pins & needles click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: guitars, synthesizer, bass, drum programming Composition originally written/recorded in 1985 on a Fostex 4-track cassette in a motel room in Buffalo, NY. This remake commemorates its 18th anniversary. This time, instruments used: Yamaha Classical C132S, Martin Acoustic D-28, and Fender…

pan2center click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric: guitars, pan flute and sax (played through Akai EWI), piano, bass, drums, orchestration Mixed with the benefit of restored stereo hearing – with special thanks to Dr. Clough Shelton, the brilliant surgeon who headed up Head & Neck Surgery at the University of…

pachydermatitus click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: Created on an early stage Casio CZ-101 mini 49-key synthesizer, bouncing tracks onto a 4-track Fostex cassette recorder (hence the sound quality). I found this tune among archived cassette tapes saved from decades ago and grew nostalgic enough to include it here.…

open screens click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: guitars, piano, bass, drum programming Instrumental tune composed with spring’s fresh air filling the room, providing each guitar its chance to be heard. Cast: Martin D-28, Takamine C132S Classical, Boston Grand Piano, Samick “335” semi-hollow body, and Fender Telecaster via POD…

ode to snuffy click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: Composition for oboe and orchestration Homage to W. G. Snuffy Walden, hero of TV orchestration (viz., “West Wing” series soundtrack). Sorry, being a short tune there was only time for one modulation. All instrumentation digitally sequenced and fired through Yamaha…

more & more often click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: classical guitar, Akai wind controller (EWI 4000s), keyboard, orchestration First wind controller recording effort. Sax voice played on EWI 4000s; all wind instruments, orchestration, percussion fired through Yamaha Motif ES Rack. Sonar 8 Studio recording platform. Written / Recorded…

hurry up & wait click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, bass, drum programming An original composition constructed to demonstrate man’s inhumanity to competing musical motifs. Instruments: Martin Acoustic D-28, Fender Telecaster, Samick “335” semi-hollow body, and Yamaha 4-string Electric Bass, all through Line6 POD 2.0. All…

galagos click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric: vocals, trumpet (played through Akai EWI), piano, Telecaster, bass, and instrumentation midi-fired through Yamaha Motif ES Rack. Written for niece Mara who, as best as we can tell, at 5 yrs old was the only native speaker of Galagos. Digitally recorded/mixed on Sonar…

fall steps click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: piano, guitars, bass, synthesizer, drum programming Snappy tune that starts and ends as if through a vintage radio, making it appropriate for opening credits for wacky TV series. Fender Telecaster recorded through Boss GT-8. All other instruments performed and sequenced through…

crossing open ground click arrow to play / pause click breadcrumbs to download Eric Marx: drums, trombone and sax (wind controller), guitars, piano, bass, glockenspiel and other orchestration Composition began as an excuse to play drums on my acoustic-to-midi Mapex drum kit conversion. Drum set is firing midi into a Roland TD-20X. Wind instruments, piano…