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http://www.rockednloaded.com – For more info about this album, please visit this website.

This is the fifth teaser for the Contra 4 remix album “Rocked ‘n’ Loaded”. This is my good buddy Travis Moberg (NOT ME), jamming on the Jungle Hard arrangement by Danimal Cannon, SnappleMan, him and myself before our full recording session.

Travis Moberg also sang on Knights of Hyrule.

http://www.rockednloaded.com

This is the 4th of several videos previewing material from the upcoming Contra 4 remix album “Rocked ‘n’ Loaded.” The album features some of the most recognized rock and metal remixers such as SnappleMan, BrainCells, norg, virt, Danimal Cannon, Prince of Darkness, Christian Pacaud and a few new faces.

This track is the “Base” level music from Contra 4, arranged and performed by myself.

I decided that I wanted to get my Hell March remix a little more publicity, and since no one really wants to watch a song with a goofy visual, better off playing to it!

This song was originally made for the October 2008 “Free Month” Dwelling of Duels competition. It’s undergone a remake since then, which is what you hear now. I made the intro shorter so it could get right to business quicker.

Guitar: ESP EX250

I doubt any of you have heard of Jigawattica unless you lived in New York. Jigawattica was a band that my bass teacher from 6 years ago, Jed Ostrom, had when he lived in New York.

It was short lived, but nevertheless, a really good band. Jed help me get on track with my bass playing, so this is my tribute to him.

UPDATE: After talking to Jed, he let me upload the Jigawattica album. Here’s the link to download it.

http://www.tonydickinson.net/Rocket%20Journey.rar

Bass is the Ibanez S300DX

This is the third video in a group of 4 videos that I recorded for youtube, since I haven’t given you guys anything with actual playing since February!

http://www.rockednloaded.com – For more info about this album, please visit this website.

The first demo reel featuring demos of the upcoming tracks on Contra 4: Rocked ‘n’ Loaded. Note that these tracks are not all finished yet, and the finished product will be even higher in quality.

Graphics and animations by Akumu Audi

This is the first of several videos previewing material from the upcoming Contra 4 remix album “Rocked ‘n’ Loaded.” The album features some of the most recognized rock and metal remixers such as SnappleMan, BrainCells, norg, virt, Danimal Cannon, Prince of Darkness, Christian Pacaud and a few new faces.

This track is the “Ocean” level music from Contra 4, arranged by me for my Berklee audition. The arrangement is very close to the arrangement that SnappleMan, BrainCells and I will be playing on the album.

MAAAAGFEEEEST!!! So I went to MAGfest 7, and it turns out an Open Mic session was hosted in the Jamspace. I signed up for it, took 3 of my songs, removed the Bass and jammed over them.

This song is my track “Zero Light,” originally made for the DoD March 2008 “Sci-Fi Games” month.

The backing track is updated from the version originally debuted in that DoD.

The audio is a combination of the audio from the video camera, audio recorded by Escariot from direct-in of my Bass and an area mic, and the original track laid over for better quality.

MAAAAGFEEEEST!!! So I went to MAGfest 7, and it turns out an Open Mic session was hosted in the Jamspace. I signed up for it, took 3 of my songs, removed the Bass and jammed over them.

This song is my track “Sonic Gargles with Garden Marbles,” originally made for the DoD November 2008 “Sonic Games” month.

I recorded this song originally in Drop-C#. That was the stupidest thing I could have ever done. In this video I play in C#-Standard, which makes it easier, but I have not played the song in this tuning before.

NOTE: Because some n00bs were messing with the soundboard and randomly muting and adjusting the volume of random things, my Bass was inaudible for the first 30+ seconds or so. I’ve overdubbed those parts, best to how I played them at the concert.

The audio is a combination of the audio from the video camera, audio recorded by Escariot from direct-in of my Bass and an area mic, and the original track laid over for better quality.