In the basement tonight working on a blues tune. Tracking bass on the Fender Mustang.
Eric Nash
@strayhorse.bsky.social
🇨🇦Living in a forest on an island. Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist, author, world's first certified organic cannabis producer (2003), hiker, baker, cats, coffee, cooking, sewing, gardening. First class honours degree in #drawing & #printmaking
Messing around these nights in the basement with open G tuning on the acoustics. Putting down some John Lee Hooker-ish shuffle tracks. Looks like I’m building a new song.
Got my new acoustic song Silence in Vain up on bandcamp too. Free download. #music #OriginalMusicTracks #guitar strayhorse.bandcamp.com/track/silenc...
Silence in Vain, by StrayHorse
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Finished my acoustic tribute song in honour of Glen Hansard. Recorded down in the basement. Guitars are a Takamine EF407 acoustic guitar in standard tuning (L), an Alvarez Artist 5014 acoustic guitar in Nashville high tuning (R) and a Fender Mustang Bass. #music #guitar youtu.be/wIr2M4-g0C0
Silence in Vain - a tribute to Glen Hansard - original song written and performed by StrayHorse 2026
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Basement session tonight. Got my short acoustic blues tune finished. Just guitar, vocals, harmonica and shaker. Takamine EF407 acoustic guitar, Hohner Special 20 key of D harp and shaker. Brown Shoes Blues. #music youtu.be/igSs9D1F_AA
Brown Shoes Blues - 2026 - original song written, performed, recorded and mixed by StrayHorse
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The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards: America is 'a bit of a disappointment at the moment' www.euronews.com/culture/2026...
Keith Richards: America is 'a bit of a disappointment at the moment'
Prior to the release of their 25th studio album this Friday, Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has commented on whether one of their new songs is an anti-Trump track...
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Basement session tonight. Got my acoustic rhythm guitar track finished on this slow blues tune. The bones are there now. Played some test D harp over it. Lyrics are done. Just gotta track some acoustic guitar picking over it, and track harp and vocals. Nice to do a back to basics slow blues song.
Another tune recorded in the basement and released this week. Broken Road. Surreal retro love story. #music youtu.be/Xa5jugrT70g
Broken Road - 2026 - original song written, performed, recorded and mixed by StrayHorse
YouTube video by Eric Nash (StrayHorse)
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Released this tune a couple days ago. Recorded in the basement. “Just Like Indiana Jones” #music #politics youtu.be/YedpjC_55Gs
Just Like Indiana Jones - 2026 - original song written, performed, recorded and mixed by StrayHorse
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More hiking today. Cobble Hill mountain, south side. Vancouver Island, BC.
Hiked Cobble Hill Mountain again today. South side. Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
Got a new song on the go. Wrote lyrics and figured out the chords, key, tempo and drum beat tonight. Work in progress. #music
Woohoo. My new song got played on FM radio on the weekend, just after releasing it on Friday night. CFRC-FM 101.9 in Kingston, Ontario at Queen’s University. #music
I wrote and recorded a tune in the basement for my sweetie for Valentine’s Day. She’s the best. Just finished and uploaded. #OriginalMusicTracks #music youtu.be/KgMphVUexN8
She's An Island Girl - 2026 - original song written, performed, recorded and mixed by StrayHorse
YouTube video by Eric Nash (StrayHorse)
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Just finished mixing my new song. Retro rhythm & blues rock tune. #music
Got my new angst driven tune up. Gibson SG, Danelectro 59, p-bass. Basic rock song; 3 chords, verse/chorus x 2, solo, final verse/chorus, 120bpm, 3min. Stream of consciousness lyrics. Don’t know what it all means but it’s raw. #uspoli #OriginalMusicTracks #music youtu.be/tLgaA-_rNGQ
Throw The Holy Water - 2026 - original song written, performed, recorded and mixed by StrayHorse
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Basement recording session last night. Chorus backing vocals. Listened this morning with fresh ears. Sounds good. Only did six lead vocal takes a few nights ago. Not perfect, but okay. Good energy. I usually track 10-20 lead vocal takes but managed to comp something together. Tracking bass tonight.
Interesting phenomenon how worldly events can radically alter the lyrics and entire context of a song in progress. #songwriting #music
Woohoo! My new retro surf rockabilly tune ‘No Endless Summer’ got some FM radio airplay today. Rock on. #radio #music #recording #guitar #retro
Got my bizarre retro vibe surf rockabilly tune up tonight. Interesting lyric story line. There’s 3 guitar tracks using the Gretsch 5422; picking, chords and intro/solo. Bass track is Fender p-bass. Vocal mic is Apex 550 FET. #music #cars #cycling #OriginalMusicTracks youtu.be/Q4naWzTtfCI
No Endless Summer - original song written, composed, performed and recorded by StrayHorse - 2025
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Basement session at the DAW tonight. Started mixing on this surf rockabilly thing. Got it titled and registered with SOCAN too. Comes in at 3:15 which is good, not too short or too long. Gotta do some artwork for it now. Hopefully I’ll get it done before year end. #recording #guitar #music
Basement recording session last night. Blues based rockabilly surf vibe tune. Finished comping the vocals and put down a couple test guitar solo tracks. Just gotta fill in a couple of 4-bar slots and a 12-bar to the turnaround slot. Using the Gretsch 5422. #recording #guitar #music
Basement session tonight. Working on the surf rockabilly tune. Did some vocal tracks the last couple nights and comping vocals now. Used the Gretsch 5422 for the two guitar tracks. Jeez, the Filter'Tron pickups bite at 2-5kHz. Gotta’ tame those things in the EQ! #recording #guitar #music
Jesse Welles performing “Join ICE” on Colbert last night. Tellin’ it like it is. #music #folk #protest #usa #politics #uspoli youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
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My new original song ‘Ropes and Chains’ is a free download on my bandcamp page. #audio #music #guitar #recording #songwriting strayhorse.bandcamp.com/track/ropes-...
Ropes and Chains, by StrayHorse
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Got my new tune ‘Ropes and Chains’ up on soundcloud. Politically charged soul tune. 3 tracks: Takamine EF407 acoustic guitar, Fender p-bass and my vocal track. #music #recording #usa #politics #OriginalMusicTracks #audio #guitar soundcloud.com/strayhorse/r...
Ropes and Chains
Ropes and Chains Eric Nash - vocals, guitar, bass Instruments - Takamine EF407 acoustic guitar, Fender Precision bass guitar Vocal microphone: Apex 550 FET large diaphragm condenser 70 BPM Lyrics I
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Got my new tune Ropes and Chains up tonight. 3 weeks of toiling over this one. Very emotional and technically challenging. It is what it is. Just my vocal, Takamine EF407 acoustic and Fender p-bass. Vocal mic was Apex 550 FET large diaphragm condenser. #OriginalMusicTracks youtu.be/zgLh6wltQPA
Ropes and Chains - original song written, composed, performed & recorded by Eric Nash (StrayHorse)
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