"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.
I think it's in my basement ... let me go upstairs and check."
- M. C. Escher

Guitar Diaries. Exploratory drumloopage and other subterranean guitar machinations, Spring 2013 to Spring 2015

Steve Baker - Guitar & looping, e-bow, samplers & drumloopage

M C Escher - vocal sample on 1<>("order and chaos")
Meta Sage - vocal sample on 12<> YouTube/Meta Sage
Steve Mauro - drum sample on 15<>soundcloud.com/user7828480

A Steam Abacus production

© Steve Baker 2015

(Full CD packaging artwork included)


What are ‘Guitar Diaries’?

“In my home studio I have a guitar recording set up that I can power up at any time with just the throw of a couple of switches. I don’t even need to start up the computer as I have a minidisc recorder ready to record immediately. I can plug in a guitar and be recording an idea within, literally, seconds. I use a ‘looping’ set up that allows me to layer guitar tracks on top of each other on the fly (based around Digitech JamMan SoloXT and Line6 DL4 looping pedals, occasionally I will also employ a software sample player for beats which are then loaded onto the JamMan looper). The emphasis is on spontaneity and creativity. Every 6–12 months I will compile the most interesting of these ‘sketches’ using the computer – the tracks will be edited, cleaned up, mastered and ordered into an archive CD with accompanying artwork. These are my Guitar Diaries.”

- Steve Baker