Riffs - Jingles

14 short shorts recorded with the Yamaha PSR-GX76 keyboard and a wee bit of acoustic guitar.

Riffs - December (mandolin)

Second half of December tunes, this time using Graham's mandolin, plus some bass guitar. Recorded in Chapel Hill, NC

Riffs - December (bass)

Final riffs include Hannah's electric bass 

guitar. Recorded partly on Smart Voice Recorder via the Samsung SCH-1200, and partly on Cool Edit.

Riffs - November

November is a lot like October. All songs still feature Hannah's 1983 Fender Bullet electric bass guitar, this time with the addition of acoustic guitar, some vox, and a lil 'lectric guitar. Created in Chapel Hill NC.

Cover Stars: Great Grandma McKenna, Aunt Maude

Riffs - October

October features more of Hannah's 1983 Fender Bullet electric bass guitar, PLUS some tambo. Recorded in Chapel Hill, for Chapel Hill.

Cover Stars: Great Grandpa, Aunt MJ, Uncle James, cousin Peter

Riffs - September

New riffs for September. Includes green electric guitar, drum machine, tambourine, vocal sounds, and Hannah's 1983 Fender Bullet electric bass guitar.

Riffs - August

August is a lot like July. More riffs and loops and whatnot, with keyboard and sampling and guitar and bass. Recorded in Chapel Hill, NC.

Riffs - July

July comes early! Quick riffs featuring samples, vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, and electric keyboard. Once again recorded at Boulder in Chapel Hill, on Noah's 4-track, with the digital delay pedal.

Riffs - June

Aaaaand we're half way done. June includes electrical guitar, bass guitar, drums, samples (drum, song, and Hannah), vocals, and other things also!

Cover Stars: Uncle Mike and Uncle Bob

Riffs - May

May is a lot like April; recorded on Noah's 4-Track with acoustic guitar, but now with electric guitar, and bass, and some samples of drums and lots of #$%$#@%^ handclaps.

Cover Stars: John, Betty, Michael, Kathy Aiello, Great Grandma, Evelyn, Bill VanZandt

Riffs - April

April riffs featuring acoustic guitar, and featuring vocals, and featuring the electric bass. 

 Recorded in Chapel Hill on Noah's 4-track.

Cover Stars: Barbara, Marilyn, Evelyn, Nancy Way, MJ, Great Grandma

Riffs - March

March comes early. Recorded with guitar and drums.

Riffs - February

Sounds for February. Recorded with keyboard and a wee bit of vocals @ Boulder Studio in Chapel Hill NC.

Riffs - January

New year, new project!: (At least) 10 demos/riffs/loops/rough drafts recorded each month in 2014, using the DD6 Digital Delay pedal, and Noah's 4-track. This particular collection is called January and was recorded with the addition of the green electric guitar and recycled drums & percussion, January 19-26 at Boulder Studio in Chapel Hill NC.  Photos by The McKenna Family.

Cover Stars: Great Grandma, Uncle Walter, MJ, Bill Sedore

Stems - Boot

Home recordings via Studio Magik on Virginia Ave in Durham, NC, unless otherwise noted below. Cover star: Joey Stefano.

Sterns' 3rd batch of recordings- some finished, others... 

1-12 are from October-November 2013, recorded in Durham NC.

13-16 are from January 2014, also recorded in Durham NC.

17 is a live recording from a show at Nightlight in Chapel Hill NC on March 22, 2013.

18-22 are from a live show at Fellowship Hall in Durham NC on June 03, 2013.

Track 23 is from a live show at Local 506, Chapel Hill NC, on July 12, 2013, a video of which you can watch here!

Hnnh - gtr, vcl

Mtt - drms, vcl

Zck - gtr, vcl

All written by Stems.  Original cover and somewhat related Stemart:

  

Photos below are from https://doginasweatershowreviews.blogspot.com.  Check out their website for incredible photos from shows around the Triangle, including Stems at Hopscotch (Slims in Raleigh NC, 9/6/2013):

Citizen Band Radio - First Time In Forever

Three quick jams recorded before year's end, by Hannah Mattannah (a.k.a. CB Radio.) Artwork by Hannah Spector, Jesse Moore, and Matt DeBellis.Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham NC on December 30, 2013.

Riffs - Thirteen

Various sound things recorded in 20Thirteen. Recorded with samples and guitars and drums. Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham, NC. For Brett and Hannah.

