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Andrew Bedno's musical compositions and performance history.

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"Beauty": Probably recorded on a Tascam 4 track, Uses Sequential Circuits synthesizer, and Korg drum machine. Intentionally pure and clean. Simple pop-drum, stringy keys and solid bass. Encoded from cassette. 3:21
"Malarkey": Probably recorded on a Tascam 4 track, Uses Sequential Circuits synthesizer, and Korg drum machine. Typical Andrew structure, live rock bass and guitar tracks. Encoded from cassette. 5:01
"Dichotomy": Recorded on Tascam 4 track, Sequential Circuits synthesizer, bass march and synthetic sweeps. Encoded from cassette. All tracks self-performed. 1:03
"Parents": Recorded on Tascam 4 track, Sequential Circuits synthesizer, cow bell, and Commodore64 talking. Pretty crisp beat, but intentionally sparse and absurd. Encoded from cassette. All tracks self-performed. 1:55
Funny Ed Bedno Answering Machine Message: And now here it is... your tone signal! 0:20
TI99 Fugue: Bach inspired in structure, pace and counterpoint, and makes best use of limitations of TI-99/4A music scoring software. Encoded from cassette. 2:04
Andy and the Mikes: Mike Jack on drums, Mike Minnis on guitar, Andrew Bedno on fretless bass. Only recording of me on fretless, shows technically excellent skills and the influence of Jaco Pastorious, Percy Jones and Tony Levin, though intonation could be better. Includes three quite good original jazz and funk tunes. Encoded from cassette. 12:32
"Mi Navidad": "Grupo Kaminante" single, recorded in Mexico in 1981. Disco 1, Lado A. Encoded from 45.
"La Ramita": "Grupo Kaminante" single, recorded in Mexico in 1981. Disco 1, Lado B. Encoded from 45.
"Fieston En Santiago": "Grupo Kaminante" single, recorded in Mexico in 1981. Disco 2, Lado A. Encoded from 45.
"Mujer Completa": "Grupo Kaminante" single, recorded in Mexico in 1981. Disco 2, Lado B. Encoded from 45.
"Reality": Peculiar and poorly recorded little song with rock bass and guitar with Devo style keyboards. All tracks self-performed. Encoded from cassette. 3:42
Scarlet Letter, Band versions: Live recorded band versions of Scarlet Letter project songs. Steve Warren on guitar and vocals. Created for extra credit in a High School class. Songs written by Andrew Bedno. Encoded from cassette. 11:07
Scarlet Letter, Physician: Recorded by track bouncing on a reel to reel. Old out of tune piano and chipmunk vocals with harmony. Created for extra credit on a High School segment on The Scarlet Letter. All tracks self produced. Encoded from cassette. 10:05
Scarlet Letter, Vocabulary: Recorded by track bouncing on a reel to reel. Drone is accelerated guitar (a cheap Sears missing one string) played against a very long decay echo of delay equal to bpm. Lead instrument has some of my best bass solos ever, which were recorded against slowed master. Also some flute bits and harmonized vocals. Words are vocabulary list from High School segment on The Scarlet Letter. All tracks self produced. Encoded from cassette. 4:14
Colors practice in Sayulita Mexico: Possibly the best recording ever of Colors (Steve Warren on guitar, John Morand on drums, Andrew Bedno on bass). Includes 7 original works, one cover (Devo's Uncontrollable Urge), and some goofing around. Recorded on a simple stereo boom box, on a clear summer day, in a clean airy little brick house in a small Mexican village. All three of us were at a high-point in musical competence. Reflects lots of Dixie Dregs modern tech-jazz influence. Encoded from cassette. 32:12
Douglas Freeman School, Xmas: Middle school orchestra, Christmas concert. Good recording and competent performance for youngsters. I was one of maybe a dozen flutists. Encoded from commercially produced cassette. 38:00
B.A. Graves Elementary School band performance: I was one of maybe four flutists, but can be heard in this on piccolo. Most members had only been playing a few years, but the musical director was skilled, stern, enthusiastic, with high standards. Recorded on cheap mono personal machine under a seat, but pretty good anyway. Encoded from cassette. 39:10
"The Foreclosure": "The Foreclosure" - black and white comedy parodying the Snidely Whiplash / You must pay the rent / I can't pay the rent style silent genre.