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HEY LYNN! thanks for listening.... this song is just a warm up for the rest of the album, since it comes first in line....

thanks hidden!! please spread the word, i need more people to hear it!

frikin' awesome man, thanks! give me a review if you like it enough, that'd be extra cool!

ah, so much snow here, means time for new work that has begun on the next project. but for now, trying to raise some interest in this one is the name of the game.

You funny steve!

bump for black friday

hey tom~! that's right, you said something about hearing it in a truck, or car...LOL thanks man, please spread the word.

hey douglas! all the mixes of the songs are made to blend from one to another, when listening top to bottom. thanks for checking it out!

does anyone remember the demo i posted of this one, a while back?

also available at: Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Animals-Bats-Brew/dp/B07ZZKRR6K/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Bats+Brew&qid=1574699997&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-1

this is the title song from my new album, out now. njoy!

we called those "gorilla biscuits" back in the day..........! heheh

for all you apple heads, also available on Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-wild-animals/1486273667

the music is better than the cover. heheheh.... the pills are opioids. the title track, is dealing with the opioid crisis

here's fat albert!! LOL

http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/batsbrew13 The Wild Animals is the 4th full length album release by Bats Brew. This is modern rock with a classic rock vibe, a touch of acoustic, progressive, hard rock and melodic rock. "The Wild Animals", is available now on CDBaby, CD's and digital Downloads. title track: https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/01-bats-brew-the-wild-animals

we don't need no stinkin' prs birds!! LOL i met paul reed smith, way back in 1980, when he still had a small shop on the 2nd floor of a little building overlooking the bay at annapolis... i actually saw the first guitar he was building for santana, on a work table, with the MOP birds cut out and sitting next to each pre-carved hole in the neck, ready to go in!! i found guitars that i liked more over time, than any of the prs, and those are in the picture above! the strat styles are all custom, the carvin has been customized, and the Ibby is stock. hey thanks for listening david, i appreciate the comments!

hey Macce! thanks for listening.... this is all done with a Mesa Boogie Mark2b head, going into a variety of cabs and speakers, some miced, and some direct in using a Palmer PDI-09. the guilty parties:

thanks for checking it out hidden... glad you dig it.

hey douglas! thanks for listening.... drums on this, superior drummer 3, and i swear i can't remember ANY of the kits i built for this album, because i used a new design for every single song!! LOL and why not, i've got a million combinations... maybe once i find one that just ticks every mark, i'll keep it as a 'signature' drum kit, but for now, i'm just experimenting.

album release first of next week

hi wave! thanks so much for listening, and the kind words.... and a side note on 'talent': i've been playing a long time, and i've put in the woodshed time, so, really, it boils down to becoming proficient at a certain level to be able to say what i want to say without tripping over myself... and at the end of the day, i don't want to be the fastest, or any of that sport-group stuff, i want to write melodic stuff that works for the song, and all that practicing and riffing along the way, should be about just making it easy to say what i want to say. always play with conviction, and it will never matter about speed or timing.

hey starise! stuff in the food?! well, i put tequila in my freshly squeezed orange juice, does that count?! heheh hey thanks for listening, yes, no timidity. i think you'll really dig the whole album. it has that kind of energy flow that takes you up, cruising speed, down closer to the ground, straight back up in the air, etc....

so, as i mentioned before, i bought a new fuzz, a Barber Exacta, and wanted to run it thru it's paces... this is the version of that session. the Exacta has 3 different fuzz circuits in it, and i used all 3 for the 3 main solo sections. the first solo, is my favorite tone... the 3rd solo has the thin razor-sharp tone that starts at around 1:32 has my least favorite of the three, but that one has that ripping short lead on it! LOL... actually, the ripping solo starts at 2:33, and i can't remember which fuzz circuit i used on that one... i think the same as the first. at that solo, it's a stacked up sound... the fuzz is pushed by fulltone fatboost III, and running thru a budda wah AND a fulltone mini deja vibe...

heheh, yea bjorn, i can teach you a tune, called 'my dog has fleas' LOL think someone taught me that one, way back when.... thanks for listening