Jake Gittes Consulting

Shout at the Devil (My take on the great Motley Crue song)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/SATD-091105.mp3

I have been thinking about how I wanted to update this song for quite a while and I finally got around to doing it the last couple of weeks. (It is a little faster, a lot thrashier and even has keyboards) This was also the culmination of a 6-9 months learning curve on a new drum program that I bought. I can add a lot more realistic details than I could in the past program. (Although hopefully Phil will nullify the need for this program soon) The cymbals are where I really hear the difference and I actually have a full set of toms in this new program. (Which I use more than a couple times in this song)

Now we just need some vocals from Kevin “I score like Vince Neil” Arceo and a guitar solo from someone other than me (I took a couple of stabs at it but I am just an awful soloist) and the song will be complete.

Pivot4
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/Pivot4-Final-062505.mp3

This is new song I just finished. It is definitely a straight ahead thrasher but I tried to change the song structure a little and extend and contract it in different ways. (It doesn’t really have a chorus per se, I am thinking it would be a song where the last phrase of each section is the title of the song) I am not sure who it sounds exactly like. It has elements of the classic Slayer and Metallica but it doesn’t sound like anything specific by either of them. (Which is a good thing)

AHATT
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/AHATT-Test01-012904a.mp3

I had not listened to this in a long time and forgot how much fun it was to play. This song has a little bit of everything in it. The intro is a straight Death Metal riff which quickly goes away and then the song locks into a tight groove. (Phil start working on the double bass triplets right now) The interlude with harmony guitars is definitely the best bass/guitar unison thing I have written.

BaF
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/BaFTest00-012204d.mp3

II really like this song because it has a classic metal feel to it but with all kinds of oddities (main riff is in 3/4 and the verse riff is in 3/4 and 13/8 of all things, I know this means nothing to most of you) The middle section on this would be a lot of fun to play live. I imagine the lyrics in this section would reference the band name in some way (ie Whiplash from Metallica, Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden, etc.

Jake01 (My first song since my son was born. It isn't even close to a lullaby)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/Jake01-Final01-062104a.mp3

Blast (An All Out Thrash Assault)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/Blast-Final-073004.mp3

Gothic (My first song with a true keyboard part)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/Gothic-Test00-072504a.mp3

HEF (Instrumental Backing Track)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/HEF-Ver02-062702.mp3

Never Forget What He Is (Silence of the Lamb's tribute song)
http://www.jakegittes.com/songs/NeverForgetWhatHeIs-Final.mp3