Lance's Original Music Podcast

It's My Birthday is a original cool jazz statement about  birthdays. Enjoy your birthday!

A instrumental with my alien friend. Enjoy!
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A blues/rock/swing tune. It's about the cat in the picture. Enjoy, Lance
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This was recorded in my house on Sedona drive in Chandler Arizona about 8 years ago. The rain was the pouring down and the intense sound was coming in through the patio door,must have been the Monsoon season. I used a
Vestax hard disc recorder on this one. Thanks for listening and for the world wide downloads that I track using Yahoo's map option. It's always enjoyable to see where my music is going.
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Lance

Here is a original tribute instrumental to the Minneapolis band Crow. I borrowed a couple lines from Cottage Cheese which is one of my all time favorite rock tunes,that tune influenced me the most as a young rock bass player and should be on the school of rock to learn list for all bass players. On this tune there was some heavy duty processing of the guitar. I use the Parker Night Fly SA in the stereo mode,one channel going through a pedal board to the Peavy Delta Blues and the other going through the Roland GT-6 to the Galaxy 25 amp using a Heavy Metal distortion patch. The bass is the Sterling, recorded DI. The sprinkler I'm not sure of the brand name, but it wasn't cycling right, and gave the most technical difficulty. Enjoy my copyrighted original songs that I offer as free downloads. Thanks,
Lance

I play all kinds of music and one of the bands I had the most fun with was "The Hometown Express". We were the perfect wedding band,playing traditional polka's & waltz's to 60"s rock and everything in between. Steve Feyereisen with his accordian lead the very popular "Valley Boys" a top band in the region before The Home Town Express.
The picture is of the Red Rooster located outside of New Richmond Wisconsin. We played the Rooster frequently and I have fond memories of the place.
Steve and I recorded several tunes at his home recently using a Zoom H2 digital recorder,the other parts were added back at my studio. The Ping Pong Polka is a tune you might here coming out of the Red Rooster on Sat. with a place packed full of people and smoke too.. Thanks for listening, Lance

Meet my old and some newer friends. These are the tools I use for my recordings. They are beautiful, aren't they? The tune Old Friend is re-recorded from a tune I wrote long ago. The concept for the song was from a reunion with drummer friend Ron that played in The Division with me and Paul,Dave,Connie (manager Gayle). It seemed fitting now that old friends could also be my old guitars,bass's,mandoline.
I created this wall of acoustic sound using all the acoustic guitars + the Mandoline. This tune also is benefiting from new mastering software. Thanks for listening.
Have a Great Day,
Lance

A different instrumental using some recent and old technology. I used my Peavy Delta Blues amplifier and recently acquired effects pedal board with the Parker Night Fly guitar which is configured like a Stratocaster plus but with allot more options. Enjoy for your personal use and thanks for listening.
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This original was written in the 90's and was re-recorded with my current band,Eric Swenson "drums", Fred Jamerson "Bass",
Johnny Faye "Acoustic Guitar" This is a very pop fun tune,love the bass lines. This is the first mix down using a new mastering software.
Enjoy,
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This original was on my Podcast before and now its remastered for your ears.It's Based on a true story! Thanks for listening,
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A celebration of a recent train ride to Chicago from Minneapolis and back. It was a pleasurable experience and I meet some cool people on the train,highly recommend it. I used a Electro Harmonix Memory Man on this recording, interesting effects pedal.
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Lance

This the first song Mike and I recorded in Arizona,turned out great . Enjoy Lance

This is a departure from my old, old, old, school of thought about mixing and I have extended the low end, increased the drums,played some old style riffs with some jazz type chords,used a Big Muff old style distortion through finely tweaked Gibson Galaxy tube amp, Played my custom built/wired Telecaster, the one in the picture,used a Johnny Smith Ibanez for the mellow jazz guitar part. Used Beatcraft software to build the drum parts and spent more time than I usually do on the mix. Dj's this ones for you and of coarse for anyone who would like to download it and have on there play list. Have a Great Day! thanks for listening. Lance Olson

I am slowly getting the yard under control after 2 years. Check out the video on Youtube. search Lawn Boy Lance Olson and you will find it.