Cadavre Exquis - A Surrealist Musical Installation

From The Carrack website:

Friday, December 13, 6:00 - 9:00 pm This event is the culmination of a year long recording experiment based on the surrealist writing/drawing game exquisite corpse, in which a multi-track recording was created with each musician hearing only the track recorded immediately before his or her own. The result will be presented in an interactive format where audience members can adjust the volume of each individual layer of music, thus controlling the mix that is played back to the entire room. With over forty participating musicians, the project explores new methods of musical collaboration and composition.

The recordings will play continuously from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, with a short introduction from Graham Cox at 7:00pm.
Featuring sounds produced by: accordion; acoustic guitar; alto saxophone; archival recordings; banjo; bass clarinet; bass guitar; classical guitar; computer; contact mic; drum machine; drums; electric guitar; empty bottles; Fender Rhodes; fiddle; fire; Hot Lixx toy guitar; keyboard; Korg Z1; melodica; microKORG; midi piano; Moog; oboe; piano; reel-to-reel tape deck; rice cooker; Roland Juno 106; tambourine; voice; washing machine; xylophone.

As played by the musicians: Robert Biggers; Jay Cartwright; Neven J. Carswell; Chris Catanese; Graham Cox; Matt DeBellis; Bryce Eiman; Andras Fekete; Alec Ferrell; Lawrence Giffin; Anne Gomez; Shirlé Hale; John Harrison; Brian Howe; Reid Johnson; Matt Kalb; John Killeen; Andrew Kindman; Dan Kinney; Greg Klaiber; Kyle Knight; Elliot Langford; Alex Maiolo; Brian John Mitchell; Bruce Mitchell; Princess Ojiaku; Robert Pence; Isaac Pinedale; Ben Riseling; Chris Rossi; Sterling Rozear; Ken Rumble; Joni Sadler; Betsy Shane; Greg Sheriff; Cody Spencer; Wendy Spitzer; Albert Steppi; Jeff Stern; NKG Sternhagen; Matt Tauch; Nick Tenev; Jonathan Thompson; Benjamin Trueblood; Christopher van Wert; Brennan Watson; Nathan White; Michael Wright; David Zielinski.

Who have been known to perform in the following bands: Agaw; All Your Science; American Empire; Arrows Out; Beloved Binge; Blood Jar Creepers; Boat Burning; Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan; Caruso; Clean Demon; D-Town Brass; Ellectronic; The Emotron; The Evil Tenors; Fan Modine; Felix Obelix; feltbattery; Flesh Wounds; Four More Years; Free Electric State; Fruit; The Future Kings of Nowhere; Harsh Reality; Hog; Holy Boats; Jphono1; Le Weekend; Lungbutter; Muscle Mass; New Hill; Organos; Pink Flag; Plankton Feast; Prisms; Public Transit; Regina Hexaphone; Remora; Savage Knights; Schooner; Small Apartments; Small Life Form; Static Lake; Stems; Vlor; Voidward; Wembley; The Wigg Report.

Stems - Stems

Matt Doodlebellis (drums/vocals)

Hannah Spectre (guitar/vocals)

Zack Accident (guitar/vocals)

Recorded @ Studio Magik by Matt and Hannah. 

Mixed by Hannah.

Stems - "Date With The Mayor"

Recorded live at Local 506 at a show with Le Weekend, in
Chapel Hill on July 12, 2013. Video courtesy of Mark Kleinschmidt:

Full Show:

Stems - Meltdown Countdown

New band! 8 songs! Stems is:

Hannah Spector - Guitar/vocals

Matt DeBellis - Drums/vocals

Zack Richardson - Guitar/vocals

Recorded on Noah's 4-track at Studio Magik in Durham NC in October. 

Liner notes:

Tenants - Would

Tenants are:

Brett Donahue - Bass

Hannah Spector - Drums/Vocals

Matt DeBellis - Guitar/Vocals

Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham NC on July 30, 2012.

Above: Tenants.  Below: members of Tenants, Stems, and Fruit, July 2012.

Deal$ - Deals

Deal$ were:

Hannah Spector - Drums/Vocals

Emily O'Sullivan - Bass/Vocals

Hyunhye Seo - Keyboard/Vocals

Princess Ojiaku - Guitar/Vocals

Recorded at Studio Magik in Durham by Matt and the Deal$.