The Victim
A demo of a song I would return to years later.
A demo of a song I would return to years later.
I joined Stumptown Coffee as the first employee in 1999, and soon started playing music with RC Gartrell. At some point it was decided to record an album in the first location after hours, and we formed a band to contribute a track. We chose the name Bootyproof, because it was funny. 🤔 This was…
On a bit of a whim, Lee Armstrong and I ended up making a hip hop album in 2002. I had been playing around with making some beats in Reason, but didn’t have much of a direction. We decided to use the equipment and beats that were sitting around to some good use. We recorded…
This is a very slick version of a song that was in our set for some time, and that had been written more or less a couple of years prior.
This was one of the more successful songs we worked on together. We’d get asked about this song years later. It was a crowd favorite. Jordan Hudson plays drums. If you’re curious, you can listen to the earlier demo version.
Tried to rework a year or two later with a band, didn’t work. Too moody. This song wants to be a happy one. So smile already.