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Another surf instrumental with some modern touches,thanks for listening.
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A original instrumental recorded years ago on my Vestax hard disc recorders. mama say's, "Don't talk to Strangers"
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Hole in my Pocket is an original song and have noticed there are other songs written with the same title,this ones my dream. My son Jules played bass on this and added a great rock punch to the tune. Song is about how things slip away. Enjoy, thanks for listening.

I used the Sears Silvertone 1470 amplifier for the lead on this original tune,so the name Craftsman it is.. thanks for listening.
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This original country song goes out to my fans in New Richmond, hope you like it. Thanks for listening.
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Monkey swing is a jazz type instrumental derived from my new Beta Monkey jazz loop library I hope to develop some more jazz tunes.
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The fight against rivals continues!
This was inspired by a band I was considering joining called the contenders,cool.
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It was 40 years ago today when we were coming back from South Carolina and our car broke down in Iowa and our son Jules was born in Dubuque. The car was a Olds Toranado like the picture with a Rocket 425 motor,screaming machine. Thanks for listening,
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This original was on my podcast before. The picture is outside of where I used to work at the old Williams air base. I wrote this song one noon hour during my walk. Thanks for listening.
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Another original song, this one is for Rocky and is based on many facts. The song started out to be like a Robert Gordon tune I really like (Someday someway) and as what always happens turned into it's own thing. The motorcycle is Rocky's, very cool ride.
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Take me back to Arizona now! There is a little rap influence going on in part of this song..enjoy, Thanks for listening
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This is a slow blues instrumental. All guitar parts were recorded through a Silvertone 1470 amplifier. The Parker Nightfly was used for the lead and my custom built telecaster for the other electric part. The acoustic guitar is my Breedlove 6 string. The bass drum and cymbals are sampled and the snare drum is a Tama piccolo. The bass guitar is the Epiphone Viola. Thanks for listening,
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Pike had over 13 good years on earth,he was a Chocolate Lab and won several awards as a champion hunting dog. He was more than a hunting dog, he was part of the family, lived in the house and slept with Mom and Dad. Pike was best friends to my 4 year old granddaughter Ella and she misses him so much,we do too.. The picture is from a fathers day card from my daughter and I thought it added a lighter touch to one of my heavier songs. This song's for you Pike! Thanks for listening,
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I posted this one awhile back and am bringing it back. Thanks for listening,
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A sample of my lounge lizard type music or some call it elevator music if it must be labeled. Thanks for listening.
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I had this original posted before,wrote this tune many years ago. Enjoy and thanks for listening.
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This original was posted before. It's a fun tune I wrote last year,it could be any ones family. Thanks for listening and enjoy. Lance

I had this original posted before and decided to bring it back. I love Willow Tree's and have planted 4 in my yard in the past 2 years. I played under one like the one in the picture when I was young.
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This original I posted awhile back and thought it deserved to be back in the line up. I consider it one of my best originals. It's based on a true story. Thanks for listening,
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It's the last day of analog TV today, really it is
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Pike belongs to my daughter and son in law and is my buddy. I am a dog lover and find what happened last Sunday upsetting on several levels. Can't say anymore about it, listen to the true story song.
I'm playing the slap bass,guitar and like everything else on this site all the recording and playing...
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Lance

I couldn't find any photo's of Club Midway in Independence Wisconsin,a place that was the hangout and a place we gigged at on Wed. and Sat. nights years ago. The picture looks 50's but the setting is right and we are missing a mirror ball. The music is a combination of Beatcraft and a live snare drum. The guitars used were the Parker Night Fly and the blue Flower Fender Telecaster and one of my beloved Silvertone amps. An Electric Mandolin with a Bartolini Single coil pickup was recorded through the Silvetone, sort of Zep. sounding isn't it? Enjoy and thanks for listening,
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I played many gigs at this place some while in High School and I thought this instrumental was fitting for the old cool place that is still standing , sort of like me. Enjoy and thanks for listening. lance

