HEAT DEATH

Heath Death began as a guitar duo with Ryley Walker and Jay Caston. After their first and only performance (which was at the Mopery), Ryley and Mike Forbes began using the name for several different configurations of a group with J Guy Laughlin. And now J Guy decided to adopt the name for a quartet with Ryley, Jeff Host, and me. So here's the new Heat Death:

Track 1

Track 2

Recorded at the Chateau on 2/28/11 with the zoom h4.

Ryley Walker - guitar
Jeff Host - guitar
Andrew Scott Young - bass
J Guy Laughlin - drums

ASY - Tour Solo Set

Last month, Ben Billington (Quicksails) and I went on a short tour around the midwest/eastcoast. I recorded five nights of the eight and I think this is the one that turned out best. The set I played each night of this tour was made up of three short pieces. All the sounds are made on "prepared" acoustic bass. The preparations involved electric toothbrushes, drumsticks, and pie plates. Here they are:

ASY - live at the Red Room in Baltimore, MD

track 1

track 2

track 3

Wyoming w/J Guy & Ben Billington

These were jams recorded on the 21st of January, right after Ben and I got back from another rehearsal. Ryley, Ben, and I had already sort of wound down from doing some jams before J Guy came over. After his arrival though with Ben on some minimal percussion and J Guy manning the drums, we got a second wind and recorded the results:

Wyoming w/J Guy & Ben Billington

Part One

Part Two

Ryley Walker - electric guitar
Andrew Scott Young - double bass
Ben Billington - percussion
J Guy Laughlin - drumset

Ben Billington/Andrew Scott Young/Jeff Host

Me and Ben jammed the other day and later Host came over to do the same. Recorded @ The Chateau on January 18th or so on the ZoomH4 digital recorder.

Ben Billington - drums
Jeff Host - electric guitar
Andrew Scott Young - electric guitar

Billington/Young 1

Billington/Young 2

Billington/Young 3

Billington/Host/Young

3 Pieces for 7 Acoustic Guitars

On Friday, January 21 this performance was broadcast on WHPK's Pure Hype show. There were three "compositions" for 7 acoustic guitars.

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Two

Three

These people played guitar:

Ryley Walker
Jeff Host
Brian Sulpizio
Nathan Pruitt
Aaron Zarzutzki
J Guy Laughlin
Andrew Scott Young

And it was awesome.

WYOMING

WYOMING - 9 ZONES WITH BRIAN SULPIZIO

So Ryley and I were out wandering one day. Well, I should make it clear that Ryley was wandering and I was wondering. But whilst on our way we both happened upon Brian J. Sulpizio. He asked us where we were going and when we hesitated to give him our reply (because under the circumstances neither of us were particularly interested in going anywhere) he proceeded with great haste to convince us to travel with him on a mysterious quest. So then caught without any excuse, preparation, or supplies, save the guitars on our backs, we reluctantly began our journey into the zones.

Audio documentation made with the Zoom H4 digital recorder at the Chateau on January 18, 2011.

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zone 3

Zone 4

Zones 5 & 6

Zone 7

Zone 8

Zone 9

Wyoming:
Ryley Walker - guitar
Andrew Scott Young - guitar, bass

featuring:
Brian J. Sulpizio - drums & shit

CHRISTMAS!!!

So Brett Nauke asked me to make a track for his Christmas compilation "A Very Catholic Christmas". For that I made "A Virgin Most Pure". That got me pumped about recording more xmas songs. It's a lot of fun and I figured my family would love that shit. So I made a few more and here they are as my Christmas gift to you.

ASY - CHRISTMAS - 2010

1. A Virgin Most Pure
2. Go Tell It On The Mountain
3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
4. Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?
5. Silent Night
6. He Is Born, The Divine Christ Child

All songs arranged and performed by Andrew Scott Young
*except track 1 which features Brian Sulpizio and Emily Winter