Music

Alex Ayers Audio Discography (1998- 2005 )
Although I released three albums worth of songs in 1996-1998, they are really horrible. While I have written a lot of songs, some of them really suck, but I think some of them are alright for a guy that plays by ear.

Production Notes

(k) – Co-written/Co-Produced with Peter Kessler
(l) – Co-written/Co-Produced with Chris Lampner / Chris Lampner drum sequencing
(l2) – Produced by Chris Lampner / Chris Lampner music / Alex Ayers lyrics and vocals
(l3) – Originally Written by Alex Ayers/ Remixed by Chris Lampner
(p) – Co-written/Co-Produced with Dave Porcello
(a) – Greg Ayers on trumpet
(m) – Dan McCormack guitar solo
(la) – Ashia Lau backing vocals
(r) – Holly Reed backing vocals
(live) – Dave Porcello Drum machine / Brian Derry guitar / Alex Ayers keyboards.

All songs produced, performed, and written by Alex Ayers except where noted.

Instruments Used:

Acoustic guitar, 12 string acoustic, electric bass, electric guitar, upright piano, synthesizers, theremin, drums, sequencer, and saxophone.

Production Note:
All songs from 2002 on are recorded digitally

Chestnut Hill Sessions (2008)

1.) Green Eyed
2.) And it Was You | Accoustic Demo Video .wmv (lyrics) *

Misc (2004)

1.) The River Runs Wild (lyrics) *

2004
* – Songs I recommend.

1.) Strangers in the Wind (lyrics) *
2.) ROBOX 9000 (lyrics) *

2003
* – Songs I recommend.

1.) A Day at the Beach (lyrics) *

Song-a-Day (2002)

These songs were all written & recorded over the course of a week in August as self-imposed challenge. The resulting songs came out much better than I expected, but the recording quality is not great because I spent more time writing than I did mixing.

* – Songs I recommend.

1.) Thursday * (lyrics)
2.) Inside my Room * (lyrics)
3.) That Girl (lyrics)
4.) Leaving this World (lyrics)
5.) Wanted, Whatever * (lyrics)
6.) Streetlight (lyrics)
7.) I’m so Tired (lyrics)
8.) Mr. Bear goes to Town * (lyrics)
9.) The Ticket Home * (lyrics)
10.) Into the Dark Night *

Summer Days (2002)

Although there are many things I’d probably change about this album now, I really like how it came out. This is the only album I’ve written to this point where I’ve actually gone back and listened to it the whole way through many times. My most personal album to date, and my most favorite.

* – Songs I recommend. (ok so I like a lot of them)

1.) Summer Days * (lyrics)
2.) Distant Star (la) * (lyrics)
3.) Friday * (lyrics)
4.) Starting Over (lyrics)
5.) Confusion * (lyrics)
6.) Winter Breakdown (lyrics)
7.) Darkened Room * (lyrics)
8.) Sunlight has broke (lyrics)
9.) Return of Summer * (lyrics)

Summer Days (Instrumentals) (2002)

Instrumental versions of the songs from Summer Days

* – Songs I recommend. (ok so I like a lot of them)

1.) Summer Days * (lyrics)
2.) Distant Star (la) * (lyrics)
3.) Friday * (lyrics)
6.) Winter Breakdown (lyrics)
7.) Darkened Room * (lyrics)
8.) Sunlight has broke (lyrics)
9.) Return of Summer * (lyrics)

Summer Days Rejects (2002)

Summer Days turned out to be an album with a story line, so when I finished recording, and sequencing it, there were a couple of songs that just didn’t fit the story line any more. These are those songs.

* – Songs I recommend.

1.) 21 Years * (lyrics)
2.) Alone * (lyrics)
3.) Circle *
4.) Losing Focus
5.) Delta Waves
6.) Seasons Pass (lyrics)

Production Note:
During this period (1998 – 2001) period all songs were record on a Tascam analog 4 track, except “Yourself” which was recorded on a 2 track, and the “Electronic Sessions” which were create using a software sequencer.

Electronic Sessions (2001)

Way back when I started writing music in 1996, I was primarly writing noise pieces and really avant garde electronic pieces. I wrote these songs as sort of a, “remember when I used to write electronic music?”

* – Songs I recommend.

1.) Sleazy Robot Pick-up Lines
2.) 071401 (l) *
3.) Appollo11(landing)
4.) Electronic 1 *

Acoustic Sessions (2001)

Before I started recording “Summer Days,” I was looking for a new direction to go musically, and I recorded these songs. Listening to these songs now, it’s obvious that the lyrical content point to the direction that “Summer Days” took.

1.) Staring (lyrics)
2.) Something from Someone (lyrics)
3.) Abuse (lyrics)
4.) Backseat Friend (lyrics)
5.) Sparkle (lyrics)
6.) 5-o-clock (lyrics)
7.) Train (lyrics)

Ambient Sessions (1999)

I can only post a small clip of these sessions right now because they were 22 minutes in lenght each. Recorded in my garage using keyboards, trash, lawn mowers, guitars, pipes, basically anything.

1.) Ambient Session I (p)
2.) Session II

Concordia 220 Sessions (1999)

Probably two people have heard these songs prior to releasing them online. Recorded right after the release of “Hollow Tomorrow,” but never used on any albums. “How many times?” was played totally improv on a stand-up piano that was in Concordia’s basement.

* – Songs I recommend.

1.) Phoenix
2.) She (l2)
3.) How many times? * (lyrics)
4.) Untitled

Hollow Tomorrow (1999)

Some of these songs were recorded at my house during 1999, but a majority of them were recorded in my dorm room, Concordia 220, at UMass Lowell during my Fall semmester. This album is all over the place stylistically. This album suffers greatly from using poor microphones, not using headphones, poor recording equipment and really off tune singing. However, it was this album that really marked a turning point for my song writing abilties, even if a lot of these songs suck.

* – Songs I recommend.

1.) Intro
2.) Thursday * (lyrics)
3.) Into the Dark
4.) Yourself (a) (lyrics)
5.) The end of the Earth * (lyrics)
6.) Baia Rada Massah (r) (la)
7.) What I’m In (lyrics)
8.) Cope (m) (lyrics)
9.) I’m Insecure * (lyrics)
10.) Tapefuck
11.) For a Friend (k) * (lyrics)
12.) Terminal Depression (lyrics)
13.) Beatbox (lyrics)
14.) Nature
15.) I found a way (lyrics)
16.) A Hollow Tomorrow (lyrics)
17.) To the Youth of Today
18.) I’m Individual (lyrics)
19.) In my Mind (lyrics)
20.) In the End (la) (lyrics)
21.) Trust (lyrics)

Live Band Sessions (1998 – 2005)

I once had a live band. We played a single show, disbanded, and I went back to the solo life. At the time I thought we were swell, but now I know we sucked hard.

1.) Untitled Jam (live)

Live from the Basement (2005)

These songs were recorded LIVE in my basement, and the only effect used is some reverb. They are stripped down versions of the original version. The only instrument used is vocal and acoustic guitar, no overdubs.

1.) River Runs Wild
2.) Winter Breakdown
3.) Rising Tide
4.) In my Mind
5.) Staring
6.) Backseat Friend
7.) In my Room
8.) Abuse
9.) Darkened Room
10.) Train
11.) Sparkle
12.) Mary
13.) Distant Star