MLR Studios ("My Living Room")

After college it took me 13 years to write enough original music to fill an album. The "Snow Song" was an early one I wrote for my niece and nephew. I created harmony vocals by bouncing the recording back and forth between two tape recorders. The quality was poor.
As I approached that critical "album's worth" of music,
I acquired a multi-track tape recorder. I planned to re-record everything I had written up to that time.
"The Second Time Around" album is the product of those sessions. I was hoping things would be better the.....
"Second Time Around".
One of the very first songs I recorded on the multi-track recorder was the "Goin' Home" song. It needed a drum.
I noticed the cover to my Weber grill. I suspended this with bungee cords between two chairs, and mic'd it up for stereo. (It's hard to "beat" a setup like that !)
Sometimes in life you do the best you can with what you have to work with at the time.
(Maybe I'll get a drum for Christmas some year.)

For many years my CD's were available for online purchase via a "burn on demand" CD manufacturer called Mixonic. They are no longer providing this selling page service for independent artists. If I get enough requests for the CD's, I'll consider finding a secondary source.

Thanks to all who have purchased my CD's over the years.

Gary Sundblad

Me and My Drum :

	1. Sleighride
	2. The Little Drummer Boy
	3. One Star
	4. Ya You Betcha Christmas
	5. Snow
	6. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
	7. The Unaccepted Gift
	8. Oh Holy Night
	9. Do You Hear What I Hear?
	10. Angel Call
	11. I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve
	12. Silent Night, Holy Night

Description:
I wrote and recorded a song called
"The Unaccepted Gift" a few years back.
I then had to record an entire Christmas album just so my song might be heard.
It took me ten months to complete all the production work.
I have been giving a few "albums" away each year ever since as Christmas gifts to friends.
I thought it was about time that I made this recording available to a wider audience.
I hope you enjoy it.
Merry Christmas!

Gary Sundblad

The Second Time Around :

	1. Goin' Home
	2. The Snow Song
	3. The Words
	4. Rainbow
	5. Shadows
	6. Hawaiian Sun
	7. Too Many People
	8. Wake Up
	9. Hey Anne
	10. Before I Tell You
	11. Dance For Me
	12. Carry On

Description:
Thirteen years in the making, this was my first endeavor into the world of "multi-track" audio recording. Most of my songs start out with acoustic guitar and vocals, and then I add whatever else creativity might bring to mind. It's definitely at the "easy listening" end of the musical spectrum.
The "Listen" buttons to the left of each song title used to let you hear a low fidelity, 60 second sample of each song. But that was in the good old days.

Gary Sundblad