Musician... techie... blockhead.
My father, Tony Garone (another CD Baby artist), wrote this song when I was a child. I’ve always enjoyed it, but felt that the song could have a more aggressive rock feel. So, we worked together on his cover and I’m very pleased with how it’s turned out.
For December 2011, I am releasing a Christmas song (no surprises there). It features the incredimazing Rob Müller on drums and is a mash up of two of my favorite holiday tuneage: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing and O Come All Ye Faithful. As Rob so adeptly put it when I was describing my drum track feel, I am going for the “feel-good Christmas song of the year.” It really turned out quite nice and it is always such a pleasure working with Rob. Check out the tune, because it’s really really good!
Trust is probably the most beautiful song I’ll ever write. It features lyrics by my friend Greg Iannelli, vocals by my friend Chris Misterek, and piano by my friend Daniel Shin. All of these exceptionally talented guys made the song exceptionally better than I could have hoped for. And now the song is on iTunes for your purchasing enjoyment!
Harnch is the first single off my fourth solo album, “Jerk.” It’s now available via iTunes, Amazon, and various other digital music distributors. In this post, I go through the composition of the song and notate/transcribe the primary guitar parts in case you want to learn how to play it. I’ll warn you in advance, learning this song is not for the faint of heart.
Listen to a cover I recorded of “Erudite Eyes,” originally performed by Giles, Giles, and Fripp way back in the 1960s.
My fourth solo album. It’s compositionally complete, but nowhere near being releasable. Someday I’ll find the time to get to all the missing tracks and ideas and get the thing finished. Until then, it’s here for you to enjoy in its broken, chaotic state.
The 2010 album released with my father, Tony Garone, which I’m quite proud of. I performed a significant amount of the instrumentation, mixed, mastered, and co-produced it. I even wrote one of the songs. How many people can say they’ve made music with their dad that they’re proud of?
My third solo album, Within, was released in late 2006. It’s free to download and features some fairly sophisticated songwriting and performances (mostly by people other than myself). It is also available for sale on iTunes and other major vendors.
My first album, which I completed at 16 years of age. The start of my obsession with recording, spending money on recording, being dissatisfied with the recording, and forever being haunted by the recording. This album is available as a free download.
When I was 17, I already had “released” my first album and quickly moved onto a second solo release. This album sold about 1/10th as well as the first release and I probably like it 1/10th as much. It is nevertheless available as a free download to you, the unsuspecting visitor.