Visions

 

My debut cd visions is an  instrumental cd featuring many different musical styles such as rock, blues, funk, jazz, jam, and other genres. 

Song list:

Cosmos
Beneath the Surface
Hurricane
Heartstrings
The Adventurer
Waterfall
Funktified Blues
Why?
Into the Machine
Desert Sunrise
Outlaw
Down by the River

  Michael Gabriel - Visions  

Cover Art by Kerem

 

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Cosmos (5:28) - A cosmic voyage through space.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Sound Effect “Countdown and Launch” by USAMA, published by AudioSparx

Beneath the Surface (4:08) – An underwater adventure.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars, keyboards, and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Sound Effect “bubblevase.aif” by tedthetrumpet at freesound.iua.upf.edu
Sound Effect “waves.aif” by tigersound at freesound.iua.upf.edu
Sound Effect “water at the beach 1.wav” by laurent at freesound.iua.upf.edu

Hurricane (3:37) – Dedicated to the recent victims of the hurricanes.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Sound effect “Hurricane wind rumbles.wav” by Iris Sound FX, published by AudioSparx

Heartstrings (5:21) – A love song for my wife Kara.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars, keyboards, and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Smart Loops

The Adventurer (4:15) – An exciting trip deep into the jungle.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Percussion arranged by Michael Gabriel using a Casio keyboard
Sound effect “121100A-.mp3” by Freed at freesound.iua.upf.edu

Waterfall (3:48) - A jazzy jam at the Waterfall.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Soprano and alto saxophones by Steve C.
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Sound Effect “01.Waterfall” by “Big Fat Audio”, published by Leigh Haggerwood

Funktified Blues (3:17) – A funky blues/rock jam.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Laughter/vocals by my daughter
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic

Why? (3:32) – When someone hurts you, the first thing you want to know is “Why?”
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and keyboards performed by Michael Gabriel
Sound effect “rbh thunder_03.wav” by RHumphries at freesound.iua.upf.edu

Into the Machine (3:51) – We all plug into the machine, we get our moment of peace, then it’s back into the machine again.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic
Techno loops “techloop04.wav” and “techloop15.wav” by Primitive at freesound.iua.upf.edu

Desert Sunrise (4:18) – I’ve never seen a desert sunrise but I can imagine that it would be something like this…
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars, keyboards, and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Smart Loops
Rattles by Michael Gabriel and my 2 daughters Julia and Emma

Outlaw (3:53) – Saddle Up!
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Thunder Kit by Drumatic

Down by the River (3:38) – A blues jam down by the river.
Written by: Michael Gabriel
All guitars and bass guitars performed by Michael Gabriel
Drums arranged by Michael Gabriel using Smart Loops
Sound effect “ByTheRiver55s.wav” by acclivity at freesound.iua.upf.edu

Production, mixing, and mastering by Michael Gabriel
All cover and booklet artwork by Kerem Gogus at http://artofkerem.sitesled.com
Booklet photography by  “Rested Traveler” at http://www.flickr.com/photos/restedtraveler 
Cover photography by Linda KS
Check out Michael Gabriel’s website at http://michaelgabrielmusic.net

Thanks to the Lord for giving me the tools and abilities to make this cd. Thanks to those who directly helped me with this project including S Cron, Kerem Gogus, Eric M, Linda KS, my wife (for putting up with all the time spent making the cd), and my daughters. Thanks to all of the family and friends that supported me in this project. Many thanks to my ‘assistant producers’ who reviewed the songs as they were being made and gave valuable feedback. There are many of you out there, you know who you are J Thanks to Carlos aka Kriya, Max T, Willie V, Ed V, my dad, the various church bands I have played with, and others for being my jam partners and helping me develop my jamming skills. And lastly, thanks to Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Trey Anastasio, David Gilmore, and others for indirectly being my guitar teachers :-D 

Copyright Michael Gabriel Music 2006 All rights reserved.

More information on the cover art and booklet can be found at http://keremgogus.com/mgproject.html along with the excellent artwork of Kerem Gogus.