BILL "WBGO" LANPHIER MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS, ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES CHAPTER 1: MULTI-GENRE STUPIDITY Black Sea Surf 3:03 (2.8MB MP3) Composition and midi recording: BL, 2002 The world's first--yes, I'm sure of it--surf song in a Bulgarian kopanitsa rhythm. Blue Suede Shoes 3:21 (3.0MB MP3) Vocal, fretless and fretted electric basses (not pitch shifted), arrangement and midi drums: BL, 1/05 In a Bulgarian daichovo rhythm and with the lyrics somewhat twisted. Donna Lee 1:16 (1.1MB MP3) Arrangement and midi recording: BL, 2002 Harmonization: Med Flory Charlie Parker's tune as a Latinized Bulgarian buchimish. According to Med, his harmonization was played live by Super Sax, but never recorded by the group. My original plan was, using Med's work as a guide, to harmonize in the same fashion Jaco's entire solo. But, the cat litter needed changing and I became distracted. Dominique / Johnny B. Goode / In the Shade 6:13 (5.6MB MP3) Recorded 10/81 in the attic at 1142 Montana Ave, Chicago, Illinois Electric piano, lead vocals: BL Drums: Ernie Denov Electric bass, backup vocals: Brad Stone New York, New York 4:02 (3.6MB MP3) Recorded in the early 80s at Dr. Caw Studios, Northbrook, Illinois Vocal, electric bass and arrangement: BL Tenor sax: Steve Eisen Guitar: Ernie Denov Acoustic piano: Bob Gustafson Drums: Jim Hines Transcribed backwards, recorded backwards, and then heard forwards on the Dr. Demento radio show! I ain't shittin' you! Some of this stuff is big time! The Stars and Stripes Forever 3:28 (3.1MB MP3) Midi recording 1998 at Leakingwater, Los Angeles, by Les Brockman Arrangement: BL Synth realization: Alan Steinberger You'd think literally hundreds of hours could be spent in a more productive fashion than plucking one sixteenth note from each bar (all 128 of them) of each instrument (all 32 of them) in the Sousa march and then inputting each note (almost 10,000 of them) into a midi file, one-finger, chicken pecking style. Then, add a few more hundred hours to input each note, one click at a time, into Finale's music notation program (I didn't have Finale midi'd then) to create, for concert band, a score and individual parts that were never performed live. Tequila 1:39 (1.5MB MP3) Recorded 3/93 by BL at Valley Suck Sound, North Hollywood, California Arrangement, electric basses, piccolo electric basses and drum programming: BL Guaranteed thoroughly un-danceable on any planet. Walk, Don't Run 1:28 (1.3MB MP3) Recorded in the early 80s by Mark Olsen at LRS Studio, Chicago Arrangement and electric basses (normal speed, vari-speed and pitched-shifted): BL The Johnny Smith guitar tune gone surf gone all e-bass gone Bulgarian. Windows 2:22 (2.1MB MP3) Arrangement and midi recording: BL, 2000 After two choruses, rare paidushko mescaline kicks in collectively for Mexican Norteno posers while they're in the process of successfully butchering one of Chick Corea's best compositions. CHAPTER 2: BULGARIA AND UN-AMERICAN Chetvorno 8:02 (7.3MB MP3) Recorded in Berkeley, California, 2002 by Ryan Francesconi Composition and Bulgarian tambouras: Ryan Francesconi Acoustic bass guitar: BL Certeza 4:44 (4.3 MB MP3) Arrangement (with added solo) and midi recording: BL, 2002 Composition: Joao Paulo This tune by the Portuguese pianist is one of my favorites. Check out the brilliant original recording from Paulo's "O Exilio" (M045A) at www.marecordings.com Gizmo Horo 3:42 (3.3MB MP3) Composition and midi recording: BL, 2002 A crooked dance tribute to my raging bitch inherited cat. A transcription of this and 15 other Bulgarian and Macedonian instrumentals is available (for a price!) at balkantunes.org Karavelovska Povratana 4:14 (3.8MB MP3) From "Generation through Generation" by Nikolai Kolev www.koleverafolk.com Recorded 2000, Bulgaria Gadulka: Nikolai Kolev Tambura: Nikolai Baldaranov Acoustic bass guitar (added 2003): BL I added a bass part to this gorgeous yet burning cut by my crooked-music colleague, Nikolai Kolev. A transcription of this and 15 other Bulgarian and Macedonian instrumentals is available (for a price!) at balkantunes.org Krivo Sadovsko (excerpt) 1:52 (1.7MB MP3) From "Torta Bulgarska" by Trio Mopmu www.oddshapedcase.com/mopmu Recorded 12/04 by Bruce Koball at Motion West, Berkeley, CA Tambura: Ryan Francesconi Electric bass: BL Drums: Bryan Bowman You must buy this CD! Now! Markish 3:52 (3.5MB MP3) Composition and midi recording: BL, 2000 Subtitled "Macedonian sitcom." Sleepless 5:38 (5.1MB MP3) From "Ruupert Dances in Fins" by The Toids, OSC CD 1002 Composition and accordion: Dan Cantrell Violin: Lila Sklar and Ari Langer Bulgarian tamboura: Ryan Francesconi Acoustic bass: BL Percussion: Jerry Summers Cello: Jess Ivry Summer Samba 3:14 (2.9MB MP3) Recorded summer, 1985 by BL at Valley Suck Sound, North Hollywood, California Electric basses (wacky guiro and cruddy conga sounds are also e-bass): BL CHAPTER 3: NONE OF THE ABOVE Billanita Blues 3:25 (3.1MB MP3) Composition and real electric basses: BL, 12/03 "Screw all this midi shit," Lanita says, and she's right! The world does need more real electric bass! Sorry, I lost my mind for a second there. Brandenburg Concerto #3, Allegro 5:12 (4.7MB MP3) Recorded 1983 By Craig Williams at Dr. Caw Studio, Northbrook, Illinois Electric guitars: Rob Williams Electric basses: BL Adapted by BL from an arrangement, as I recall, for three violins, cello and acoustic bass. Does Your Heart Still Sing? 4:35 (4.2MB MP3) From "Color in a Grey World" by Beth Lawrence, ITI 702CD Recorded and mixed 1990 by Ben Rogers, Pack's Place, Sunland, California Composition and lead vocal: Beth Lawrence Keyboards: David Benoit Bass: BL Drums: Tony Morales Background vocals: Philip Ingram and Chuck Sabatino Vocal duet: Dorian Harewood Shameless 1990s pop. Handful of Maybes 3:40 (3.3MB MP3) Recorded and mixed 1982 by Craig Williams at Dr. Caw, Northbrook, Illinois Composition and guitars: Ernie Denov Vocals and keyboards: John Melnick Drums: Jim Hines Bass: BL Shameless 1980s pop rock. Miss RLC 3:14 (2.9MB MP3) Composition and midi recording: BL, 2001 A shameless jazz/rock fusion tribute to my raging bitch inherited cat. My Romance 1:44 (1.6MB MP3) Recorded 7/03 at Billanita Solid Sound, Albany, California Electric bass: BL It's amazing how a little single malt can turn an anal-retentive twiddler into a single-pass wonder.
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