Thanks Acoustica Beatcraft for the cool drum program that allowed me to create the wild beats in this tune. The ending part was played with my Ibanez Johnny Smith jazz guitar through the Peavey Delta Blues guitar amplifier,sweet tone. Thanks for listening and expect more drum patterns produced with Beatcraft software.
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I recorded this many years ago. It's a take on a old classical standard done my way. The Guild 12 string guitar was used for the melody and a Djembe drum for the percussion accent. Thanks for listening and check back, I'm continuing to create new and post old material. Lance

I played bass with The Change of Heart Band and I'm the in the far right of the picture. Starting at the left is Rick,Scott, Mike and me. We through this Rock o billy band together in a couple weeks and played steady for the next 1 1/2 years. We were together I believe in the early 80's. thanks for listening. Lance

Dream A Dream is off Chad Nelson's Lonesome Avenue CD that I produced many years ago and is one one of my all time favorite songs. Chad recorded 2 CD's with me, had a large powerful voice and wrote many great songs. thanks for listening and enjoy this tune..Lance

The first band I was in (Division) played the Janis Joplin version of Summertime and when I put my midi solo act together in the early 90's I added my version to the song list. The background was created with a Roland R5 Human Rhythm composer and a mmt-8 Alesis sequencer with a GR-50 guitar synth. I used a 2 data disc's to store and load files. The picture is me at the Hudson House in Hudson Wisconsin sometime in the 90's. I had a regular twice a month gig there.
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A song I wrote about forces that influence our lives. Thanks for listening. Enjoy

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OK, this is a little different and was inspired by my recent reconnection with my high school band mate Paul. Paul and I along time ago recorded a heavy version of The Beatles Please Please Me. The Beatles knew how to do the cool chord changes.
Enjoy and thanks for listening. Lance

The song has social relevance for today. I mixed it up a bit, love Merels version too. Thanks for listening
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This a song was written by the late great Israel Kamakawiwoole
and is on his Facing Future album. My instrumental of this song is a tribute to him. It's played on my 59 Gibson Richard Pick nylon string guitar. Thanks for listening
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It could be called anything but there is a possibility I could get more hits using this popular name.
The picture is of Bo and Pete my 2 sentries pulling guard duty making sure the back yard is secure.
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Lance

A complete download of this tune can be purchased for a small price of .99 at the address below.

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While watching a video of the cool art of skateboarding I was inspired to write this instrumental. Its a moderate tempo,cool jazz type tune. My recordings use old and new technology to bring out the best natural feel of the music. A full download version of this tune can be purchased at:
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Lance

This can be best described as late night blues/jazz guitar. Recorded with my Parker Night Fly and 1481 Silvertone amp. My recordings use old and new technology to bring out the best natural feel of the music. A full download version of this tune can be purchased at:
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A original short story about a guy who was making one of those hard life decisions and wondered if he had made the right one. I used the Silvertone 1481 amp and Telecaster for the background guitar. The Parker Nightfly and Peavey Delta Blues amp was used for the lead guitar. The sterling bass was used through a tube pre-amp. The background beat was done using a Sony Acid loop program. Thanks for listening and enjoy. Lance

Faith, cool jazz type instrumental
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This improvisational instrumental is a free spirited piece of music I created to remind me that music is about creativity and not about copying someone else. If one has the skill set to improvise and express in music than it's a waist of talent not to be doing it. Thanks for listening,
Lance

