The Crayons And The Mess That Was: Best of 2012-2013 Mixtape

by Nathan McKay

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1.	Sands of Time featuring Rebecca Hovey 06:34		buy track
2.	Library of My Soul by Forrest and Fire with Aaron Turford and Andrew Bailey 02:49	info	buy track
3.	Rob Wigan's Dance Floor 02:44	info	buy track
4.	Scotty T's Funky Garden featuring Scott Taylor 03:18	info	buy track
5.	Fireworks: Tribute to Canada Day featuring Selah and Phil Patteron 02:50		buy track
6.	Nathan McKay and Lucas Kemp - Driving Late Night Luc with Lucas Kemp 05:25	info	buy track
7.	Kitchen Rap (Go Ohsberg) featuring Andrew Ohsberg 01:08		buy track
8.	Drunken Nights Rap Crew with Nate Appel, featuring Lea Keeley and Mary King 01:52	info	buy track
9.	Marek's Jubilant Skip 02:24	info	buy track
10.	Twice The Deal featuring Rebecca Subba Turford 03:11		buy track
11.	Eastern Star featuring Lisa Bates 07:31	info	buy track
12.	Red Step Funk 04:22	info	buy track
13.	Wheezy Nose Blues 04:15	info	buy track
14.	English Bounce by Forrest and Fire (aka Nato and Kev) 03:56		buy track
15.	Thanksgiving featuring The Swartwood Family Glory Barn Ambience 01:18		buy track
16.	The Touch featuring Jim Wilde 04:05	info	buy track
17.	Cait's Groove featuring Jim Wilde 03:38	info	buy track
18.	Etherwood Tribute Teaser featuring Jojo Worthington 00:40		buy track
19.	Cherry Pie Lemonade and Channel Surfing 07:31	info	buy track
20.	Bass Slave 03:52		buy track
21.	Midnight Shakin' 05:01		buy track
22.	Exploding at Night 03:28	info	buy track
23.	York Nights and Mosquito Bites 05:19	info	buy track
24.	Knocking on Your Door featuring Ian and Kenton Bell 03:01	info	buy track
25.	Rainy Day Meditation (Gregorianly Speaking) 01:10		buy track
26.	Couch Surfing Dreams featuring Brendan J Stephens, Andrew Bailey, & Aidan Keeley 01:47	info	buy track
27.	Walk Around Beauty 03:12	info	buy track
28.	Visitor Funk 01:43	info	buy track
29.	Forgotten Worlds 01:39		buy track
30.	Slave Freed in The Fog 02:45	info	buy track
31.	Porch Dancin' 02:49	info	buy track
32.	Sweltering Midnight Heat, Ice Cream Treat 04:43	info	buy track
33.	Bedtime Shuffle 04:20		buy track
34.	Telephone Booth Glow 02:40	info	buy track
35.	The Waiting 06:30	info	buy track
36.	Jesse Schultz and Nathan McKay - Decree Over Averie with Jesse Schultz 04:07	info	buy track
37.	Barstool Traveller 03:05	info	buy track
38.	Grease Off Your Back 03:58	info	buy track
39.	Local Chocolate Trade Route 02:08	info	buy track
40.	Cape Breton Punk 02:45	info	buy track
41.	Cafe Talkin' featuring The Regulars of Revel Caffe 04:20	info	buy track
42.	Howlin' Barn Dance Blues 03:11		buy track
43.	Jaco Screamo 04:30		buy track
44.	Picnic Table Orange Glow 02:15	info	buy track
45.	Concrete Thinking featuring Andrew Bailey on Concrete Xylophone 04:11		buy track
46.	Bag Funkin': Amazing Grace Re-imagined with Stratford Police Pipes n' Drums Band 01:06		buy track
47.	Pushing The Curfew 02:25	info	buy track
48.	Gabriella's Bug: Duet with an Alien featuring Gabe Bootsma & Dana Schieman 05:21		buy track
49.	Eat The Albino featuring Aidan Keeley 02:19	info	buy track
50.	Island Groove 02:53	info	buy track
51.	Some Micro Funk Jam: Tribute to Bop of Med School Records 02:34	info	buy track
52.	Technical Coffee with Tim Herman 04:20		buy track
53.	Stout n' Tam 02:22	info	buy track
54.	A Beautiful Mess 07:21	info	buy track
55.	Brain Salad with Salsa (Tribute to Emerson, Lake and Palmer) 05:19		buy track
56.	Black is the Colour featuring Ned Wentworth and the Buskers of Stratford 03:48		buy track
57.	Stevie Was An Axe Murderer featuring Andrew Bailey 04:11		buy track
58.	Jeff Martin featuring Andrew Bailey 04:58	info	buy track
59.	Coffee With Graham: Forwards 07:55		buy track
60.	Diatribe 04:29	info	buy track
61.	Goodbye Alberta 10:50	info	buy track
62.	Coffee With Graham: Backwards 07:56		buy track
63.	Nuit Blanche Wedding Groove 02:47		buy track
64.	Boy Toy with Ron Weir featuring Neil Young (Fire House Harris Mix) 04:34		buy track
65.	Yearning and Waiting featuring Aaron Turford 04:20	info	buy track

