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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[SaW38] – Ho Down

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

This one is a bit weird. I don’t think I’ve ever tried something in 3/4 time before. I blame it on copious viewing of dance shows and Glee. Now if I could just get Lacey Schwimmer to dance a waltz with me…

 
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[SaW37] – Kanwe East

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Kanye West jumps up on stage at the VMAs like a douchebag and makes a little girl cry. Obama calls him a “jackass.” Hilarity ensues.
[Note: No celebrity impressions were used in the making of this song. Everything you hear was actually uttered by the POTUS and captured on some sort [...]

 
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[SaW36] – 11:11

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

I called this one 11:11 because that’s when I started writing it. (Also to mess with Karen.)

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[SaW35] – porque

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I’ve spent the better part of a week hiding in the Santa Cruz mountains, poking my head out periodically to actually do some real work in downtown Santa Cruz. All that, and yet I’ve managed to eke something out and STILL look sexy. How do I do it? I dunno. Anyhoo, [...]

 
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[SaW34] – Dre Ain’t Got **** on Me

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

This is my attempt to dig down into my R&B/Hip Hop roots. (Yeah, a white boy can have Hip Hop roots!) I was kinda using Dr. Dre’s slow jam beats as inspiration. How’d I do?

 
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Song-a-Week #33 – Les

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

This is for Les Paul. It was improvised and recorded in one pass. Sure, there are plenty of “mistakes” in there… but I think that’s the whole point.

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Song-a-Week #32 – My Brain

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

This week, I decided to try something different. Indaba Music is running a contest wherein entrants are asked to remix the Weezer song “My Brain (Is Working Overtime).” I thought I’d take a shot at goofing around with it, and this is what happened. I figure, how much more different from the [...]

 
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Song-a-Week #31 – FML

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Here ya go, Ren. Be nice.
The main guitar and vocals were recorded simultaneously. Yes, that means I played and sang at the same time. There was really no other way to do it if I wanted the song to breathe and flow as it did.
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Song-a-Week #30 – Ladder

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Man, am I getting lazy. This has got to stop.

 
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Song-a-Week #29 – Easy

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

This is part of a song I’ve been working on. I have some lyrics. I have some chords. Not all of it fits together yet. Time will tell.
E C#m7 Bm7 E C#m7 G#7 A
Bm Fm Bm G Gm

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