This is a band from the late 70's I was in. It was a time when I had more hair. This recording was taken from an old cassette and ran through some T-Racks mastering software to clean it up a little.
We recorded this live from downtown Madison WI. just off from State Street at the El Tejone Bar. I played a Jazz bass with Rotosound round wound strings through a 600 watt peavey head and a dual 15" black Widow speaker bottom, it was a hot rig at the time.
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Chad Nelson is doing the scatting and I'm playing a jazz type lead. thanks for listening
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Chad Nelson and I recorded this for one of the 2 CD's he did with me. It's chilling.
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This a new age approach to an old standard that I did several years ago.
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I flew to Phoenix from Minneapolis sailed in this blue sky.
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This is what you hear around my house when I just play guitar without all the computers & music gadgets. I only enhanced the sonic quality of the recording so it sounds more real when played over any stereo system.
Years ago I studied jazz guitar with Roy Plumb in Madison Wisconsin and some of these tunes are charts from then and others are just my interpetation of some old standards. I used my 1977 Johnny Smith Ibanez guitar on the whole podcast and a Gibson Galaxy el84 tube amp,sm 57 mic,if you listen close you can hear the tubes rattle on the low notes. It's a bigger file than my other podcasts,so longer download time. Thanks for listening
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My version of an old instrumental that was originaly done by all the great surf bands. At one time I played this tune in my solo act via midi sequencing. I used my Telecaster for most of the recording and both Silvertone amps. Thanks for listening.
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A instrumental recorded using Parker (stereo), Telecaster, Gibson Melody Maker all run through the 1481 Silvertone amp and Roland GT-6 guitar processor.
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I recorded this back in the 90's with a guild starfire guitar and a ampeg reverb rocket amp. I believe I recorded it on my teac 3340s tape machine. If you like it download it and thanks for listening.
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I eat lunch at Eleven everyday.

On this one I used the Parker guitar,Peavy Delta Blues amp.
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Another fun Jam tune, I used the Parker night fly guitar on this one. Most of my fusion tunes are done in one take and cleaned up with software. Thanks for listening & downloading.
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A jam using the Parker night fly and Gibson Galaxy 25 amp/EL 84 tubes. Stereo guitar, Right channel is peiso pickup output with distortion added with vst plugins,left guitar is gt-6 distortion. nice air to the guitar..thanks for listening
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A blues rock shuffle using my Telecaster/Silvertone/Roland GT-6 effects pedal. Again , download and enjoy. Lance

A EXPERIEMENTAL ACOUSTIC CD USING A ROLAND GR-50 GUITAR SYNTH, RECORDED AT LEAST 15 YEARS AGO. ITS EASY LISTENING MUSIC AND A COMPLILATION OF 13 SEPERATE ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTALS BLENDED TOGETHER TO 0VER 20 MINUTES OF BACKGROUND music. AS ALWAYS PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND ENJOY..THANKS FOR LISTENING TO MY ORIGINAL MUSIC. lANCE

This instrumental was originaly titled 568 after a building I used to work in. I wrote and recorded this while living in Arizona. It was done after The Acoustic Salsa CD but is in the spirit of Acoustic Salsa, with harder hitting guitar parts. The song is a downloading friendly small file,it's your's by clicking the download tab and follow directions. enjoy & check back to my podcast. I am frequently adding more original stuff..

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This is midi classical strings, with distortion stratocaster electric guitar and bass added.

This was my first band, Dave the keyboard player past away many year ago and the others I lost track off. Press download for a free copy of this rare recording from us. Hey Joe is one of my favorite oldies and was covered by Jimi Hendrix and I liked the Minneapolis Band's version by (Still Roven)

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I wrote this song about my friend Ray Cooper who passed away this past year of cancer.

Instrumental about my grand daughter

I added my original music to this cool video of an extroadinary plane. The music is sort of Venturers/new age.

A short rock version of the Star Spangled Banner. The picture isnt a 1st lady from the 60's, it's my wife Sally at the Air Museum in Tuscon AZ.

This a new take on a classic rock tune. A bluesy, hiphop.cool jazz version.

Mike and I wrote this instrument when we lived in Phoenix Arizona. Mike and I were both technicians and worked together at the AFRL in Mesa. Mike did all the keyboards and myself the guitar work. We only recorded 2 songs but plan on getting together in the future for more recording.

I wrote this song for my cabin for sale web site. The cabin was in Minong Wisconsin, nice place...

