Music, opinions, and portfolio of Mark Eagleton, musician and web developer in Northern CA.
An archive of rare, discontinued music, and some of my personal music-releated projects.
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In the mid 90s, my band used to share the bill with this Sacto band quite a bit. They were great guys, and one of my favorite local bands at the time.
At some point in the late 1990s, my cousin Dean asked me to record his metal band. To date, this is my favorite recording I have ever made.
In the victorian era, music boxes were commonly made from old snuff boxes. There were personal sized pocket boxes that you carried around with you, and table top boxes for your parlor or coffee table.
An original composition inspired by Leigh Nash’s Cruel Heart (her song, not her attitude). This is totally different, though. This recording features my daughter Ella on rhythm ukulele. She is a hoss.
Hoagy Carmichael has always been a huge favorite of mine. A legendary songwriter, and under-rated performer. I have always been a sucker for songwriters performing their own songs. Hoagy is at the top of my list.
A waltz I wrote in G minor, inspired by memories of driving home from band practice in Dixon and pulling over at a dark sky spot beside Putah Creek to look at the stars. We were playing Lonesome Moonlight Waltz a lot at the time.
Another bluegrass waltz, this one in honor of the fall equinox in the northern hemisphere, a lovely waltz about the end of summer and walking in the moonlight.
One of my all-time favorite Bill Monroe waltzes, this arrangement by YouTube’s ukulelezaza is what inspired me to record these country and bluegrass waltzes on the ukulele. Ukulelezaza epitomizes everything I love about this instrument. He doesn’t post enough, but his channel is very worth subscribing to.
One of the waltzes I’m working on. I did this one pretty strait with almost no dynamics. I like the idea of bringing out the structure, but I may spiff it up a bit. Bill Monroe’s vocal phrasing is really great on this tune, so I’ll probably try to emulate that.
I’d been working out ukulele arrangements of some country and bluegrass waltzes, when I stumbled upon this in a songbook my wife picked up. It derailed my waltz project for a little bit, but I like the way it came out.
I wrote and recored this EP in August of 2000 as part of my album-a-month project. It features an unusual electric Thai string instrument my friend S.britt brought back from a trip to Thailand.
Twenty five years ago, when I was but a budding, punk rock-obsessed bass player, Davis, California’s Necromancy was about the hottest ticket on the Yolo County scene—at least as far as I was concerned. I saw them just about every chance I got (which admitedly wasn’t too often. I was 15 years old, after all). I must have looped this 5/6 song demo a thousand times.
Lossless audio of ALL performing Live in Studio A, circa 1989. This audio was recorded onto cassette tape from a KDVS 90.3 FM broadcast.
Lossless audio of Pavement’s first performance on December 14, 1989. This audio was recorded onto cassette tape from a KDVS 90.3 FM broadcast.
The Maids’ 1979 7" Maids in Bataan for Jon.
My take on three classics by Andrew from benicetobears.com.
A terrorist falls in love with Miss America. Unrequited love in the terror community ends with the destruction of a country. I wrote and recored this song in August of 2000. Any similarities to the events of 9/11 are purely freaky.
Good manners are how you show the people around you that you respect them. Ivan says that safety is a lethal version of manners. I think he has a good point, but they often overlap.
This song is about a stalker. I wrote it a very long time ago about my friend Jeannette who thought she was being stalked.