Bob Ralian
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Donner Hush X Unboxing
Just got this travel guitar, the Donner Hush X. Gonna check it out and put it through its paces.
Don’t Know Why – Unwell
I spent a week in Wisconsin for a family reunion and unfortunately I was super sick the whole time. Destroyed my voice. I took advantage of it one morning to see how deep I could sing this song. Didn t sound half bad. Voice is a little low in the mix. I m just recording with an [ ]
Recording Songs…
I spent this past weekend in McKinney, Texas, with my buddy Andy Guarnera at his studio, Bad Beat Lab. The beats were in fact not bad. The recording process was a lot harder than I expected. I was exhausted by the end of it. And the fingertips on my left hand are basically made of [ ]
Old Settler’s Music Festival
Fingerpicking good
Noodling on an older tune idea. No lyrics yet but I wanted to get the ideas down. Also, enjoy my dogs barking.
My Rising Sun
Here s a song I m working on. I don t write a ton of love songs, but this is one of them. Recorded on an iPhone sitting on my desk, just using voice memos app. I heard my demons callingbut I swore I wouldn't goI was shivering and fallinginto what I didn't knowA lifetime aint worth livingwhen [ ]
Pure WordPress
I wrote this song several years ago to play as a flash talk for a company meetup. The music is from the song Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka the Chocolate Factory. But the lyrics are based on the Automattic Creed and capture why I ve enjoyed working at Automattic for the past eleven years.
Any Other Way
I m trying to get into a regular habit of recording and posting. Even if it s just works-in-progress. So I spend a little time before my work day. This one is an original that I like to play on a classical (nylon string) guitar. I think it has a bit of a Bill Withers vibe. The [ ]
Drop-D Instrumental
I bought a new acoustic guitar over the holidays. I wasn t in the market and I honestly didn t mean to. But I was at a music store checking out bass guitars and the guy pointed out this used acoustic for me to try. It s made by Furch, a company in the Czech Republic. I had [ ]