Category Archives: Recording

New “Space Force” album at Bandcamp, Spotify, Pandora, …

Twelve memorable reverb rock adventures with tuneful melodies and widely varying guitar tones. All organ-like and other-worldly tones are guitar. The first song “Space Force” has powerful melodies of ascent. In contrast, “Exotic Planet” is sensual. “Spacedrunk” sounds somewhat like “Switched-On Bach.” Each song has a different atmosphere. MP3 downloads and CD in Digi-Pak case now available. Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music Unlimited, and Apple Music (among others) stream it.

Super splashy “Waterfall” original

Conrad performs Waterfall in a new recording with extra-high levels of splashy reverb. Tom recorded bass guitar. We’ve heard a lot of enthusiasm about this recording and its unusual aspects. The intensity of splashy reverb is high yet the notes are mellow and clear. The vibrato whammies and string bends are unusually intense but fit perfectly. Finally, the guitar is a Steinberger USA, virtually never used for twangy music but Conrad modified it.

You may wonder about the absence of a headstock on the guitar. Virtues include a straight path for the strings and shorter string length; these help keep the guitar in tune. The guitar is more compact and its case is smaller and lighter, both simplifying transportation. Finally, replacing a set of strings is faster, taking about 5 minutes instead of 25 for a strat guitar.

An Independent Music Award…Please Vote!!

Two of our recordings are competing for an Independent Music Award, “Shootout” and “Huntington Surf.” This is like a Grammy for bands not on contract with a major record label. Please vote for our songs. We are not trying to win on popularity, but we need some votes so that the quality judges will seriously consider our entries.
This may be the simplest path to vote:
1. Click on this link: Independent Music Awards Voting
2. Register
3. Login
4. Click on this same link again:
Independent Music Awards Voting
and then please vote. You can vote for both recordings. No cost.
You can hear both recordings from that same web page.

1st Prize in Dallas Songwriters Assn Contest

Our song “Shootout” just WON FIRST PLACE in the 2016 Dallas Songwriters Association Contest (Instrumental). The award page cites Insanitizers guitarist Conrad Swartz as songwriter
https://dallassongwriters.org/2016-dsa-song-contest-winners/
This competition includes all genres of music. “Shootout” is the first song on our October 2016 album “Guitar Fun” and is followed by 21 more adventuring guitar instrumentals. Hear it on the front page of  Insanitizers.com

“Guitar Fun” CD in NGD Magazine

guitarfunp1“New Gandy Dancer” Magazine from the U.K. just published a review of our “Guitar Fun” CD album (Oct 2016 issue 125). Editor Davy Peckett wrote, “We like The Insanitizers!…another jolly twangfest of no less than 22 great tracks. Good stroke having the keyboard-led Resonance to break up the guitars…The covers are delightful arrangements of Irish Washerwoman (and she rocks!) and the European classic Dark Eyes. Rocket Pack has a great Joe Meek guitar sound. Solid twin guitars with Malaguena. Misigila is the big surf sound…W-Ray Gun a deep resonant twanger finishes this fine set.” Rated 4/4.