Self Promotion and A Compilation

Self Promotion

For a while now, I've been working on some music of my own. I've played guitar for around 12 years now, but that is not to be taken as any indication of quality. I've tried, over the years, to come up with my own stuff. I always failed miserably. Everything I wrote was stupid and I couldn't remember it anyway.
Well, I don't know what happened, but sometime in the last year or so, I committed myself to really trying to write some songs and, somehow, it worked. To start off with, I wrote a few folky, basic, traditionally structured songs. I was happy enough with the result, but I really wanted to do something weirder.
I finally came up with something I really like. It's called "Madman Stomp." The end result is nothing like the original conception of the song, but I'm happy with it, anyway. It is nothing like anything I've ever done before, but I hope it is indicative of things I will do in the future.
I put together a separate MySpace page for the music project. It is here: http://www.myspace.com/oxidizer0


I have a friend who doesn't make it to New Haven all that often and I wanted to share with him some of my favorite bands. So, I made a compilation. It was compiled from cds and downloads I have amassed. My friend seemed pleased, so I figured I'd post it to share.
Not all of the performers are at their best in recorded form, a few have to be witnessed live, but on the whole, I'm happy with the results. It was made to fit on a single cd, so it is far from comprehensive. I left it in alphabetical order and that leads to some weird juxtapositions - see the transition from Shandy Lawson to The Battlecats.

Download the Zip file:
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dm453/oxidizer/musi/compilation/NHC.zip

The tracklist is:

Bloarzeyd - new accidental stain
Chris Buskey - 40 Acres
Eiderdown - Cityside
Frank Critelli - Amnesia
GrimFacts Ed - when the aliens stole my car
Humanoid - Description of
Hygiene Wilder - They Can't Say
Kimono Draggin' - Leggo My Ego
Low Beam - Fathom
Nightcrawler 1947 - unheard
Paul Belbusti - Demons and Carpenters
Pencilgrass - edward prendergast
Ray Neal - Our Year
Shandy Lawson - The Threads of Jack Dupree
The Battlecats - Jungle Jim
The Bourgeois Heroes - Judy
The Chuck Hestons - AntsandCar
The Danglers - Chicks is Evil
The Liz Larsons - Gosh Its Hot
The Tyler Trudeau Attempt - Come to Life
The Vultures - another cliche