By The Garage Lights - Take 2 at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford & Jon Ross on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/by-the-garage-lights-take-2-at

MP3 version - cleaned up with Audacity: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By-The-Garage-Lights-2.mp3

By the way, Jon's guitar is named Judy. I love it! That was my Mom's name.

Rock on,

Dan

Thanksgiving 2012 at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/thanksgiving-2012-at-oak-brook

Olivia. Newton. John. !!

We just saw Olivia Newton John in concert at the 2,000-seat Paramount theater in Aurora, IL with our friends Janice & Tom. Olivia's voice is still phenomenal, and she was moving around the stage very well.

If only her Sound Engineer's head hadn't been blocking my view of center stage!!

Now chicken marsala & red wine at Carraba's.

Rock on,

Dan

By The Garage Lights - 11-9-2012 Jon N' Dan at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/by-the-garage-lights-11-9-2012

MP3 version: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights.mp3

 This is a pretty little instrumental ditty my guitar teacher Jon Ross and I recorded together - on my Android cell phone with Soundcloud - in the underground parking garage at my condo building.

I'm playing Bello (my tenor sax) and Jon is playing Judy. (his electric guitar)

I think this is one of the prettiest songs I've done, and I'm grateful for the chance to play with another musician.

The song has a ballad / blues / indie rock fusion kind of sound.

Rock on,

Dan

Garage Band 11-09-2012 Jon N' Dan at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/garagw-band-11-09-2012-jon-n

This was Jon & I's first attempt to really play together. I'm pretty happy with the result, and I'm thinking we could really get a nice, mellow, and unique Blues/Indie Rock fusion going with a decent drummer and vocalist.

Jon and I are going to continue working on this genre for the rest of the year, especially By The Garage Lights.

Here's the MP3 version in case you're not so good with Soundcloud. I have some of the background noise and dead air cleaned out of the MP3 version as well. - http://www.whizzyrds.com/Garage-Band.mp3

Rock on,

Dan

Pretty Smooth Practice 11-8-2012

Pretty Smooth Practice 11-8-2012 at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

Retro Fifties I'm Working On at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/retro-fifties-im-working-on-at

11-2-2012 Sax Practice, Takeoff From "Sparklers" at Oak Brook, IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud

http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/11-2-2012-sax-practice-takeoff