Original MP3 Recordings

February 9, 2005 - I probably shouldn't post this since no one has said anything good about it, but I kinda like it. I plan on putting this run in one of my new songs :)

A fast run on the E string :)

January 9, 2003 - I was practicing playing fast today so I decided to record some stuff to see how it sounds. For some reason I decided to post it here. Enjoy!

A simple A Minor Run
Another A Minor Run
A phrase from a Bach song played fast :)
Some arpegios

Unnamed (mp3 format - 2.5M)
(by Michael Kohn)

Michael Kohn: All Guitars, Bass, Drum Machine

Recorded April 1997 100% line direct with a Mesa Boogie studio preamp into an analog Tascam 4 track. The drum machine is a Dr. Rhythm DR-660

Even tho this is an old recording and I could play it much smoother now, this is still one of my favorite songs I've written. I layered this song a lot differently than most of my other songs. Usually I program drums and put them down first, but on this song I recorded the rhythm guitar first and then put either the lead or bass next (can't remember). The drums were kinda an afterthought. I just pushed some buttons on the drum machine and recorded it on a 4th track :).

Copyright 1997 Michael Kohn

10 Second Bass Solo (64k mp3)
(Rambling by Michael Kohn)

Michael Kohn: Bass Guitar

Recorded Oct 18,1997 (I was just messing around on bass... :)

Kill (mp3 format - 2.8M)
(Words by Joe Welch, Music by Michael Kohn)

Joe Welch: Lead Vocals
Michael Kohn: All Guitars, Bass, Drum Machine
Jon Parsons, Brian Grote, Michael Kohn: Background vocals

Sometime around 1994 I was playing in this band called Scimitar. Since we played with a lot of death metal style bands, Joe decided we should play some heavier music too and gave me the lyrics for this song so I could put music to it. Anyway, I laid down a guitar, bass, and drum track to give to Joe to see if he'd like it. Around 5 years later Joe, Jon, Brian, and I were hanging around and decided to put vocals on top of this old recording (Cory, the original Scimitar singer wasn't around). Anyway, this is what we came up with.

The guitar at the begining of the song was recorded through a mini-Marshall amp running on a 9-volt battery. The rest of the song was recorded through my old Crate G-212. The drums were programmed with Dynamic Drums.

Copyright 1994 Joe Welch and Michael Kohn

Passing Day (mp3 format - 5.8M)
(Words and Music by Jon Parsons and Michael Kohn)

Michael Kohn: Lead/rhythm guitars, drum programming
Jon Parsons: All vocals, bass, rhythm guitar

Recorded January 1995 using a Tascam 4-Track and Shure SM-57 mics. My guitar was recorded through a Soldano Series II Preamp into an old Gibson tube amp. Jon's guitar went straight through the Gibson. Drums are Dynamic Drums on an Amiga 500 computer.

Copyright 1995 PK Music

Deep Sleep (mp3 format - 4.7M)
(Music by Michael Kohn)

Michael Kohn: All guitars and drum programming

Recorded January 11, 1996 using a Tascam 4-Track and Shure SM-57 mics. Guitars recorded through a Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp into a Sovtek Mig 50 Tube amp. Drums were programmed on a Dr. Rhythm DR-660.

Copyright 1996 Michael Kohn Music

Bach Little Fugue In G Minor (.mp3 format - 902k)
(Music by J.S. Bach)

Michael Kohn: All guitars

Recorded June 1994 using a Tascam 4-Track and Shure SM-57 mics. Guitars recorded through a DOD Metal-X pedal into a Sovtek Mig 50 Tube amp.

I never finished this and its an old recording. I had only been playing guitar for like 3 years when I did this.

My Guitars

	Tiger Striped Lotus - I bought this guitar for about $85 so I could practice woodworking and electronics on it. I scalloped the fretboard using a file and sandpaper and finished it with wood sealant. I then ripped out all the electronics and put in DiMarzio Cruiser pickups along with the tiger-striped pickguard. Cruiser pickups have a nice thick tone but still have a nice single coil sound. I believe these are almost as same as the Fast Track pickups I put in the guitar below, except the two coils in the pickup are different sizes.
	Black/White - This is another Lotus I got for about $80. I again ripped out all the electronics and completely rewired it with DiMarzio Fast Track picksup. These pickups give it a really thick tone, much thicker than the Cruiser pickups, without sounding too humbucky. The Fast Track, along with the Cruiser pickups, are basically a two coil pickup in a single coil package.
	Red Squier - This is the guitar I'm playing the most right now. It's a Fender Squier Strat which I again ripped out all the electronics and replaced everything including the pickguard. I scalloped this fretboard just like the tiger striped guitar, except I did a much nicer job. I sealed it again with a clear wood sealer. The pickups in the neck and bridge are DiMarzio HS-3 which have 2 "stacked" coils to get rid of the single coil hum, but still (in my opinion) have a very single coil sound to them. The middle pickup is a DiMarzio SDS-1 which is a noisy, but very loud single coil. If you'd like to see a close up of what the scalloped fretboard looks like look here: Pic 1, Pic 2

Music I Listen To

Yngwie Malmsteen, Dream Theater, Jeff Blevins, Guns N Roses, Bach, Ritchie Blackmore, Lisa Ekdahl, Iron Maiden, Jens Johansson, Jason Becker, Europe, John Norum, Michael Angelo, Ozzy, Kent, Kaizers Orchestra, and more...