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Episode 34 of At-The-Helm is now available….
and strangely enough it's not the final "all talk" episode that was promised. That show is still in the works, I'll let you know when it's finished......in the meanwhile. This show is a live solo "in studio" performance from August 20,1997 of a piece called "Liquid Center". Taken from the original master tape, no edits, no MIDI, no "undo" functions, only samples are from the PCM drumbox. This...
Episode 33 of At-The-Helm is now here….
Show #33 in the My Life in Sound series is the next to last in this retrospective. This time the music is again from 2005-6 and was recorded in my home studio in Colorado. Titles and start  times are as follows: 1- Omnistop Intro 00:00 2- Walk Into Town 02:54 3- April Fools 06:30 4- Fit To Be Tied 11:54 5- Todd Is God 15:47 6- Omnistop Outro 18:06 7- Roll The Credits 22:26 8- The Walk...
Musical greetings for this new year have just arrived in the guise of …
Episode 32 of At-The-Helm.This installment in the My Life in Sound series consisits of more solo work from the home studio circa 2005-6. Titles and starting times are as follows: 1- Intro 00:00 2- Pieces 1:55 3- Dad's Taxi 5:10 4- After The Saints 08:35 5- Monkey Slide 10:43 6- Go Soak Your Head 13:08 7- Picture Postcards 17:20 9- Distant Objects 20:26 10- Outro...
A Little Something Under The Tree for all…
in the form of At-The-Helm Episode 31. Show #31 is an all solo adventure showcasing recordings done in my home studio during 2005 and 2006. Tracks and start times are as follows: 1Dustbowlarama 00:00 2- Do The Wobble 02:55 3- Monkey Shuffle 05:13 4- Never Gonna Happen 09:23 5- The Slow Horizon 14:14 6- In Step Two Step 18:39 7- Long Away and Far Ago 21:25 8-...
Episode 30 of At-The-Helm is finally here…
and it's another collection of tunes from the BrotherSync boys. This show features  studio and live tracks as follows: 1- Wages of Sync 00:00 2-It's A Bent World 05:08 3- Noodle Bowl 10:18 4- There's Bucks in Jingles 12:44 5- Hahalodics 15:17 6- Another Cup of Joe 19:56 7- Good Evening Folks 24:37 All tracks performed by Hardgrave, Moreland and Helm except...
Episode 29 in the At-The-Helm podcast series is now…
available for your listening pleasure. This show features solo selections recorded live in the studio during 2003 and 2004. Titles and start times are as follows: 1- Wake Up Call 00:00 2- Working Title 02:22 3- Horse Number Five 05:10 4- Morning Flowers  08:57 5- Before The Saints 11:08 6- Slow to a Trot 14:37 7- Across the Gap 16:32 8- A Little Foggy 18:57 9-...
Episode 28 of At-The-Helm is ripe for the picking….
...or listening as it were.Episode 28 in this series features some solo tracks recorded at home during 2002 and 2003. Titles and start times are as follows: 1- SCN #1  00:00 2- Futile Fanfare 03:03 3- Around The Horn 04:35 4- Letter From Home 07:54 5- The Shiny Deep 11:51 6- It's The Vicar....Not The Bishop 13:56 7- The Time It Takes 19:06 8- You Might Not Ever...
Episode 27 of At-The-Helm is just completed and now online
Show #27 of the My Life In Sound series is an all solo effort from 2001, recorded live in the studio in Colorado. Titles and start times are as follows: 1- Last Day of Summer 00:00 2- June 1st 2001 05:42 3- Hindu Lineman 08:02 4- I Shudder to Think 11:03 5- Resonance of Memory 15:02 6- Steampunk Returns 18:42 7- Prelude (to Let's Talk About Toys) 22:47 8-...
Music for the first day of summer….
is here in the form of At-The-Helm Episode 26.For this program the My Life in Sound series features excerpts from the Bindlestiff CD "Late". Released in 2000 this is music recorded from 1996-1998 and the final collection of new recorded works from Bindlestiff to date. Titles and start times are as follows: 1- Christopher Robin's Dead 00:00 2- Head Or Tail 04:57 3- Dark...
My Life In Sound steps into trio territory again as….
Episode 25 of At-The-Helm is the first show to feature the music of BrotherSync. This group consists of myself, Bret Moreland and Mark Hardgrave. The material heard here is from 2 cd's "Expect Delays" and "Sync or Swim" released in 2000 and 2001. Taken from recordings of live looping jam sessions done during 1998-2001 Engineered and produced by Bret Moreland who also does the...