about

This album is my 2nd solo album with friends helping along the way. This is a compilation of the best of 2011-2013. This year was a bit of a game changer getting the GarageBand app on my phone. It allowed me to be portable like no other time before. I recorded 70 percent of the album outside of my home at coffee shops, bars, and in public parks. It was so liberating. I have over 20 guests featured on this album. That is the way I prefer to do it, in order to show off my friends and gain inspiration from them along the way. I am an eclectic artist. There are only a few songs in the same genre, before I switch it up again. I am pretty ADD when it comes to writing and have a thirst for new sounds, and genres. This album represents my musical exploration amongst many of my sonic interests. There are so many genres on this album I've enjoyed for years ranging from Jazz Fusion, Funk, Hip Hop, Indian, Old Blues, Noise, R&B, Bluegrass, Jungle, Tribal World Fusion, 60's and 70's Rock, Egyptian, EDM, Electronica, Celtic, Punk, African, Post Rock, Math Rock, as well as genres new to me in the past two years, like Glitch Hop, Microfunk, UK Garage, and Liquid Funk Drum n' Bass which became new passions of mine, which I tried to represent on this album. Enjoy the journey. Thanks for taking time to listen.

credits

released December 24, 2013

Artwork by Thomas Lappano & Jonathan Sippel
Original Painting by Thomas Lappano
Digital Retouching and Colour Correction by Jonathan Sippel
Photo By Jonathan Sippel

Recorded in Stratford, Tavistock, Baden, Shaftesbury, UK at
Maplewood Studios,
Bentley's Inn
Foster's Inn
Slave To The Grind
Revel Caffe
Veteran's Drive Bandshell
York Street

Recorded and Produced by Nathan McKay, Chris Erb, Kevin Swartwood, Aaron Turford and friends.

With Appearances by Jim Wilde, Kevin Swartwood, Kenton Bell, Ian Bell, Aaron Turford, Lisa Bates, Lucas Kemp, Becs Turford, Andrew Bailey, Aidan Keeley, Lea Keeley, Nate Appel, Mary King, Neil Young, Ron Weir, Chris Brine, Rebecca Hovey, Gabe Bootsma, Dana Schiemann, Selah Paterson, Philip Patterson, Andrew Ohsberg, Dan Stacey, Ned Wentworth, Bad Boy Bill, Scott Taylor, Jay Riehl, Brendan J Stephens, Jojo Worthington, Jesse Schultz, KJ Sawka, Some Random Angry Girl, The Swartwood Family, The Regulars of Revel Caffe & The Stratford Police Pipes n' Drums Band.

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Nathan McKay Stratford, Ontario

Nathan McKay is from Stratford ON Canada. He is an eclectic artist musician that considers himself more of a Sound Painter and Improviser. He loves beauty in dissonance. He loves playing out of time signatures and keys as it can be limiting. He takes you on a journey around the world through various genres he fancies and loves to play. When he's not recording, he is usually promoting other artists ... more

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