Besides Advertising: Music Etcetera

I still skateboard.

Mike-moraga-park

 

I make noise. Usually with guitars.

My indie rock band. From the early 2000's called The Jasmine Fire. We were offered a small record deal but all the band members had our own things going on and just decided it wasn't the best time. 

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My hardcore/punk/rock/whatever band. From the late 90's early 2000's, called Since Day One, back in the Philadelphia/Delaware area.

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Me rapping. Yes, it's really me rapping. Just one of those weird things I learned to do. Ever since I heard Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" I was hooked on rap music (I still think it's the most prolific and timeless hip hop album of all time). I even had a small recording contract in LA for a while and did tons of shows. That's another story all together. This track is from 2005 or so that I recorded for fun in my apartment . I played guitar on the the beat and recorded the vocals entirely with a built-in laptop mic and Garageband.

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Acoustic rock. Punkish song I wrote and recorded recently using Garageband and tons of acoustic guitar tracks all layered on top of each other. 18 tracks of guitar all together. I've pretty much mastered using the crappy built-in laptop mic and Garageband to get the best sound possible.

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Elevator Music. Instrumental acoustic song I wrote and recorded for my mother for Mother's Day one year. 

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Ukelele. My roomate in college had a ukelele and I spent a few hours learning to play it one day. Wrote this little song and recorded it. 

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