The main idea about this one was the tambura app sound from my android phone. On the electric guitar, I tuned the low E String to D and the A String to G. I like droney stuff. And then I added the tambourine and a homemade shaker of a can taped up with rice. Works well. I learned this from a Russian friend. Maybe I’ll add the sitar to it later.

Smoothie Instrumental by More Jim Guittard

In this one I think the coolest part is the jazzy keyboard with reverb and echo. I know there is a song where the keyboard sounds similar but I can’t remember what it is. I’ll try to figure it out and post it too. Then there is repetitive guitar with a phaser effect I believe.

Occupy Monotony by More Jim Guittard

I’ve posted about this one before but it is an instrumental too so I’m posting again. The mood is repetitive but driving forward. The inspiration is all the occupiers getting slammed to the ground by NYPD cops who are paid off by Chase Manhattan Bank. True story. Chase Bank gave like $4.6 million to NYPD shortly before all the arrests went down.

Lo-Fi Instrumental by More Jim Guittard

Everything’s Fine by More Jim Guittard

Droney echoey depressive instrumental with tabla, echoey guitars, keyboard, and harmonium.

Bee Psychedelic by More Jim Guittard

Another instrumental with bee effect.

The last few months have been very rough but this is what I’ve done.

Ever feel like your life is going in circles or that it is too monotonous or repetitive? Well, it may sound like this song. I tried to come up with something that expressed that feeling and here it is. It was recorded with a 330 Rickenbacker six string electric guitar, a Casio WK-500 keyboard, shaker and tambourine. Thanks for listening.

Download here:  http://www.archive.org/details/Monotony

(picture from http://www.motifake.com)

Probably it would be something like this if “Uncle Sam” were a real person today. I think arguing the left/right thing is a waste of time. It’s an allusion. They are one and the same and it is only a distraction.

It’s like this:

This is a coherent message worth listening to.
Speech On Hope

Movin’ (Vocals) by More Jim Guittard

Collaborated with donnie bugden

Where are you going today?
Will you always stay in the same spot?
Or will you get up and go away?
It is all okay.
We’ve been here before.
They want us to be afraid.
But it’s not gonna keep us down.
Get up from your desk.
You’ve spent too much time there.
You wasting away.
Make something happen.
Create. Be the change you want to see.
The skies will part
and the clouds will go away.
There’s something okay and beautiful to see everyday.
Burn down the past. Go On.
We know there are other people waiting to get up.
Just Go.

Words By Jim Guittard
Music by Donnie Bugden
2011

Jim Guittard: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Keyboard
Donnie Bugden: Electric Guitars

Have you been scammed?
I sure have.
Have you been damned?
I sure have.
Have you been Uncle Sammed?
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Have you been robbed?
I sure have.
Have you been kidnapped?
I sure have.
Have you been analysed?
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Chorus:
It’s no fun but I’m ok today.
It’s not fun but I’m ok today.

Have you been chastized?
I sure have.
Have you been advised?
I sure have.
Have you been mockerized?
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Have you been cashed out?
I sure have.
Have you been talked out?
I sure have.
Have you been drinked out?
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Chorus:
It’s no fun but I’m ok today.
It’s not fun but I’m ok today.

Have you been on your own?
I sure have.
Have you been kicked out?
I sure have.
Have you been sent home?
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Have you been in the middle?
I sure have.
Have you been taken to the cleaners?
I sure have.
Have you been called a fool.
I sure have.
It’s no fun.

Words and Music by Jim Guittard 2011

Go to Iraq, that’s where the money’s at.
Be about that – Do it stat.
You know that’s where you wanna be.

They’ve got games and fun over there; you just wait and see.
It’s like a carnival fare.
Do it, I dare.

You’ll be earning money hand over fist.
Just go ahead and enlist.
Go by faith, don’t worry about all the guns.
Don’t worry about all of the guns.

Chorus

War is fun in the desert.
They’ve got a party going on over there
In the desert.
War is fun in the desert.
So get on over there.

Count your money day by day.
Store it up and don’t forget to pray.
You’re doing good conquering all the land.
And you’re making many a grand.

Keep firing on all of the people.
They’re only poor but you’ve got the power.

Go to Iraq, that’s where the money’s at.
Be about that – do it stat.
You know that’s where you wanna be.
It’s fun there you know.

Chorus

War is fun in the desert.
There’s a party going on over there
Shoot everything that moves in the desert.
and don’t forget to get those people praying at the Mosque.

War is hell and it’s stupid.
Why are we there after ten whole years?

Enough is enough.
Get out of Iraq.
Enough is enough.
Get out of Iraq. Peace Corps.

Obama got his Nobel Peace Prize
and what has he done about it?
Wars are going on forever.
He said he would get out of Iraq
and Afghanistan, and Pakistan and all the other “Stans”.

Chorus

War is fun in the desert.
There’s a big party going on over there
In the desert.
Shoot everything that moves in the desert.
You are getting a lot of money in the desert.
It’s all worth it. You now it’s all worth it, in the desert.

Can’t make any money doing good.
All you can make money is from killing people in the desert.
That’s where it’s at.

Words and Music by Jim Guittard 2011

Let’s end the stupid wars. Pass this song on!

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Wrote this song almost 10 years ago but lost the original recording of it. So I recorded it again tonight in 2011. On the previous version I used a Fender B-Bender guitar but I don’t have it anymore. It was stolen. Anyway, I did the best I could from memory. Previously, it was called “Station” but I think it would be better titled Waiting. I also updated the lyric to waiting for a plane instead of a train cause that’s what I’ll be doing in a few months or so when my wife finally gets to the U.S.

Waiting

Going down to the station.
I’ll be waitin’ for you to come.
I’ll be pickin’ up your heavy bags.
It won’t be a drag.

I hope you’ll be glad to see me.

Checkin’ out the plane schedule.
I’ll be lookin’ for your plane to come.
I’ll be combin’ my hair for you.
It won’t be that long.

I hope you’ll be glad to see me.

Readin’ up on the newspaper.
I’ll be lookin’ for the funny section.
I’ll be watchin’ the people pass by.
It can’t be that long.

I hope you’ll be glad to see me.

Seein’ you arrive just on time.
I’ll be runnin’ to get a hug.
I’ll be thinkin’ how lucky I am.
No, it’s not a drag.

I know you’ll be glad to see me.

Words and Music by Jim Guittard 2011

This is another collaboration I did with Donnie Bugden that I think turned out pretty good. I came up with the basic rhythm guitar, bass line, and keyboard line. Donnie contributed the guitar with special effect, emotional melody and lyrics for the song. I sang basically in unison to his vocal track.

Here are the lyrics:

First Descent

I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know
I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know
The longest way down
Pulling shovels from the ground
Broke down now
On the way home
You are the last descent
The last to know
The last to go
The shortest way up
Pushing picks from the sound
Get off the merry go round
I am the first descent
The first to go
The last you’ll ever know

Music by Jim Guittard
Words by Donnie Bugden
2011