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This is an archive of collaborations with musicians, bands, songwriters, friends, junkies and other artists. This collection has no commercial purpose, and will usually only be viewed by friends and family of these collaborators. Copywritten material will be available via audio stream. All other material will be available for download. This archive of collaborations spans a wide and eclectic range of genres:
speed metal, rock, pop, folk, triphop, techno, dance, experimental...
The sonic quality ranges from gritty lo-fi analog stereo and four-track recordings to digital 16 track on some of the studio demos. A few of these are concert recordings from video tape. The songs improve sonically with each passing year, so sample more than a few. I'll update this page with new tracks every few weeks.
My role varies from live and studio drums to bass, synth and sequencer programming to guitar, sound design and remixing. Wherever possible I will provide links and news regarding a few of the artists from this archive.
These recordings took place in Davenport, Auburndale, St. Augustine, Winter Haven, Jacksonville, Miami and Polk City - Florida. Recordings
done in 2000-2001 took place in the bleached out wasteland known as Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona. God have mercy on all of the doomed souls who live there...
To hear former bandmate Greg Ansel, visit: mp3.com/ansel.
To hear my electronic & sound design work, go to: mp3.com/kido.
Also, be sure to check out a new design gallery by Casey Riggleman, wwwantivisual.com.
This archive is dedicated to my homeys and chicas, past and present who were involved with these collaborations and have influenced my musical output thus far...
January: Live performances and rehearsals from '92
Feburary: Strange electronic music and lo-fi folk from the mid '90's
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| A little intro. It's fall 1988 and we are recording one of our first jams as a band. I was on drums, Russell Finchum my best friend at the time was on bass and some older redneck dude named Rex was on guitar. My friend Todd was supposed to be our singer but he never actually got around to singing. I had only known Todd for a few weeks. I met him on the bus, where you meet all of your good friends. He's the one arguing with Rex about how to start the song. We were trying to learn The Ocean by Led Zeppelin. MP3.com wouldn't authorize the original version of this recording, even though it was only a short little section with drums and guitar. Wussies. So what you have here is the discussion before hand. There were several friends in the room at the time as w ell. Since this was the first time I ever collaborated with other musicians, It appears first...This may have been recorded on my 14th birthday, but I can't be sure. I call this the "one armed band." It's an inside joke.
We soon recruited a metal guitaris t I met in freshman P.E. class, replaced Rex on guitar and added some metal-hick named George on vox. We carried on as "Eternal Rage" until the end of '88. My first live show was with this line-up at the Haines City High talent show in November '88. We played an original piece of drivel called "Death is the Common Cry" ...about the native american experience. We wrote a few more songs, but spent most of our time trying to score some weed. In August '89 I moved a few miles away to Auburndale, Fl., where I would live on and off until moving away to college.
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Label: Ten29 Archive
Credits: Conversation: Shawn Stokes, Todd Roberts, Richard, Rex, Russell Finchum |
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| Recorded in my practice room in the summer of '90. I moved to Auburndale, Fl. in August '89 and took an intro guitar class when I started 10th grade. The class literally changed my life. In that class I met Zella, my girlfriend for the next 12 years, Wesley a great metal soloist, and Shawn Boos, who is the greatest guitarist I've ever played with. Shortly after beginning this class, the word got around that I played drums, so Wes quickly recruited me to be his little drummer boy. This recording was done at our most productive yet laid-back period. Nothing was ever done with this song after this recording. I have no idea why Wes and Shawn took this class. They didn't need to... But it was an hour of guitar bliss, so why the hell not. Shortly after this recording I lost touch with Russell, my best friend from my previous band in Davenport. He gave up bass to produce kids... |
CD: Shawn Stokes Collaborative Works
Label: Ten29 Archive
Credits: Wes McWaters-Guitar, Shawn Stokes-Drums, Greg L.-Bass |
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| From the same lazy four-track session as "Wes Jam." Recorded in the summer of 1990. When I joined the band...or maybe they joined me...another guitarist, Roy was with Wes and Greg. He left after a few weeks and didn't reappear until the end of 1990. He was a great guitarist, very bright and funny, but his ego was on 11, and so was mine. So in Jan '91 I quit, or did they kick me out? This song was a favorite to jam and it went through many changes. This is an early version. A week after I left the band, Roy came over wanting his calculator back. I lied and said I didn't have it. I still use it. Shite recording, but the solo was fab. We did a version with a local cock-rock singer, but it sucked. I prefer the non-vox version. We recorded some live four-track versions of Children of the Grave and Warpigs, by Black Sabbath, as well as this strange solo fest thing that I'm still looking for... |
CD: Shawn Stokes Collaborative Works
Label: Ten29 Archives
Credits: Wes McWaters-Guitar, Shawn Stokes-Drums, Greg L.-Bass |
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