Episode 33 of At-The-Helm is now here….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show #33 in the My Life in Sound series is the next to last in this retrospective. This time the music is again from 2005-6 and was recorded in my home studio in Colorado. Titles and start  times are as follows:

1- Omnistop Intro  00:00
2-  A  Walk Into Town  02:54
3-  April Fools  06:30
4-  Fit To Be Tied  11:54
5-  Todd Is God  15:47
6-  Omnistop Outro  18:06
7-  Roll The Credits  22:26
8-  The Walk Home  26:03  
Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 1,2 and 6 contain samples of recorded works by other artists, used here without permission. For more information please visit at-the-helm.us and follow the links. Thanks for listening, next show is all talk and will cover aspects of information from all the music only shows and a couple of other things , so please do tune in. Photo from RMNP looking upstream circa 2006.

 

Musical greetings for this new year have just arrived in the guise of …

Episode 32 of At-The-Helm.This installment in the My Life in Sound series consisits of more solo work from the home studio circa 2005-6. Titles and starting times are as follows:

 1- Intro  00:00
 2- Pieces  1:55
 3- Dad’s Taxi  5:10
 4- After The Saints  08:35
 5- Monkey Slide  10:43
 6- Go Soak Your Head  13:08
 7- Picture Postcards  17:20
 9- Distant Objects  20:26
10- Outro 25:56

Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 4 and 7 feature samples of other artists recorded work, used here without their permission, with my apologies and thanks to those musicians.  For more info on this series please visit  www.at-the-helm.us  Thanks for listening! More very soon, meanwhile another photo from the antique farm equipment show of a couple years ago.

 

A Little Something Under The Tree for all…

in the form of At-The-Helm Episode 31.  Show #31 is an all solo adventure showcasing recordings done in my home studio during 2005 and 2006. Tracks and start times are as follows:                                                                                    
1Dustbowlarama 00:00                                                                                                                                                                                                  
2- Do The Wobble  02:55
3- Monkey Shuffle  05:13
4- Never Gonna Happen  09:23
5- The Slow Horizon 14:14
6- In Step Two Step  18:39
7- Long Away and Far Ago  21:25
8- Forest of Jade  27:22

Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 4 & 7 feature drum loops built upon samples of existing sound recordings not officially sactioned for such use. My apologetic thanks to any artists whose work I’ve sampled to use in my own recordings. I’ve made an effort to note where and when in my works these elements are present. All other instruments in these “solo” recordings are played entirely by me.  Best wishes to all in this holiday season and a promise of new music in the new year. Thanks for reading and listening. Glass Christmas tree by Mad Margie

 

Episode 30 of At-The-Helm is finally here…

and it’s another collection of tunes from the BrotherSync boys. This show features  studio and live tracks as follows:

1- Wages of  Sync  00:00

2-It’s A Bent World  05:08

3- Noodle Bowl  10:18

4- There’s Bucks in Jingles  12:44

5- Hahalodics  15:17

6- Another Cup of Joe  19:56

7- Good Evening Folks  24:37

 All tracks  performed by Hardgrave, Moreland and Helm except #6 which is Hardgrave and Helm. All rights reserved by the artists.Track #6 features Mark Hardgrave on drums and lead guitar recorded Jan1 2005. Tracks 2,3,4 & 5 recorded live in the stuidio 9-7-04. Track #1 mixed and mastered by Bret Moreland circa 2002. Casino field recording by Bret also.  Photo of BrotherSync at Halloween 2004. Track #5 is for Wally Mitchel. Thanks for listening, more sooner than the last soon, and happy holidays to all.

 

Episode 29 in the At-The-Helm podcast series is now…

..available for your listening pleasure. This show features solo selections recorded live in the studio during 2003 and 2004. Titles and start times are as follows:

 1- Wake Up Call  00:00

 2- Working Title  02:22

 3- Horse Number Five  05:10

 4- Morning Flowers  08:57

 5- Before The Saints  11:08

 6- Slow to a Trot  14:37

 7- Across the Gap  16:32

 8- A Little Foggy  18:57

 9- Bald Spot Sweat  21:24

10- So Long Red  25:36

Arranged, performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Track #10 is dedicated to the late O.J. “Red” Rhodes, perhaps the finest pedal steel guitarist of the 20th century. Photo from a nearby canyon circa 2004. Thanks for stopping in, there’s more coming soon, have a good day!

