"My 5th Dementia" 2006 (demo)
People wanted to hear some vocals; multi-parts each tune. Ok, here you go then...
Puppet Man (2:56)
1970: Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield .Lyrics.
One Less Bell To Answer (1:55)
1971: Burt Bacharach/Hal David .Lyrics.
Aquarius (Let The Sunshine In) (3:22)
1969: MacDermot/Ragni/Rado .Lyrics.
Wedding Bell Blues (2:09)
1969: Laura Nyro .Lyrics.
California Soul (3:07)
1967: Nicholas Ashford/Valerie Simpson .Lyrics.
Loves, Lines, Angles And Rhymes (2010) (3:56)
1971: Dorothea Joyce .Lyrics.
Last Night (I Didn't Get To Sleep At All) (2:10)
1972: Tony Macaulay .Lyrics.
Paper Cup (2:37)
1968: Jimmy Webb .Lyrics.
Stoned Soul Picnic (2:37)
1968: Laura Nyro .Lyrics.
Blowin' Away (2:30)
1970: Laura Nyro .Lyrics.
Go Where You Wanna Go (1:58)
1967: John Phillips .Lyrics.
Save The Country (2:29)
1970: Laura Nyro .Lyrics.
Up Up And Away 1967: Jimmy Webb
Working On A Groovy Thing 1969: Neil Sedaka/Roger Atkins
Sweet Blindness 1968: Laura Nyro
* For Demonstration Only
Notice: some arrangements sick - speeds, keys, guitars, drums, scary...boo!
All tunes recorded twin stereo Oakland ZX1000 with different heavy distortions.
Original arrangements by "The 5th Dimension" (and various producers/arrangers).
*Summer 2010 slowly getting around to re-editing, re-mixing, re-mastering most
of these with new softwarez... cleaning up, bad vocals louder in many cases...
(...twin parlor guitars, ZX1000 right before choruses, wierd synth thing, 10/8 bass drum intentional...)
(...*new mix version louder vocals, removed a synth track, louder lead guitar, louder parlor guitar...)
(... a cool arrangement, they dont make songs like this anymore, someone called it David-Bowie version...)
(... sacrilege --- ok whatever --- just having fun...)
(... modified lyrics but had fun doing it...)
(... lots different things; bongos, "Billy Preston", parlor guitar with microphone, strange synth thing...)
(...*new mix version 5 more seconds of parlor guitar ending - removed that strange synth thing ...)
(... a personal favorite; the guitars, strange synths, bouncy bass, harmonies, dynamics...)
(...*new mix version louder vocals, less bassy in general, removed some toms, EQ, EQ, EQ...)
(... really did a number on re-organizing some of the melody...)
(... a favorite, even with the corny lyrics...)
(... probably the most "soft" of all these, love the bridge she wrote at 1:25 to 1:45...)
(... the only one am going to apologize for bad singing but a cool beat anyway...)
(... original song was in major key not minor-flat-5, except chorus and modulation still major...)
(... one with 6-part vocals and swingin' gospel-rock beat and fake horns...)
(... some tracks done, probabaly wont finish, vocal range to wide...)
(... some tracks done, probabaly wont finish, might though someday...)
(... some tracks done, probabaly wont finish, would like too...)
** Recorded at Park Avenue Studios: Las Vegas, Nevada