SonicMonkey

SonicMonkey is the online musical playground of Michael Hacker, an Arizona-based guitarist, songwriter, recording geek, and techie. Michael is the owner of SonicMonkey Studios (a.k.a. the spare bedroom in his house) and likes Pro Tools, Line 6, and other stuff that he wishes would give him a sponsorship. Michael occasionally talks about stuff. Sometimes, he posts musical sketches (read: filler). Even more rarely, he finishes a song.

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#FAWM – 04 – Rain in the Desert

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Just working out some ideas here… nowhere even remotely close to being finished.

 
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#FAWM – 03 – Hackerbel’s Cannon in Duh

Monday, February 15th, 2010

A well-known classical piece meets face-melting metal guitar in a melty-faced face-melting facemeltapallooza. Prepare to have your ear holes blistered. WARNING: Do not listen at full volume. Brain liquification will occur.

 
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#FAWM – 02 – Moinin’

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Liner Notes:
Vocals were recorded on a Shure SM-57 into Pro Tools. I’m not happy with the mix, but I’m not going to mess with that until FAWM is over. I improvised a bit with the lyrics, so the words on the recording may not perfectly match those below.
Lyrics:
Woke up this moinin’
Couldn’t walk so good
Said I, [...]

 
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#FAWM – 01 – Figure It Out

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Behold! My first FAWM offering! Enjoy.
Liner Notes:
I threw this one together rather quickly with the help of my friends MasterWriter, Pro Tools 8, ProjectMix I/O, Vetta II, Variax, and MacPro (aka OctoMom). Look for them on future songs.
Believe it or not, this took up nearly 20 tracks in Pro Tools. (Yeah, I know! [...]

 
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AAAARGH #PHXDrama

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

This is Phoenix. This is Phoenix on booze, frustration, and social media. I know I probably shouldn’t have done it, but I did. Blame Jeremie for twisting my arm and talking me into it. Names were omitted to protect the innocent.
(stir… stir… stir…)

 
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[SaW43] – Charcoal Sobriquet

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

I’m way behind. I made it through 10.5 months without missing a week, and now I’m weeks behind. Not going to let this get me down.

 
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[SaW42] – Boulder Creek

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Here I am in Boulder Creek, CA again. The weather is wonderful and the food and company is even better. My friends live in the mountains, and a creek runs through their back yard. I guess the sound of the water running and the other various mountain critters talking put me in [...]

 
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[SaW41] – Ballady Thingy

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Sorry for the late submission. I’m going on a business trip, so things may be a bit delayed over the next week or two.

 
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[SaW40] – plink

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This is me… rediscovering my African heritage. (Shut up.)

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[SaW39] – bukanggg

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I’m tired. Leave me alone.

 
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