MP3 Brain Forest - If Only We Were More Attentive

"If Only We Were More Attentive" by Brain Forest is a lush musical soundscape for the spoken word.

10 MP3 Songs
ELECTRONIC: Soundscapes, SPOKEN WORD: With Music



Details:
Brain Forest is the brain child of Jamie Wilson, owner/operator of Bird House Studios Inc.. On "If Only We Were More Attentive" which is the second CD by Brain Forest, he plays all the drums & percussion on this CD, in addition to some of the midi and synthesizer parts. He is joined by a number of guest artists; Don Peyton, Steve Cecil, Pete Miller, Cecil Cellucci, John Kotria, Sean McComiskey, Jim Eagan, Ralph Reinoldi, Beth Soeder, and spoken words by Richard Sober, Sandie Castle, and Tom DiVenti.

"If Only We Were More Attentive" is a sister CD to the spoken word CD entitled "Missing In Action" by Richard Sober and Sandie Castle, which was produced by Bird House Studios Inc.. The goal of this CD is to provide a musical soundscape for a few of the poems read by Richard Sober and Sandie Castle. Also, you will find one poem by Tom DiVenti of Apathy Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

On this CD:
Jamie Wilson plays V-Drums on all tracks but 3 and 4. Hand piano and clave on track 1. Clay drum on tracks 1, 8, and 10. Shaker on tracks 2, 4, 7 and 8. Dumbek on tracks 2, 7, and 10. Bass drum on tracks 3 and 5. Hand clapping on tracks 3 and 7. Synthesizers on tracks 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Cow bell, wood block, gong, and snare drum on track 5. Theramin on tracks 6, and 9. Chimes, rain stick, triangle, and metal chair being hit with a leather percussion sticks on track 7. Frame drum on tracks 8 and 10. Tambourine on track 8. Rattles on track 9. Congas on track 10.

Guest Artists on this CD:
Don Peyton - Electric bass and string bass on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, and dobro on track 7 and 9.
Steve Cecil - Piano on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, synthesizer on tracks 2, 8, and Hammond Organ on track 3. Cecil Cellucci - Sax on tracks 2, 5, and 7.
John Kotria - Bass on tracks 2, and 7.
Pete Miller - Bass on track 10.
Beth Soeder - Vocals on tracks 4, 6, and 8.
Sean McComiskey - Button accordian track 10.
Jim Eagan - Fiddle on track 10.
Chuck Peoples - Congas on track 8.
Ralph Reinoldi - guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and cittern on track 10.
Special thanks to President John F. Kennedy for his speech on track 4.
And special thanks to both Presidents William Howard Taft and William McKinley for their speeches on track 6.
A very special thanks to Richard Sober for lyrics and reading on tracks 1, 2, 5, & 7.
A very special thanks to Sandie Castle for lyrics and reading on tracks 3, & 8.
And much thanks to Tom DiVenti and Apathy Press for lyrics and reading on track 9.

Here are the tracks!
1. We Are The Aliens
2. Twisted Logic
3. Love Poem For Johnny B.
4. Just Another Cuba
5. If Only We Were More Attentive
6. I'm Willing To Admit
7. I Forgot My Name
8. Hail Mary
9. Debriefing
10. Jumping Jigs


All tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered at Bird House Studios Inc.,
2801 Goodwood Rd., Baltimore, MD 21214
All songs written and produced by Brain Forest ©2003. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Bird House Studios Inc. This CD was totally manufactured in-house
by Bird House Studios Inc. Please visit us at www.birdhousestudios.biz