Wow! So much time has passed since the 2015 release Hozpitality-To Go. There has been a lot of moving around and acquisition of new noise making devices and volunteering of new noise making people.

As you know, Hozpitality is a collective. Anyone who wants to make sound and record may do so. Since moving the “Hozpitality Home Studio” around a lot, more people have come on board. They will be listed in the Personnel List below.

Track List:

1. Beach Week (4:16)
   This was a drum pattern recorded by Bush, keys by CeMeGo, and vocals by Gloria Snatch (now known as Eriyyka BaDont). Please do not miss the Beach Week video (which is the first music video for a Hozpitality song). The lyrics/vocals for the song were created after watching Brett Kavanaugh hearings. He still likes beer. Yeah well so do we all, but we don’t get to be a life long supreme court justice (you dick).
2. D and C Drone for DC (5:43)
   This was extracted from a long jam session (May 2019) between Derek and CeMeGo. Derek plays bass. Not sure about the drums. Keys and noise by CeMeGo. Probably first recorded use of Korg Minilogue XD (closer to the end).
3. Don’t Know What To Say (3:45)
   Bitchin’ Bob souls up a hit. Drums and 2 chord melody by Bush. Extra keys and augmentation by CeMeGo. This is a touching song, about hats, impaired vision, and lots of grumbled Joe Cocker styled wailing.
4. Exceptional (5:33)
   A jam session created in April of 2017, chopped up, and repositioned by Bitchin’ Bob and CeMeGo. The Novation Launchpad was heavily abused for the drum pattern.
5. Epipen (2:33)
   A lounge statement calling out Big Pharma. The skyrocketing price of Epipens used to ward off an allergic reaction causes us to do a timely lounge piece. Gloria Snatch on vocals and Randy Glands on keys.
6. Guest Parking (with CHOB) (10:02)
   The voice sample is audio from an instructional video explaining how to park your car in a parking lot and remember where you parked (very ridiculous). There is also a dramatic reading of the guest parking rules for a certain overpriced apartment community in North Bethesda, MD.
7. The Tootsie Throwdown (4:34)
   Derek plays bass and croons about Tootsie (the cat). What else do we know? Right?
8. High Mystic Water Rhythms (5:27)
   This is not the first time CeMeGo has stolen drum sounds from the band Rush. This is a mash up of drum samples from Rush songs “High Water” and “Mystic Rhythms”. This was one of the first experiments with the Novation Launchpad.
9. Staying Up Late To Make Some Beats Tonight (But You’re Not Alone) (4:10)
   Instruments, vocoder, and junk by CeMeGo. Yet another stolen traffic report sample from WTOP radio.
10. Exceptional (Bangin Remix) (4:35)
    The heavy rocking mid section of the track Exceptional had us dancing around so hard, we had to jam on it. This is what happened.

Personnel:

Bitchin Bob: Words, Crooning, Synth, Percussion, Drums, Ideas
Bush: Drums and chord ideas
CeMeGo (Randy Glands): Vocoder, Synth, Keys, Bass Gtr, Drums, Audio Shenanigans
Derek: Bass Gtr, Voice, Drums
MsNeeBo (Eriyyka BaDont, Gloria Snatch): Vocals, Lyrics, Insane Laughter
Tootsie: Throwdown.

Tools used:
Ableton Live 9 Suite (too cheap to upgrade to 10!)
A bunch of free .VST files from the Internet
Adobe Audition (too useful unfortunately!)
Fender Aerodyne Bass
Korg Electribe Sampler 2
Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg Mini-KP (red box)
Korg MicroKorg (lots of stuff and vocoder)
Korg Minilogue XD (still new).
Korg Volca(s) (Bass, Beats, and Keys)
Novation Launchpad

Click here to download the album in a zip file with cover art (48megs).

As always, we aren’t getting rich on this, so comments and opinions of this are welcomed/encouraged on this blog.

Hozpitality thanks you and wishes you a Happy Beach Week.