 

Episode 28 of At-The-Helm is ripe for the picking….

…or listening as it were.Episode 28 in this series features some solo tracks recorded at home during 2002 and 2003. Titles and start times are as follows:

 1- SCN #1  00:00
 2- Futile Fanfare  03:03
 3- Around The Horn  04:35
 4- Letter From Home  07:54
 5- The Shiny Deep  11:51
 6- It’s The Vicar….Not The Bishop  13:56
 7- The Time It Takes  19:06
 8- You Might Not Ever Get Home  20:58
 9- Iron Killed The Fairies  22:15
10- SCN #2  26:09

All music performed and recorded by Bryan Helm.All rights reserved by the artist  Drum and bass loop sample on track #8 uses a Yamaha DTEXpress digital drum preset.  The drums, piano, and lapsteel will all be increasing their musical roles in the remaining shows in this series, which I hope to conclude by years end. Thanks to all of you for listening, enjoy the music and have a good day.  Photo from harvest time a few years back…down the road.

 

Episode 27 of At-The-Helm is just completed and now online

Show #27 of the My Life In Sound series is an all solo effort from 2001, recorded live in the studio in Colorado. Titles and start times are as follows: 

1- Last Day of Summer  00:00
2- June 1st 2001  05:42
3- Hindu Lineman  08:02
4- I Shudder to Think  11:03
5- Resonance of Memory  15:02
6- Steampunk Returns  18:42
7- Prelude (to Let’s Talk About Toys)  22:47
8- Standing in the Sun  26:39

All music composed, performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. This is the first program in this series to taken from tracks recorded to Mini-Disc rather than tape, a slow nod to the 21st century. Arrangement of polymer clay pieces with dichroic glass centers by yours truly. Thanks for stopping by, there’s more coming soon, meanwhile try to stay cool.

 

Music for the first day of summer….

is here in the form of At-The-Helm Episode 26.For this program the My Life in Sound series features excerpts from the Bindlestiff CD “Late”. Released in 2000 this is music recorded from 1996-1998 and the final collection of new recorded works from Bindlestiff to date. Titles and start times are as follows:

1- Christopher Robin’s Dead  00:00
2- Head Or Tail 04:57
3- Dark Water Search  08:47
4- The Earth Below  14:28
5- …And Heaven Above  16:52
6- This Sleeping Circus 21:36

Performed and recorded live in the studio by Bryan Helm and Dave Stafford. All rights reserved by the artists. Original recordings produced by Dave Stafford. For more information please visit at-the-helm.us Photo from a recent afternoon in Colorado. Many thanks to all my loyal listeners

 

My Life In Sound steps into trio territory again as….

Episode 25 of At-The-Helm is the first show to feature the music of BrotherSync. This group consists of myself, Bret Moreland and Mark Hardgrave. The material heard here is from 2 cd’s “Expect Delays” and “Sync or Swim” released in 2000 and 2001. Taken from recordings of live looping jam sessions done during 1998-2001 Engineered and produced by Bret Moreland who also does the stereo field recordings. Guest theremist on “Rotors of Raga” is David S. Miller. Titles and start times are as follows:

1- Sync or Swim 00:00
2- Mize Away 04:08
3- Aye Aye Eyes 08:10
4- The Trill is Gone 11:52
5- Cake or Death ? 13:45
6- Nothing Tolouse 18:44
6- Rotors of Raga 22:28
7- Lunarcy 28:01

 For more info please visit at-the-helm.us Thanks again for listening and please stay tuned for more music soon. Photo by Sarajane Helm of tile by Fara Shimbo. All rights reserved by the artists.

 

Episode 24 of At-The-Helm (My Life in Sound)…….

……is now available for listening.Episode 24 of At-The-Helm is an all solo outing featuring tracks recorded live in the studio in Colorado during 1998 & 1999. Most of these pieces are made up of loops constructed to form an overall backround that then have a “live” instrumental (keyboard, guitar) lead played over it as it’s recorded. Titles and start times are as follows:

1- Back East Out West  00:00
2- Bridge of Knots 04:30
3- Furrowed Brow 08:22
4- Touch the Fence 10:24
5- Last Resort 15:12
6- Down The Well 21:32
7- A Break In The Weather 23:32

All tracks composed, performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. For more info on these and other recordings in this series and some other related artists, please visit at-the-helm.us