Episode 24 of At-The-Helm (My Life in Sound)…
.....is now available for listening.Episode 24 of At-The-Helm is an all solo outing featuring tracks recorded live in the studio in Colorado during 1998 & 1999. Most of these pieces are made up of loops constructed to form an overall backround that then have a "live" instrumental (keyboard, guitar) lead played over it as it's recorded. Titles and start times are as follows:...
Episode 23 of At-The-Helm is an easy listen and…
..by far and away one of the most ambient of the programs in this series.Show #23 is an all Bindlestiff affair featuring two tracks from the 1998 CD "Distant". Both of these pieces began as live to tape solo loop works that I did in Colorado and then sent to Dave in California where he added his live loop tracks in much the same fashion we had always worked but with a distance...
Available for listening At-The-Helm Episode 22…
Which features solo works from the second half of 1997 and a little of '98 recorded live in the studio in Colorado. Tracks and start times are as follows: 1- African Snowglobe 0:00   (A tune about global climate change) 2- Drifting Forward 5:01 3- Puzzle Dust 10:08   (What's left at the bottom of the puzzle box?) 4- Falling Autumn Stars 13:55 5- No Jah In Sight 2  ...
Episode 21 of At-The-Helm is now…
....available and features recordings of solo works from 1997. All instruments and vocals by Bryan Helm. Titles and starting times are as follows: 1- Mr. Crow 1   0:00 2- All The Rabbits  2:20 3- Sad For Today   4:41 4- Tales From Treehorn  9:19 5- Our Hearts Are All Around Us   13:12 6- Mr. Crow 2  17:44 7- Frost  23:14 Recorded live to tape by...
Episode 20 of At-The-Helm (My Life in Sound)………
..is now uploaded for your listening pleasure. This is an all solo show starting with one last track from California then moving on to six selections from 1996 recorded in Colorado in my basement studio. 1- Silver Lining (3-2-95) 2- An Evening Breeze- 3:02 3- Boot With Love- 8:39 4- How Was I To Know- 13:15 5- Bob's Your Uncle- 18:30 6- While Rome Burns- 22:33 7- Autumn Light-...
At-The-Helm Episode 19 is available…..
now for your listening pleasure. This show is a live Bindlestiff concert recorded April 30th 1995 in San Diego CAÂ direct from the mixing board. It features the following tracks: 1- Short Circuit Circus 2- Fantasia 3- The Night Sky 4- Sleep It Off 5- Orbital Noon 6- The Night Sky 2 Thanks to Dave Stafford ( e-bow guitar, loops,effects, original recording engineer). Thanks also...
Episode 18 of At-The-Helm (My Life in Sound)….
....is now yours for the asking. This show is different in this series in that all the tracks are pieces that use earlier recordings of loops as the base for a new recording that adds a live solo overdub alongside that earlier recording, a primitive mutitrack technique of sorts. Anyway mister Dave Stafford also shows up with the midi pedal bubble effect on track 4 and the...
Episode 17 of At-The-Helm is now here……
an episode that marks a change in format . From now on all episodes will be all music and no talk, I'll hopefully cover any relevant info here in my blog. My thanks to Glenn for his talents in editing the first 16 shows. This change will allow me to include another 8-10 minutes of music in each podcast, which may prove necessary in the shows to come to try and cover all...
Episodes 15 and 16 of At-The-Helm now up..
and available for listening. Sorry for the delay but hopefully a double dose will help, and a matched pair at that. Both shows feature the work of Bindlestiff. First we'll hear selections from the CD "Quiet" in show #15 and then selections from "Loud" in #16. Show#15 1- Continental Division 2- Spiral Ginger/Descent 3- Signs of Spring 4- Who is Number One? 5- Into Blue and then...
At-The-Helm Episode 14 is available now….
Just in time for the holidays it's show#14 up and running. This program contains five tracks from the CD "Early" by Bindlestiff, some of the earliest works by Dave and I including: 1- Ariel Adrift 2- Parade Rest 3- Dos Vedanya, Tanya 4- Cartesian Dualism 5- More Earth than Sea It's all live in the studio with loops, guitars, and synthesizers by Bindlestiff. Engineered by Dave...
Episode 13 of At-The-Helm is now on-line
Episode 13 is an all solo outing from the California period featuring me on synthesizer, electric guitar and loops. Features the following tracks: 1- I Heard That 2- Milk Teeth 3- Lost in Paris 4- Nelson's Day 5- Questions of Distance 6- A Good Deed Shines These are solo works done during the same period as The Dozey Lumps' tenure that feature a more electronic flavor....
At-The-Helm Episode 12 up for your listening pleasure….
