We all have them, somewhere, hidden in a box somewhere stored in the closet or the basement.  Hopeing that our family will never discover them, for fear of the true mockery that is inevitable.  But yet, we hang on to them, just so that someday, when we want to "relive" the "good ole days" we can.  Yes, I am talking about those basements tape recordings.  

Whether you were in a band, or just messing around with your freinds, you did it too.  Spending hours recording mindless chatter, playing your favorite drum or guitar lick, or in my case..... singing.. 

Well normally we don't share these with anyone, except maybe your old freinds if you ever see or speak to them in later life.  But sadly, sometimes those tapes just sit getting old or sometimes, even thrown away.  And why?  Isn't it nice to hear where you came from, how you have grown?  Isn't it nice to hear how carefree and inventive you once were?  These are not times to look back on an cringe, but laugh at, and appreciate where you came from.  

Well my freinds, grab a pillow, and gather around my tape player with me, will you?   I have found some basement tapes of my first attempts at singing karaoke.  Lets have a laugh shall we?  I don't mind if you laugh, honestly, listening to these now, makes me appreciate what I can do now more than ever.  That doesn't mean I don't miss being a younger kid, I still do, but hey, I can't stop time, neither can you.

These recordings were done in 1990 when I was just 18 years old.  They were recorded in a Mall located in Austin, Texas.  It was around the time when Karaoke started getting to be a huge hit everywhere, and mall "recording studios" were a huge draw for the teenagers.  I only have 3 recordings left, the other tapes must have been lost, but I can assure you, living in Austin alone, I did these recordings like crazy, every week to be exact, I would go do (2) songs when I got paid.  I lived in Austin for 6 months until I moved to Beaumont, and sadly, no recording booths in their malls.  But I know I had at least a shoebox worth of tapes from Austin when I moved.

I hope you get a great laugh out of this, its pretty funny, and fun, to listen to.  I also encourage you to archive your tapes, and heck upload them too.  It's all for fun isn't it? 

Last note:  The christmas song I think is hilarious.  I used to love to play back me singing acapella on one recorder while recording on another my harmonies.  I would do this over and over till I got as many parts as I could, I would do it with my violin, piano and singing.  I find it pretty funny how now, I have a 8Track Multi Track Recorder to do that with.. lol