Danny Makes A Podcast
By Danny Lemmon
Season 2 essays and soundscapes and songs!
Danny Makes A PodcastNov 08, 2020
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 13- Selling Out
Soundscape is Martin Kellogg and me turning virtual knobs on a website that let's you build virtual signal chains and play them remotely with your friends in quarantine. audiotool.com if you'd like to try it.
Song is Me and My friend Erich, mixed by James Garcia at over the counter culture records.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 11- Hangnail
This episode is kinda sad, but the song is pretty peppy.
Soundscape is my friend Reed of Lord Whorfin fame, I turned a knob or two.
Song is me on everything but trombones, those are Pat Chase
I recorded myself, Pat recorded himself and sent me the tracks, James Garcia at over the counter culture records mixed everything.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 6 - Mechanical Engineer
Soundscape: Reed of Lord Whorfin on a Nintendo DS, a slide guitar and a bunch of pedals. I touched some knobs occasionally. Song Sara Smith on Cello, Dan Sherwood on Upright Bass, John Turck on a slightly out of tune Yamaha CP 70, which is an acoustic piano with pickups built into a road case, you know for touring with an actual piano. I mic'd it and didn't record the output of the pickups. Me on Guitar, Drumset, vocals and hand percussion. Oh and Turck sang the harmony with me at the end. Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 12- Good Ideas
This week's episode is a lonely one with no guest stars, accept for the recurring role James plays of making me sound better on every song.
Song- all me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records
Soundscape- All me
https://www.movetoamend.org/
http://www.artofhosting.org/home/
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 9- Cognitive Dissonance
This one is dedicated to my friend Joe, he is a good man.
Soundscape is Nick Aleshin of Ope and Big Mood on his modular synthesizer and me on an iPad and a bunch of pedals.
Song is me on a whole slew of instruments, bass, guitar, drum machine, Casio Trackformer, synthesizers, vocoder, vocals and computer.
Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture records.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 8 -Fuck Axe Body Spray
Song- Brent Lawson, Thane Leshner, Alex Oakley and myself. Special thanks to James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records did the mixing and mastering for this song with three different drummers too many tracks and a very messy project file into this beauty.
Soundscape- Zane Delong and myself on electric banjo and pedals.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 10- Lose your Voice
Song- Pat Chase on guitar and vocals, me on everything else. Mixed and Mastered by the talented and lovely James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
Soundscape- Nick Aleshin on modular synthesizer, me on an ipad and a bunch of pedals.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 7- Positive Light
Song- this one is me on all of the instruments, a band of Dannys! Mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over The Counter Culture Records.
Soundscape- Reed of Lord Whorfin on a Gameboy and a bunch of pedals, also a slide guitar that I occasionally drop a battery on was running through a bunch of pedals. If you haven't checked out Lord Whorfin you are missing out! I credit them with teaching me how to enjoy blast beats!
https://lordwhorfin.bandcamp.com/
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 5- Freckles
Soundscape- Lilith Grace and Me.
Song- Phil Effingham on guitar, bass, synth and noises. Me on guitar, drums, drum machine vocals synths and noises. Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
Check out Phil's creative outlets
https://happytoothanddug.bandcamp.com/
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 4- Easier pt 1
Soundscape - Me and Bud, not like my bud, although we are certainly buds, this is my friend, my pal, my home slice who happens to go by Bud.
Song- Me all by my lonesome on acoustic guitar, played with a slide, a pick and a bow, mandolin, bass guitar and vocals.
Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
If you are sad and you can't change your mind know you aren't alone, you can get through it and there is no shame in asking for help.
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 3- Rosa Parks
Soundscape- Me and Sunny Lemmon
Song- Me-Bass guitar and vocals, Lilith Grace- Electric Guitar, Alex Oakley- Drum set and Guiro. Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
Links:
https://www.innocenceproject.org/ fantastic organization helping wrongfully convicted people.
https://onamove.com/ info about MOVE, and the work they are doing to free political prisoners.
https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/ A hub for information and activist opportunities related to Leonard Peltier
Father Roy Bourgeois page on Americans who tell the truth, a wonderfully inspirational website.
There is a lot more that would be good further reading, but honestly yall know how to use google and wikipedia and I think the experience of researching is a valuable one, it certainly shaped the way I thought about information and education.
Now for the music links,
https://leechwife.bandcamp.com/ Lilith's kick ass heavy industrial sometimes micro tonal always interesting solo project.
https://reflexmachine.bandcamp.com/ Alex makes a lot of music, like me, this is a band he drums in and is a founding member of that I joined as a synthesist while back.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 2- Deeper with Repetition
Soundscape- Neil (Lord Whorfin) on a synthesizer and a pedal board. Me on an iPad.
Song- Andy Mersch on drum set, Sunny Lemmon vocals, Me guitars, basses, synthesizers, vocals.
Soundscape recorded mixed and mastered by me, song recorded by me, and Andy Mersch, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over the Counter Culture Records.
Small Adult's Big Adventure Episode 1- Apex Marketing
Small Adult's big adventure, each episode is a soundscape, a story, and a song. new episodes weekly.
Soundscape-
Nick Aleshin (Ope, Big Mood) on modular synthesizer, me on ipad and effect pedals. Recorded mixed and mastered by me.
Song- Brent Lawson on drums, synthesizers, tambourine, backing vocals and guitar. Me on guitar, bass, vocals. Recorded by me, mixed and mastered by James Garcia at Over Counter Culture Records.
Poetry and Pedal Boards episode 8
I finished a thing I started woooooo hooooo.
poetry and pedal boards episode 7 "5-2-10"
make art with your friends.
poetry and pedal boards episode 6 "rythm and rapture"
make art make friends make art with your friends.
Poetry and Pedal boards episode 5 "I require everything"
Another poem by Alia, more noises made by me.
Poetry and Pedal boards episode 4
Another poem by Alia, more noises by me. Get in touch let's make art together.
Poetry and Pedal boards Episode 3
Another poem, more noises. Thanks for listening, tell your friends.
Poetry and Pedal Boards Episode 2, Blending Bending
Another poem, more sounds. Get in touch if you want to be on an episode! Instagram Danny.the.big.adult and search Danny makes music on Facebook.
poetry and pedal boards episode 1
Alia Lattimore stopped in to read "i'm realizing i like people a lot more when they don't talk" from her book of poetry , in the rain with no umbrella. Danny made sounds.