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Totogatac River Lance Olson 2008


There’s a river in Wisconsin in the great north woods
and it’s a wild wild,wild,wild.
Catch a trout catch a bass catch a sunny fish
and it’s a wild, wild, wild.
You can hunt you can hike
you can float on its back cause its
a wild wild,wild,wild.

Totogatac river you’re a big little river
Totogatac river you’ve been running here forever
Totogatac river at my back door
Totogatac river here forever more

Lead break

You’ve got the big Mississippi
Running north and south
Floats hundreds of miles
And ended at the gulf
The St Croix, Namakagin
And don’t forget the Brule
But if you’ve never seen the Totogatac
Your missing it you fool.

Totogatac River you’re a big little river
Totogatac River it’s been running here forever
Totogatac River at my back door
Totogatac River forever more
Lead break
You wont find a fast food restaurant sitting on its bank
Just some Eagles having carryout snack back at the nest.
Turkey, Deer & Bear playing in its water.
An untouched beauty made by Mother Nature
Totogatac River you’re a big little river
Totogatac River you’ve been running here forever
Totogatac River at my back door
Totogatac River forever more

Well I’ve seen the skyline of the big city
Lived on a mountain top and it sure is pretty
A city in the desert, and a little farming stop
But there is nothing that can top
Chorus

This is my rendition of the old classic ballad Stand By Me. I played it in bands many times the traditional way and had some fun doing it this way.

This song was written in the spirit of the classic Stormy Monday Blues tune. We have a few thing happening in the song like some crying and other sounds effects.. I used the telecaster that I built a couple years ago for the guitar parts.

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The Sun Cried in My Face Blues Lance Olson 2008


The sun woke me up this morning and cried in my face,
The sun woke me up this morning and cried in my face,
He said he was sleeping all night long and this world is just a disgrace.

There’s trouble in paradise, seems that people are not to nice
There’s trouble in paradise, seems that people are not to nice

He said how do I do? I said very well thank you

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The sun woke me up this morning had a funny grin upon his face
The sun woke me up this morning had a funny grin upon his face
I said I know your up to something but just come on in

You see me and the moon we have been hanging out all night long
You see me and the moon we have been hanging out all night long

That moon he can be your best buddy or sometimes a horrible fright..
The sun woke me up this morning and he was laughing at me
The sun woke me up this morning and he was laughing at me
He said you better get to work Lance and make us some money

so here we go!

This song I wrote about a childhood adventure with my friend Lanny and his dog Spike my next door neighbor. We built forts with weeds and played along the creek behind our houses. There was an abonded house that was Maggies house and all the land around it we called Maggies Jungle. On occassion we would be terrorized by the older kids. It was a day in the life on a afternoon in a small town in Wisconsin.
I wrote this many years ago and re-recorded recently.
thanks,
Lance Here are the lyrics:Maggie’s Jungle Lance Olson 2008


When I was a small boy I’d get up early in the morning and say
I’d say mama, mama can I go outside and play?
And She’d say son you can, but you listen to what I say,
And She’d say son you can, but you better watch out today

Because there’s people out there who would try to steal you away
And I couldn’t bear the thought of living just one day without you.

Mama don’t you worry I’m walking through Maggie’s Jungle today
With my best friend and his dog Spike, were going down by the water and play
To our weed forts and our stick swords and brave Spike leading the way
We’ll catch some chubs and some suckers and crabs along the way

We got it made, we got it made, and we got it made.

Then the big boys will come and chase us
Chase us far away with their crew cuts and white T-shirts
You think they’ll find us today?
But in our weed forts and our stick swords
They wont see our hideaway

Oh mama don’t you worry don’t you worry today
Cause in our weed forts with our stick swords
Our brave Spike will lead us your way

We got it made we got it made, we got it made.

Because there’s people out there who would try to steal us away
And I couldn’t bear the thought of living just one day without you.

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This tune was recorded for a soundtrack on a photostory. Our friends were married at the wolf Preserve in Ely Mn. a few years ago, this tune celebrates the occassion. I used Sony Acid and real wolf sample howls. enjoy...