<![CDATA[Andre J de Saint Phalle: Noodles]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/s/noodleshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hmWy!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa4f4ca7f-2bb6-464b-835e-5efa6a26a9b6_454x454.pngAndre J de Saint Phalle: Noodleshttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/s/noodlesSubstackWed, 15 Apr 2026 20:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Born Tomorrow]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/born-tomorrowhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/born-tomorrowThu, 04 Dec 2025 19:54:33 GMTMy process is one of improvisation with minimal planning. We guitar players call a note that rings falsely a clam. And there are a few, maybe quite a few, to be found in my playing. But I’ve learned not to worry about it. Sometimes I actually grow to like a clam. Other times I just keep wincing. But, it’s in the trying that discoveries are made. I’d be curious what you think of this extravaganza. I like the section at the end with the chords. They’re mellow, crisp and dreamy all at the same time.

]]><![CDATA[Backwards Wave]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/backwards-wavehttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/backwards-waveThu, 04 Dec 2025 19:46:28 GMTWhen I am multi tracking, I’ll just start off by laying down a drum track or a rhythm track and then I’ll build on it and sometimes these things run super long with tons of mistakes but one of the fun parts of this process is in the editing and the tweaking which frequently involves throwing away most of what I recorded and just saving one good part.

]]><![CDATA[P90 Bluz Roq]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/p90-bluz-roqhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/p90-bluz-roqThu, 04 Dec 2025 19:39:11 GMTI remember buying it in 1972 at Manny‘s on 42nd St. in New York City for somewhere in the mid $400 range which was a fortune to me at the time. I also bought a fender twin reverb to go with it. Had a lot of fun playing “Johnny B Good” and “Stairway to Heaven” with some friends of mine.

I recorded this track in 2023 using a PRS with some P 90s.

]]><![CDATA[Camptown Races]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/camptown-raceshttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/camptown-racesThu, 04 Dec 2025 19:07:12 GMTMy father was a huge fan of thoroughbred racing. He loved music. For many years, he would sit us all down on the couch with him at night and whip out a book of folk songs that we’d all sing together. And one of his favorites was Camptown Races. For this recording, I experimented with multi-tracking my voice to sing different harmonies. This one is for you, daddy.

]]><![CDATA[It’s The Rain That Shall Remain]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/its-the-rain-that-shall-remainhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/its-the-rain-that-shall-remainThu, 04 Dec 2025 18:54:52 GMTAm I feeling some Dear Prudence vibes here? The lyrics stem from my love of water. Retreating to northern Vermont after my years windsurfing in the Caribbean has left me heartbroken on some level, but it all starts with those tiny drops falling from the heavens. After we leave the stage, it is definitely the rain that shall remain.

]]><![CDATA[Captain Kirk’s Tears]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/captain-kirks-tearshttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/captain-kirks-tearsThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:54:20 GMTI used to work at Universal Studios in the late 1970’s as a film editor. I ran into William Shatner in a stairwell once and being 6’ 2” myself, I was surprised at what a small and compact man he was. It struck me, having watched him appear larger than life on Star Trek and then running into him in a stairwell— the difference between reality and fiction. Fast-forward to just a couple of years ago when Jeff Bezos shot him into orbit and met him on the ground after. Captain Kirk actually wept, saying he had been overwhelmed by the fragility of the blue atmosphere that contains all life on earth. And I really resonated with it.

]]><![CDATA[Tangled Up In Blue Vibe]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/tangled-up-in-blue-vibehttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/tangled-up-in-blue-vibeThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:47:19 GMTClassic Dray noodle here, recorded a couple years ago in my updated home studio. I am a very undisciplined, musically illiterate, lazy noodler—hopelessly hooked on gear and not afraid of wasting time.

]]><![CDATA[The Tequila Song]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/the-tequila-songhttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/the-tequila-songThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:31:58 GMTBack in the day, before I stopped drinking and lost 90 lbs, I used to enjoy making Vermontaritas with fresh limes, Altos and Vermont maple syrup and spending many blissful sunny afternoons at, on, and in a remote body of water with my wife and our retrievers—which has since been overrun by tourists. I also stopped imbibing a few years later, which has proven to be a smart move. But a good time was had by all, as I recall.

]]><![CDATA[Black Sky Groove]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/black-sky-groovehttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/black-sky-grooveThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:24:24 GMTLots of fun was had playing sax on my guitar with a Roland GR-10. I used to love playing the “Yes Bass” patch as well. The photo is an iPhone snap of the total eclipse taken from my deck in Johnson not long ago.

]]><![CDATA[Westchester Blues]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/westchester-blueshttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/westchester-bluesThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:12:43 GMTI spent my teen years based out of my parents 1865 farmhouse on 25 acres at the end of a dirt road in Armonk, NY in Westchester County. So many mixed feelings looking back, but this expresses my teen angst, methinks.

]]><![CDATA[In Memory Of Jerry Garcia]]>https://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/in-memory-of-jerry-garciahttps://substack.andrejdsp.com/p/in-memory-of-jerry-garciaThu, 04 Dec 2025 16:06:18 GMTJust excavating random recordings from the past. I’ve always liked this. It has a China Cat Sunflower vibe to my ear.

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