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 Home 26:03
Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 1, 2 and 6 contain samples of recorded works by other artists, used here without permission. For more information please visit at-the-helm.us and follow the links. Thanks for listening, next show is all talk and will cover aspects of information from all the music only shows and a couple of other things , so please do tune in. Photo from RMNP looking upstream circa 2006.
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Musical greetings for this new year have just arrived in the guise of …
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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 25:56
Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 4 and 7 feature samples of other artists recorded work, used here without their permission, with my apologies and thanks to those musicians. For more info on this series please visit  www.at-the-helm.us Thanks for listening! More very soon, meanwhile another photo from the antique farm equipment show of a couple years ago.
A Little Something Under The Tree for all…
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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- Forest of Jade 27:22
Performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Tracks 4 & 7 feature drum loops built upon samples of existing sound recordings not officially sactioned for such use. My apologetic thanks to any artists whose work I’ve sampled to use in my own recordings. I’ve made an effort to note where and when in my works these elements are present. All other instruments in these “solo” recordings are played entirely by me. Best wishes to all in this holiday season and a promise of new music in the new year. Thanks for reading and listening. Glass Christmas tree by Mad Margie
Episode 30 of At-The-Helm is finally here…
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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 #6 which is Hardgrave and Helm. All rights reserved by the artists.Track #6 features Mark Hardgrave on drums and lead guitar recorded Jan1 2005. Tracks 2,3,4 & 5 recorded live in the stuidio 9-7-04. Track #1 mixed and mastered by Bret Moreland circa 2002. Casino field recording by Bret also.  Photo of BrotherSync at Halloween 2004. Track #5 is for Wally Mitchel. Thanks for listening, more sooner than the last soon, and happy holidays to all.
A Quick Production Update…
….on this unseasonably warm day in November. I just wanted to say hello to everyone and let you know that Show #30 in the podcast series is almost ready for relaease. I’m behind schedule what with some technical difficulties and all but still on track to finish it all up soon, so please do stay tuned and thanks for listening. 
Episode 29 in the At-The-Helm podcast series is now…
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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- Bald Spot Sweat 21:24
10- So Long Red 25:36
Arranged, performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. Track #10 is dedicated to the late O.J. “Red” Rhodes, perhaps the finest pedal steel guitarist of the 20th century. Photo from a nearby canyon circa 2004. Thanks for stopping in, there’s more coming soon, have a good day!
Episode 28 of At-The-Helm is ripe for the picking….
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…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 Â 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 Get Home 20:58
9- Iron Killed The Fairies 22:15
10- SCN #2Â 26:09
All music performed and recorded by Bryan Helm.All rights reserved by the artist  Drum and bass loop sample on track #8 uses a Yamaha DTEXpress digital drum preset. The drums, piano, and lapsteel will all be increasing their musical roles in the remaining shows in this series, which I hope to conclude by years end. Thanks to all of you for listening, enjoy the music and have a good day.  Photo from harvest time a few years back…down the road.
An end of Summer production update…
… or the ” I’m not quite dead yet” memo for those of you regular readers and listeners. As usual the month of August was almost fatal but not, however it did cause a delay in the release schedule for the At-The-Helm podcast series. My apology for the delay. Show #28 is completed and ready to go as soon as I work out the details of needing more room to store these next 7 episodes . Having gone past my original anticipated 24 shows, keeping all 34 in the same easy to use format will require doubling my expense for the chosen site, an unfortunate aspect for one as fiscally challenged as myself. At any rate I hope to make this adjustment in the next week or so and continue onwards to the end of the series. The upcoming episodes will be featuring some new instrumentation (piano, lap steel) and some different percussion and synthesizer stuff to boot so do stay tuned I think you’ll enjoy the music. If you should find yourself motivated to contribute funds toward and/or comments about this series, please feel free to e-mail me at loopbozo@comcast.net . In the meantime here’s a photo of me holding my most recent musical mosaic sculpture titled “The Little Blue Glass Guitar” which is now in the private collection of Mr. Jim Cunningham of Columbus Ohio. Again thanks for stopping by, and have a good day.
Episode 27 of At-The-Helm is just completed and now online
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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 2001Â 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)Â 22:47
8- Standing in the Sun 26:39
All music composed, performed and recorded by Bryan Helm. All rights reserved by the artist. This is the first program in this series to taken from tracks recorded to Mini-Disc rather than tape, a slow nod to the 21st century. Arrangement of polymer clay pieces with dichroic glass centers by yours truly. Thanks for stopping by, there’s more coming soon, meanwhile try to stay cool.
Hoping your holiday spirits are……
properly attired for this Fourth of July 2008. Just a quick note to say the work continues here on the next couple of shows to come in the At-The-Helm series and my thanks to those of you who listen.  Have a fun and safe celebration of your own with friends and family, and look for more here soon.