I Wanna Be Rich

Stuck Behind A Combine

And now some unstreamed Realaudio 

Anywhereville

It's Over Baby

Kitty Cat

Lazy Boy

Mystery Achievement

Portrait

Saturation Point

She Wants Me Dead

Shift Work Sucks

Trust Me

Watch Me Fly

For streaming format, and song/band information visit the song pages through the "Mel Vader" and "Historical Recordings" pages.

The music is the primary thing. Ideas for some of these tunes date back to the 70’s, when disco actually did suck. I mean, grown men putting banana’s in their pants… really!  What you hear with Mel Vader was all recorded in the 90’s using a Tascam 424 4-track cassette recording device. Crude but effective. Most of it was recorded by myself. I did have some help from Derek and Kristin, drummer and vocalist respectively. Otherwise things get lonely in the old music room. The cat sure as hell doesn’t like the drums, though he does look puzzled as I play the guitar. Some vocals make him skittish, but more often than not he is content chewing my headphone cord. He's my sole companion during the long days of recording.

Other recordings in the Historical section of the retreat are from a few bands I grew up performing with. The recordings are occasionally rough but always spirited.

I hope to log more group compositions and other sources of music on this site. Perhaps Derek or Jeff will have some offerings soon. As for other aspects of this multimedia extravaganza, I have as of yet to devise them, so good luck to me.

Please write me at melvader@yahoo.com and put in a request to buy a CD copy so I can buy one of those Roland 16 track digital recorders. If I sell a thousand copies I just might be able.

Here are some miscelaneous ramblings:

Zen and the Momentarian

The 401 Harvest

Further Music Selections from the 
Celebrity Garbage Man