Recordings
Solo Album (2007-2008)
I Have Walked On The Moon
My solo album was abandoned in March of 2008 when I decided to form a new band.
Sin No More (Acoustic) mp3
Sin No More (with Riley) mp3
Drew Johnson and Dino Nicastro (2007-2008)
These three short instrumentals are a collaboration between me and Dino Nicastro.
The Hunt (Louisiana) mp3
The Hunt (Spain) mp3
The Hunt (Texas) mp3
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This is an unfinished, operatic instrumental. The drums are left out of this mix.
Operatic Instrumental with Dino (no drums) mp3
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Product Demonstrations (2008)
V-Drums with the Toontrack Custom and Vintage sample library (with commentary). mp3
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Vox Tonelab guitar pedal – playing Little Wing mp3
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Native Instruments Komplete Classics keyboard library. mp3
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Prescription Electronics Experience Pedal mp3
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MIDI Drum Experiments (2008)
Created by recording an electronic drum solo and applying the MIDI information to other MIDI instruments.
The Tightest Piano Band mp3
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Christmas Music (2007)
I did a version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas as a Christmas wish to my readers.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas mp3
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Gospel Music (2007)
This is the demo of a Gospel-style worship chorus I wrote based on Phillippians 3.
I Want To Know Christ mp3
Instrumentals (2006-2008)
A short instrumental demo that is clearly a Daniel Lanios rip off mp3
A short instrumental imitating a bad 80′s movie soundtrack mp3
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An ethereal soundscape created on a cheap Casio keyboard mp3
Miscellaneous
Playing the Purdie Shuffle mp3
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My saxophone solo from Chad Rycenga’s Thursday Night Song mp3
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This is a recording I did for a friend who wanted to use To Mother From Her Son at his wedding reception.
To Mother From Her Son (at a danceable tempo) mp3
My Son Riley
This is Riley singing along to the guitar part in Sin No More.
Sin No More (with Riley) mp3
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This is Riley spazzing out while I record him “writing songs”.
Hey It’s Done mp3
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This is more of Riley singing and improvising songs about alligators.
Riley Sings mp3
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The Formula Kid (2005 – 2006)
Posthumously, The Formula Kid
To Mother From Her Son wav mp3
Twenty Miles from Waterloo (unfinished mix) mp3
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The Six Comforts (2002)
The Six Comforts was a project I did with Christopher Gustave and various bands from St. Louis.
I composed a number of soundscape recordings for this project.
Here are a few of them.
Slide Guitar Solo mp3
Electric Guitar Solo mp3
Mouth Solo mp3
I Am Losing My Red Paint (with Elani Myers) mp3
The Drew Johnson Band (1999 – 2004)
Invention of the Wheel
The Ballad of War’s End wav mp3
Doin’ It with the Lights On wav mp3
Invention of the Wheel wav mp3
Fall Fights (Acoustic) mp3
The song Home was written for The Six Comforts album.
Home mp3
Three post-Invention recordings.
The Beautiful Text mp3
NC-17 mp3
Here Comes the Sun (Live recording with orchestra) mp3
I did a commentary on the song Lulu’s Machine explaining much about the song.
Lulu’s Machine Commentary mp3
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Koffterweid (1996 – 1998)
This album had Kristopher Curtis on bass and backing vocals with me on everything else.
Without Benefit of Clergy
Sunday Face mp3
Six Feet High and Rising mp3
Corkball Games and Old Best Friends mp3
All I’m Living For mp3
Three Brothers mp3
Suture Self mp3
Daily Radar mp3
Gold Mine mp3
Little Women mp3
Virgin the Harlot mp3
All I’m Living For (Acoustic) mp3
Here are two pre-Clergy recordings from Koffterweid.
We’ll Be Famous mp3
Enough Son mp3
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