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Music from Lee's Home
Studio
Listen to Music from Lee's Home Studio
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These rough "idea songs" were performed by Lee on
a 4-track Tascam cassette using single- and
multi-tracked vocals, keyboard/synthesizer, live
drums, Yamaha RX-21 drum machine, Yamaha QX-21
digital sequencer and an Alesis Microverb.
Note: These are low audio
quality, small file size versions of the original
recordings.
"I
Wouldn't Be Here" (3:31, 2.8MB)
Notes: 1986 song about the
homeless.
"Hey Little Girl" ORIGINAL VERSION (3:53, 3.1MB)
Notes: 1987 song about his
3-year old daughter, Valeri Joy Godden.
"Brains" (2:38,
2.1MB)
(read the lyrics)
Notes: 1987 humorous 'white
rapper' song about a butcher with everything but brains.
"Kimmy" (2:02, 1.6MB)
Notes: 1995 humorous song
that apologizes for its very existence. Lee sings and
"plays" all instruments with his voice...i.e. no "real"
instruments were used.
"In My
Twenties" (2:06, 1.7MB)
(read the lyrics)
Notes: Feb 2, 1988 humorous
song about the minutes before turning (Oh, no!) 30 years
old.
"The Klondike Song" (3:38, 2.9MB)
Notes: 1986 humorous
Christmas song Lee wrote for Val (age2) and Alison
(age1) about joining the ranks of the imaginary "Klondikes."
Listen to Music from Lee's Collaboration with Patrick
Vega
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These "just for fun"
songs were performed/recorded completely by Lee and
fellow drummer and good friend Pat Vega, using Pat's
4-track cassette home studio, which included
keyboard synthesizer and digital sampler. Lee sang,
wrote lyrics and played keyboards/percussion, and
Pat composed/played keyboard music and played
percussion.
Note: These are low audio
quality, small file size versions of the original
recordings.
"You Belong to Me" ORIGINAL VERSION (2:03, 1.7MB)
(read the lyrics)
Notes: 1987 song about
letting her know what's what. Lee on lead vocals. Pat on
keyboards/synthesizer/sampler. Listen for Pat's
girlfriend (now wife) Lisa entering studio at end of
song.
"Educated"
(2:14, 1.8MB)
(read the lyrics)
Notes: 1987 humorous song
about both finally completing our bachelor's degrees in
computer science. Lee on lead vocals/keys. Pat on
backing vocals/keyboards/synthesizer/sampler.
"Hit
the Ground" (1:49, 1.4MB)
Notes: 1986 early Pat/Lee
song about getting up and trying again. Lee on lead
vocals. Pat on keyboards/synthesizer/sampler.
"Yo
Mama (edit)" (2:35, 2.1MB)
Notes: Pat/Lee's first
studio collaboration in 1986. Just working out how far
we could stretch the equipment. Lee on lead vocals/keys.
Pat on backing vocals/keyboards/synthesizer/sampler.
Listen to Comedy Bits from Lee's Andrew & Nigel
Collaboration with Mark Dito
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These comedy bits
were mainly recorded in 1983 by roommates Mark
(middle name Andrew) Dito and Lee (middle name
Nigel), in their Downey, California apartment. After
finishing their computer science education together
in San Diego, they moved up north to L.A. to become
nerds with jobs. To attract chicks they drank
heavily and recorded nonsensical comedy bits on a
cheap Radio Shack cassette. Apparently it worked. A
year or so after these recordings were made, the
"partying programmers" were both married (not to
each other) with one newborn baby each. Additional
offspring followed. Their friendship endures to this
day, but, mercifully, Mark and Lee's (a.k.a
Andrew & Nigel's) comedy does not. Hey, it was
funny at the time. Warning: some explicit lyrics!
 Note: These are low audio
quality, small file size versions of the original
recordings.
"KLOS 95.5FM Mark & Brian Radio Show Submission" (1:50,
1.5MB)
Notes: What two grown men
will do for Super Bowl tickets. (Both, 1990, 4-track
Tascam cassette)
"Beer" (0:27,
file size 429kb)
Notes: A sad, musical
commentary on the drink that made Bud wiser. (Both,
1983)
"Interview with Ringo" (1:31, 1MB)
Notes: Impersonations should
be left to the original. (Both, 1983)
"Insult Alarm Clock" (0:13, 188kb)
Notes: You'll want to really
bash this with your fist at 6:15am. (Both, 1983)
"Cramming in the News" (0:31, 498kb)
Notes: Oh, sure, like "news
anchor" Andrew wasn't on something illegal. (Mark, 1983)
"Bartender Cutting Off the Drunk" (0:39, 623kb)
Notes: Slurring takes
practice. (Both, 1983)
"Dick Van Dyke Show Theme Song" (0:29, 685kb)
Notes: Um, the song had more
words than that. (Lee, 1986, using 4-track Tascam
cassette)
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