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  • Title: Master Practice 2
  • Artist: Anchovies
  • Timespan: March 1990
  • Theme: second practice, first with Jon
  • Length: 22:21
  • Tracks: 6
  • Lyrics: 1
  • MP3s: 6 play all locally
  • Rating: rate this album

Track List

# title lyrics time download listen started recorded rating
1 Fish Time (2) - 3:37 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
2 Christmas in Cancun (2) - 4:24 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
3 Canon (2) - 4:08 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
4 Qwerty (1) - 3:13 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
5 Demian (1) - 3:17 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
6 How Ya Is'n (2) lyrics 3:42 download listen locally - 1990-03-??
Total 22:21 play all locally album rating:
  1. Fish Time (2)
  2. Christmas in Cancun (2)
  3. Canon (2)
  4. Qwerty (1)
  5. Demian (1)
  6. How Ya Is'n (2)

Notes

I'm not sure who played drums. Probably Anand, since we were at his house and Allen didn't get to play with us very often. Jon was with us reguarly, now.

The sound quality is pretty good. We used my mixer, a tape deck, and lots of mics.

Anand was definitely there (since it was his house) but I don't know about Allen.

Songs

Fish Time (2)

My keyboards were mixed too loud. It sounds like they were connected directly to the tape deck. Ugh. Aside from that, and the sluggish playing, it's a decent version.

You can hear me clapping and counting in the background to keep Luke in time.

Christmas in Cancun (2)

Ahh, a nice clean version of my favorite Anchovies song. The mix sounds better than it did for "Fish Time (2)".

Unfortunately, the first couple notes of the song didn't get recorded; I don't remember why. I guess whoever was running the tape recorder (it couldn't have been been me since I was playing) was a little late.

Canon (2)

This seems faster and cleaner than the version we recorded at The Party. The drums (particularly the ride cymbals and toms) sound pretty cool.

Qwerty (1)

We didn't know the real name of this song, and I still don't know the name of it. Jon called it "Qwerty" and the name stuck. I think it was written by either Weather Report or Passport.

Anand played this on his drum machine. I don't remember much about it, except that it had round pads which could be played with normal drum sticks. I think Anand used the drum machine because he felt the tom part was too fast to play comfortably on a normal drum kit. Or maybe he just liked the "electro-funk" sound.

Demian (1)

This was the Anchovies' first recording of "Demian", which was a song of mine that Jon, Luke, and I had performed for our English class. "Demian" mapped pretty well to the Anchovies' instrumentation, although it may have been a little too fast for the drummer (Anand or Allen).

This is a decent version. There are some clunky keyboard notes but the solos are pretty good. Luke had improved tremendously since our "first version".

My notes from 1994 suggest that Allen played the drums. I'm not sure, though.

How Ya Is'n (2)

The chorus is more established compared to the one at The Party. For some reason Jon didn't sing his two little parts. The solos are nice, though.

My vocals are light, not too worn out. I extended "his" a long time but didn't shriek it. Not a bad way to end our first [recorded] practice of 1990.

Lyrics to "How Ya Is'n (2)":

INTRO:
  and it goes a little something like this
  hit it!

VERSE 1:
  cruisin' down the street i got to the place
  where the weirdos hang out and i got my mace ready
  for an incident 'cause you never know
  what a blind quadroplegic morphodite might show you

  i kept my distance from the darkest alley
  where the schitzofrentic ninjas were having a rally
  i heard a noise and i spun around
  but couldn't [see who] made that sound

CHORUS:
  hey jon
  hey jon, how ya is'n?

VERSE 2:
  suddenly i saw what i really had feared
  worse than kleptomaniacs, he really was weird
  behind him was a trail of arms and legs
  he stuck out his tongue to show his underarms

  he said "you got a nice tan but i got a nice blue
  that's right, i'm a leper, you can be a leper too"
  i said, "god you're slimy" and walked my own way
  the guy was gross enough to finish my day

CHORUS:
  i said:
  hey jon, how ya is'n?
  hey jon, how ya is'n?

VERSE 3:
  i kept on walking to find my friend jon
  the leper had disappeared; i hoped he was gone
  i went to jon's place and he was waiting for me
  i was glad to be there, with a capital "e"

  i said, "hey jon, what's shaking?"
    [silence from Jon]
  i said "girlies!"
    [silence from Jon]

SOLOS

CHORUS:
  i said:
  hey jon, how ya is'n?
  hey jon, how ya is'n?

VERSE 4:
  i saw an ant by the side of the road
  beside him was a rabbit and a big fat toad
  i asked him to my house and see if he did
  he came instead with some friends of his
(c) 1990 Anchovies