Show #12 features tracks from 1990 and 1992 that document the musical transitions that The Dozey Lumps take on to become Bindlestiff. The last 3 numbers feature a special guest in the form of either Tom Freeman on drums (Luxury Yacht) or Bill Forth on electric guitar (The Schizophonics). 1- No.17- The Dozey Lumps 2-Kevin's House- Luxury Yacht 3-Cutting Down Trees- Luxury...
Episode 11 of At-The-Helm now up and running…
It's the second show featuring the guitar duet known as the Dozey Lumps playing live in the studio circa 1992. Six pieces are featured: 1- Â Just Like Fog (Light Swaths) 2-Â Never A Dual Moment 3-Â Wistful Thinking 4-Â Mem 5 Watercan 5-Â Hole In My Head 6-Â Perelandra Again as stated in my last blog post, for your quickest link to these podcasts go to at-the-helm.us. My...
At-The-Helm Episode 10 is now available to hear.
This show is the first to feature the music of the Dozey Lumps, A six string steel acoustic/electric guitar duet consisting of Dave Stafford and myself playing in the New Standard Tuning. Features the following tracks recorded from 1989 to 1991 1- Languid 2- Not Bloody Likely 3- Prebendary 4- Mutant Strain 5- Caithness 6- The Canteloupe Terrain This music was recorded live in...
Episode 09 of At-The-Helm is now available..
and obviously not a moment too soon for the likes of me. This show is the first in the series to feature music used for media purposes. Tracks for computer animation and film are featured and include: 1- The Digital Sea 2- Beat The Heat 3-Images 4-Elbows 2 5- Elbows Outro This is another all solo outing featuring me on synthesizer, drum machine, guitar and effects. The...
At-The-Helm Episode 08 now available……..
Yes at last the fabled Show#8 is up for your listening pleasure. It is another all solo outing from me in the third show of the California period featuring the following tracks: New Conversations 1 New Conversations 2 Marshland Blue Laws The Spoken Word Slight Confusion Wrong Number Cooloola As noted in the podcast this is a transitional episode for recording techniques in...
Show #7 of At-The-Helm now available.
Howdy folks. A quick note on a hot day to say that Episode 7 of At-the-Helm is now up for your listening pleasure. This is the second show from the California period (1986-87) and features the following tracks: 3 Squares Sunshower They Learn To Talk Canyon Shadows Winky.... A Word From Our Sponsor This show's an all solo outing. A production note: The host of the program says...
Episode 06 of At-The-Helm now available.
That's right, Episode #06 of At-The-Helm is now ready to be heard by one and all. This show features solo material from late 1986 and early 1987 recorded in California, and includes the following tracks: Desert Aire India Street Fixed Stare From Here Desert Kites One In A Million Tidal Pools There's a little bit of instrumental fun here for everyone, please do give it a listen...
Episode Five
Episode Five is now available. It includes music from 1986 at the conclusion of the Ohio period. Biker/Rocker pictured here circa 1986. Its an entirely solo venture , except for Mr. Bob Kelley* on drums where noted. A Short Answer To Miles African Rain Canada Barney Hillage Quantum Jump II * ie
Episode #4 of At-The-Helm Now Available
Welcome back folks and thanks for coming. Episode #4 is up and available for your listening pleasure. This one features tracks from 1979-1985 with four different groups: Fukhedz, Ample Parking, Fez, and Nelson & Helm Scared Fun- Fukhedz Pop -Ample Parking Towing My Car Away-Ample Parking Snorkles in Reverse-Fez West of Kiddieland-Fez Live Practice Excerpt-Nelson &...
Episode #3 is now available
Happy May Day! Just a quick note to say that Episode #3 of At-The-Helm is up and running. Please take the time to give it a listen and I think you'll enjoy what you you hear. Any and all comments are as always welcome and my thanks again for your interest. Music from 1984-1985 Inca Freeway The Hawk Sign And Symbol Centrifical Force* The first 3 are solo pieces , the fourth...
Episode Two
Just a quick note to say that Episode Two is now up for your listening pleasure. This is the first of two shows dedicated to The Music Store Years. Thats where I met "Cowboy" Bob Kelley* and acquired my Electro Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay. Episode Two features 6 pieces of music including two with Bob. Saturday Samba Nashville Godzilla* You Are Confused* Circus Peanuts...
Episode One
--"Cloud Silence*" Music from 1981-1982 Three solo pieces by Bryan Helm and one duet with Jim Cunningham*. Pressure Assemblages Fat Man UHF * They Learn To Talk Hi and welcome to my blog. I've just made my first podcast available for downloading and hope that you'll take the opportunity to give it a listen. It's the first in what will be a 24 part series of podcasts exploring...