Album Sounds

This playlist of tracks includes selections from most of my records including The Beasts of Burden record, January Songs, Bad Luck, The City and Grace Monica, Collection on Desktops, 451 and The Lessons We Have Learned. If you are looking to hear my music for the first time, this is the place to go.

Non-Album Rarities

This is the section for people who have all the records and want more or for those who want to hear the stuff not deemed "release-able." I like to assemble these playlists because most of the stuff I record I'm happy with in one way or another, just not enough for release.

Archives and Bi-weekly specials...

Acoustic Set, Kalamazoo College, October 26, 2002

Opening acoustic set performed solo before Mr. Fusion. (January 4, 2008)

Slagle Ebow Process #1

Field recording of a thunderstorm fading away and it's relationship to the sounds around our apartment.(Nov 1)

Storm Passes; June 27, 2007

Field recording of a thunderstorm fading away and it's relationship to the sounds around our apartment.(October 18)

The 6-Track EP

The infamous first released from yours truly written in 1998 and recorded by two 16 year-olds in 1999. (October 4)

Cover Me [Shock the Monkey Remix]

Long ambient electro-acoustic remix of Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel. About 20:29. (August 22)

July Songs-Complete Stream

During a week in July of 2001, I did a cheesy electronic record using only my Rompler synth, a drum machine, and my electric guitar. July Songs was the result. Comparisons? If you liked the first Air record, check this out. (August 9)

Mike Vasas and The Beasts of Burden; Live at the Belmont, Hamtramck

Ryan Malinich on Drum, Brian Richard on Bass and myself on vocals/guitar. Power-trio action. (July 27)

Live at Kalamazoo College

Bringing straight out of the archives, this is most of the final show I did at Kalamazoo College in June of 2004. Piano and vocals only. A bunch of covers presented here. More live gigs to come.(July 13)

2007 Demos

This section will feature an ever-changing amount of demo tracks for future releases. Coming soon.

Imeem Online Mixes/Playlists etc

For now all that's here is the 50 most-liked songs from the year that was 2007....not all 2007 released songs, just the ones I found myself listening to most often.

 

 

Video Postcards .
These are ambient videos of a sort, I suppose. Meant to take in rather than actively watch. I should loop them.

Upper Peninsula Videos .
Enjoy!

The Music House Museum Videos.
You tube is the most logical way to publish videos, so I'm going to do it that way. The first selection of videos is a collection of videos taken at the Music House Museum in Acme, MI. If you are up in the Grand Traverse area, it's definitely worth your time.

The Beasts of Burden Videos UPDATED
Also, other videos are there too...there's the fan-made New Regime video mashup video, and two live performances from our show at Kraftbrau in Kalamazoo, filmed by Brendan May. Coming soon some classic BOB footage by Tom Wilson.

Mike and Dave Videos
Who can forget these videos from Kalamazoo College? I did, for one, until I came across them on the hard-drive. Mike and Dave was the variety show I was part of in 2002-2004. It was a lot of fun to be involved with, and hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as we did making it.

A Case of You Video
Pulled this out of the archive, too. The year was 2002, I had just started dating Amanda and I said it in song...aww...at the Edison Institute Talent Show. Isn't that cute?

Short Clips- Accidental Art
Not sure how to explain this, but it's an easy reason to have more video on this site.

I haven't totally figured out yet how I will implement the photo section of the website, but expect something easily editable because previous photo sections may have been browsing-friendly but I never ended up updating it as often as I wanted because it wasn't that easy to upload. The photo section is coming real soon though.