Songwriter

I've been writing songs for a long time. For most of my life, starting around 4th grade, songwriting has been up and down on my priority list. These days it's #1 with a bullet.

The Material - Of the 650 or so songs I've written so far only a small batch is currently online. I'm working to catch up. There are, of course, quite a few that you really don't want to hear so I'll skip those.

Organization - What is up so far is available back on the home page. It dates from 1973 to the present and features different stages and styles of my writing.

Here are the collections so far.

• Baldōn my electronic music from 2021 to the present.
• JW Hanberry is more roots type music from around 2005 'til now.
• Collaborator written with various lyricists from the 90's on. There are more to add.
• The Trouble Boys from our 2003 album "Blues All Over"
• 4-TRAX recorded on my 4-track cassette 1989-92.
• Travesa rock from the early 70's.

Copyright © - I own the copyright to each and every one of these songs and performances, sometimes along with another person. That means I get to say what happens with them. So I'm saying you can download these, burn 'em on your road cd's and pass them on to your friends. I'm honored if you think any of my tunes are worth a listen. All I require is that you don't change the format/sampling rate and that all meta-data goes with the file. (That's how the player knows the song title, artist etc.) And, of course, you may not receive compensation in any form for them or make them available for public release in any medium. No uploading! If you want to play them on your radio station or webcast or use them in your movie, contact me and we'll make a deal and I will provide you with CD quality versions.

The Recordings - Except for Travesa and The Trouble Boys songs these were all recorded by me, at home, without assistance, using various technologies. In the past that included a Tascam Porta One 4-track cassette deck and a hodge podge of outboard gear. All of that is gone now. See 4-TRAX.

The majority of the music on site now was recorded at various points in the evolution of my current setup. I'm currently using my second homemade Windows computer built around an MSI MEG X570 Unify motherboard with an AMD Rizen 5 5600X processor. Reaper is my DAW of choice and I just got a SSL 12 audio interface. Everything is mixed in the box using various plugins.

The Trouble Boys "Blues All Over" was recorded, not surprisingly, by The Trouble Boys (of which I was one) at Jimmy Free Recording in Shoreline, WA.

Feedback - I'll be putting up a way to get your feedback real soon now.

That's it for now. Thanks for listening.

JW Hanberry, GuitarSlinger