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This was composed this evening, 1/13/12. All sound sources except the bass drum were created from objects in my desk (see picture). The objects included: – Arabic bowl from Ebay – Small allen wrench from my bass guitar (used to strike the bowl) – Rubber band type cable tie – Velcro cable tie – ...

Dog Assassin: The Musical debuts March 2012 Book & Lyrics by Stephen Schrum Music by Jeremy dePrisco In this post-progressive rock musical, a young grocery bagger makes extra cash on the side – but when he meets a young woman, his world turns upside down. A tale of spiritual redemption and love. ...

Robert Dorschel is one of the many friends that I made at Electro-music 2010, a festival dedicated to electronic music. Ironically, while most of the festival was electrified, it was during the acoustic jams that we really got to talking. Robert brought his melodica and Zen drum, which added some ...

Matt and I met while attending classes at PSU Hazleton. He was working on his BA right out of high school. I was there in a two-year Associate program for business, after taking a year off from high school to work. I was still very much exploring the completely acoustic, ...

This was a very good year for music. So much so that listening to all this stuff is sometimes a major distraction when trying to focus on one’s own work as an artist. Still, it’s good to know that there is such a variety of good stuff out there, both ...

Going all the way back to my first musical experiences, I was always interested in synths, drums machines, etc, but never took time to really dive into that world too far because I couldn’t produce the music live without a large band. Other musicians were not really interested in the ...

“Forget your records and your CDs. Don’t need cassettes or MP3s…” – From the song “8-Track Underground” on my album Cadillacs & Tarantulas. My father recently unearthed two 8-track tapes of his mom, Frances dePrisco, singing some old gospel tunes. Recorded in her living room in 1979, these tapes (which ...

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This is a short experimental piece dedicated to our favorite Ghost Adventurers on the Travel Channel, Zak Nick and Aaron. Enjoy! Are You A Witch? (Come On!) by shivasongster Got iPad or iPhone? Try this link instead. ...

Over the past couple weeks I’ve been listening to studio experiments and fragments created in a recording program called Riffworks 2.6.5 by Sonoma Wire Works, a tool geared toward guitarists (but not exclusively for guitar). I first discovered the tool in mid-2009, and used it heavily for a little while, ...

Last night’s show at Avenue 209 coffee house in Lock Haven was a good mix of experiences, combining an appreciative audience, great stage ergonomics and good sound. I had some fun with a few of the Irish tunes that have been rattling around in my songbook since before the Ireland ...

Enjoy these new experiments… ElectroWednesday http://www.shivasongster.com/audio/electro/ElectroWednesday.mp3 ...