Author: Mike Vasas
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A Michigan native, Vasas currently lives in Lansing and has been making music for more than 20 years. A graduate of Kalamazoo College with a bachelor’s degree in music, Vasas developed a style that cross-pollinates diverse music styles with a focus on technology, arrangement and audio production. Vasas holds a master’s degree from Michigan State…
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To ring in the new year in 2012, we did this track for songs not by me… lead vocals, stomping and clapping by Amanda Vasas.
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in 2010, I recorded and published a song every day to a blog called Songs Not By Me. Check it out here.
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In the midst of the Songs Not By Me project, this record snuck out. Performed by Ryan Malinich, Matt Mepham, Brian Richard and myself, the record is the perfect alternative comment on the dour vibe of the first Beasts of Burden record. The two records work well together…kind of like progressive pop yang and yin.…
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Beginning in 2009, I decided I would move forward with a covers record…so in 2010, I recorded and “blogged” a free song written by somebody else every day. It was a covers project that ballooned from one album to twenty-four. 365 covers released in 365 days. The entire project can still be browsed on songsnotbyme.com. …
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The concept behind the Found Sound series is simple. Sound manipulated is new sound, but it is also, theoretically speaking, the same sound as well. This idea fascinated me to no end. Technically, when a waveform is adjusted it is not the same waveform, but what about at a vibration-relationship level? What about sound source?…
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Performed by Vasas and Eric Bredin, Brian Richard, Brian Slagle, Ryan Malinich. Mike Vasas and The Beasts of Burden Mike Vasas and The Beasts of Burden July, 2006 GRHL15 01. Cross The Border 02. Makeshift 03. Slavery 04. Bread Beard Read 05. New Regime 06. Early Departure 07. One Day 08. Saints and Sinners 09.…
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An odd one, this record features a few individual songs as well as alternate mixes and demos of songs from the Mike Vasas and The Beasts of Burden LP…before the Mike Vasas and The Beasts of Burden LP was finished… Rescue Team/Makeshift EP Mike Vasas September, 2005 GRHL14 01. Rescue Team 02. Makeshift 03. Godess…
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Ambient Instrumental record of passive loops. January Songs Mike Vasas February, 2005 GRHL13 01. 3pm 12th [8:32] 02. 1pm 19th [6:46] 03. 4pm 12th [2:51] 04. 4pm 12th [2:51] 05. 11am19th [7:48] 06. 5pm 13th [2:51] 07. 3pm 14th [12:47]
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Recorded in the basement of the Fine Arts building at Kalamazoo College. Engineered by Vince Perri. David Poytinger plays bells and sings. Grace Monica Mike Vasas May, 2004 GRHL12 01. Broken Dove 02. Warmth and Desire 03. Hometown Street 04. The Water is Wide 05. How You Loved Me 06. Aint It Grand To Be…