It’s a train wreck and here is the evidence. This is a collection of songs I recorded mainly between 2010 -2011. Most of them are 8-track recordings of different versions of other Stegosaurus Trap songs. I changed the lyrics and styles and made them into completely new songs. I decided to finally release them.
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I have 2 Stegosaurus Trap albums in the works at the moment. The first is a bunch of songs I have been occasionally messing with since 2010. They have been sitting doing nothing for too long, but still need a good bit of attention. They don’t all feel done.
The second is something I have been playing with recently that is like a Stegosaurus Trap / Locust Toybox crossover. The catchier, more conventional side of Locust Toybox combined with the vocal styles of Stegosaurus Trap.
I also have been working on an album of acoustic versions of Locust Toybox tracks, so that should come along eventually.
These things aren’t a full-time focus, they are more like hobbies so don’t expect them too soon. Although I honestly don’t know how bands can spend 6 months recording an album if they are doing it every day and they have tons of professionals around + better equipment. It doesn’t take that long - and most major releases sound way too clean. You don’t need to clean and tinker with every bit of every sound. To me that is like vacuuming the creativity and mystery out of music.
Never feel bad about “stealing music”. You can steal mine for free.
Today I recorded the vocals for 2 new songs. I recorded them in a shed. It was windy outside.
Train Wreck Tapes
Here are some things I recorded in the year of 2011. They are the Train Wreck Tapes. I took some of my songs and recorded them differently, with different equipment and sometimes different lyrics. I uploaded them to youtube in a playlist.
Music channel on the old Tube. Subscribe right now. Please. It would be nice.
http://www.youtube.com/user/fatpiemusic
I have built a new youtube channel for uploading as much fat-pie music as I possibly can. I shall try and get everything we have ever released on it. What a task. Anyway I would just stick them on my regular channel but some people are utter cunts and unsubscribe when you post too many videos so I made a brand new channel. I bet some of those will subscribe and then unsubscribe. That will annoy me.
So please subscribe and merry fucking Christmas. What did you get? I got socks and pants.
I’m The Manager
I was The Manager, and maybe I still am. A very small slice of the Locust Toybox / Stegosaurus Trap followers claim I’m The Manager to be their favourite of all my music projects. I channeled my punk and heavier rock influences with some sequenced drums and a little synth to make a fuzzy fun sound with a slightly angry energy. I didn’t really sing because I was too self conscious about my voice, but I really wanted to. I made one EP then got back to doing other stuff. I don’t really know what happened. I just drifted to different musical outlets. I think it was that I wanted to write lyrics and explore different vocal styles which is why I made Stegosaurus Trap. You might wonder why I even bother making different names for music that is all by me, but it really seems to make a difference. Anyway it’s been about 5 years so I thought I’d give this EP a better quality release and include any other tracks that were kicking around. So here you are, I’m The Manager - The Manager’s Files plus bonus tracks. In high quality (V0 mp3s) for the first time.
Here is a little rendition of OF OLD FINDS done on the old 4 track tape recorder.
Here is a fuzzy rock version of Asking Price with new verses and lyrics. As with Rue Trails I was interested in what these songs would sound like with a different approach. I’ll zip these all up eventually and make them into an EP or something.
Here is an alternative version of Rue Trails I recorded. Also why have the below mp3s dissolved? Currently I am recording songs for a new album.
