime Band Metallica Tribute w/ Joe Cato on drum, Margret Chang on violin Escape (Metallica) The Four Horsemen (Metallica) Seek and Destroy (Metallica) The Memory Remains (Metallica) Through the Never (Metallica) ALL SONGS ABOVE ARE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON NAPSTER, as are the two Metallica songs recorded 12/6/00 Later That Same Night... Adam Solo Demos for "Snowflakes In Your Hair" Lullaby in 12 Nursery Rhymes Friday Avenue Once More Before I Go Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps 1/6/01 - GaFilk Recording for Worldream Many Hearts, One Voice (by Steve Macdonald) - backup vocals (bass) only. Sort of like a filk "We Are the World" See http://www.smacdonald.com/dream 12/30/2000 - Rob Shoenborn's Studio (for special project) 12/6/2000 - WWGC Studios (also for Dylan Tribute)
11/6/2000 - WWGC Studios -various filk songs 10/2/2000- WWGC Studios
-various filk songs WITH SCAPEGOAT (Adam on guitar,bass, vocals, Tanner Strutzenberg on guitar,bass, vocals) (also, Seth Kleinschrodt on drums, 97 and after) (aka 3 Dumb White Guys) 7/00 - "Insurance Against Holding Public Office" Sometimes She's So Stupid (Selzer/Kleinschrodt/Strutzenberg) Hernando's Hideaway(Selzer/Kleinschrodt/Strutzenberg) Ring of Fire (Cash) Metal Song(Selzer/Kleinschrodt/Strutzenberg) Ode (mostly by Seth) Fishy Blues Everybody's Getting Laid But Me Star Wars Closing Title (a cappella)
...note:the tape was badly damaged...but's that's probably a good thing.
It's a terrific little record, but it could get us in all sorts of
trouble WITH SUPERNATURAL ANARCY (Adam on bass/vocals, Seth Kleinschrodt on drums) 4/95 - "Bloody Oracle" sessions Fire in the Sky Headless Horseman Loserland Mirror(title?) Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg) ...there are a few others...titles forthcoming 7/94 - "Grinch Night Wind" Sessions Headless Horseman Fire in the Sky Jervas on Trial various hidden tracks WITH SOILENT PLAID (alias Your Name Here) (spoken word band with Ryan Clark, Jessi Dunlap, Erika Kis) 2/96 - "Do You Know Your Zip Code?" included: Renfield's Flies Wilfred (Ryan Clark) In the Pines (trad)/Pretty Paranoid Shipwrecked(Selzer/Clark) Hi-Way Cafe Censorship (Ryan Clark) English For Cab Drivers (Selzer/Clark/Dunlap/Kis) Noise Rant Back to Home Page |
