Look, I Made Music Once. Am I Cool Now? Guys. Guys? Where Are You Going?!

Don’t even act like I don’t play guitar. I’ve got proof right here.

The time was 2002 (or 2003… I don’t really remember) and the place was the basement of a house on Vine Ridge Road in Nashville, Tennessee. My roommate and I set forth to record a song with only one microphone, an old computer, and a bass line to aid us. What resulted (amongst other things) was this instrumental track.

James Shadinger played drums, I played bass, and we both overdubbed guitar parts (me in the left channel, James on the right.)

I can positively say that I was listening to a lot of Mogwai at the time and that they had something or other to do with the overall post-rock feeling of the song. It’s definitely a track that takes its sweet damn time to develop. Basically, it requires some patience on your part, but goddam it, it pays off! I swear!

All right, enough talk, why don’t you just listen to the damn thing:

<a href=”http://nearfemme.bandcamp.com/track/no-name-basement-instrumental”>No Name (Basement Instrumental) by Near Femme</a>

If you go to Near Femme‘s (the name for all my music projects) page on Bandcamp, you can download this track for free in a variety of formats (mp3, aac, flac, Apple lossless). It would be cool if you did. I might just start posting more songs in the future, that is, if you’re interested.

As always, thanks for reading, and now, listening.