Tierra Sessions Volume 5 – Bryan Harkness

“The songs in this list are songs that inspired me as a musician and as a writer. As you can tell, I am a fan of all music. My guitar inspirations, Pat Metheny, George Benson, and Pat Martino are great players and their music is timeless. I find myself exploring their music endlessly. As for the country songs, listen to the writing as some of the songs tell more than one story. I hope you enjoy listening to my mixtape as much as I enjoyed putting it together!” – Bryan

Alan Jackson- Drive – Buy on iTunes

Blues Traveler – Hook – Buy on iTunes

Collective Soul – December – Buy on iTunes

Fleetwood Mac – Dreams – Buy on iTunes

George Strait – Texas Cookin – Buy on iTunes

Lyle Lovett – If I Had A Boat – Buy on iTunes

Thomas Hulten – Cambiando Camas – Buy on iTunes

Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home – Buy on iTunes

Robert Earl Keen - Front Porch Song – Buy on iTunes

Robert Earl Keen - Don’t Turn Out The Lights – Buy on iTunes

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Wildflowers – Buy on iTunes

Waylon Jennings – Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? – Buy on iTunes

Tierra Sessions Vol. 4 – Spettro aka Edward Scott –  ”Dr. Skibba”

My sister (Candace Skibba) defends her dissertation today @ Univ. of Madison, Wisconsin to obtain her Ph.D in Spanish Literature & Film.  It’s been a long road and needless to say, I am so proud of her for stickin it out!

She requested I put together a few “feel good” songs for her for this monumental point in her life.  I was to make sure to include the house music classic “Follow Me” by Aly-Us.  I was quite surprised with this request, as she’s not really a house head.  I was thinking “Dope!” -HA.

So, a couple days ago I sat down to zip some trax for her.  After an hour of diggin through my library I found myself itching to make a mixtape.  Many of these cuts are 90′s classics…the era we grew up as teenagers.  I have vivid memories of hangin out with her at my parents house, dancing in front of the mirror, making high-fives when our favorite song would come on Dallas’ “The Edge” radio station.

1/2 way through the mix, I noticed how many party tracks I had burned through already.  Keeping my “all over the place” reputation in-tact, I threw in Fela Kuti and Sister Nancy to get back to the “feel good” vibe.  Then, back to the party vibe, and then onto a genre I call “comedy music”, Sagat “Fuck Dat”.  Believe it or not, this was a top 40 hit in 1994 and was featured on Beevis & Butthead’s MTV show.  Wow, flashbacks.

Candace’s response to the mix:  ”FOLLOW ME ..[but] DON’T QUOTE ME BOY ‘CUZ I AIN’T SAYIN’ SHIT..[however] EVERYDAY I´M HUSTLIN´”

This mix is raw, and out of time in places.  I am in a new place in my DJ career…now I’m thinking that sometimes raw and out of time is just perfect.

1.  Aly-us  -  ”Follow Me”  - Buy on iTunes

2.  Daft Punk  -  ”Too Long (acid girls edit)”  -  Buy Original Version on iTunes

3.  Planet Soul  -  ”Set U Free (Fnl Mix) (128-92-128 Bpm)”  -  Buy Original Version on iTunes

4.  Ice Cube  -  ”We Be Clubbin”  -  Buy on iTunes

5.  Bizmarkie  -  ”Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz”  -  Buy on iTunes

6.  Digable Planets  -  ”Rebirth Of Slick”  -  Buy on iTunes

7.  Eazy-E  -  ”Boyz-N-The-Hood”  -  Buy on iTunes

8.  Afrodisiac Soundsystem  -   “Jimi & Jill”  -

9.  Fela Kuti  -  ”2 Gentleman”  -  Buy on iTunes

10. Sister Nancy  -  ”Bam Bam”  -  Buy on iTunes

11. Eric B. & Rakim  -  ”Paid in Full”  -  Buy on iTunes

12. Digital Underground  -  ”Doowutchalike”  -  Buy on iTunes

13. Sagat  -  ”Fuk Dat” (Raw Mix)  -  Buy on Beatport

14. The Jones Girls  -  ”Nights Over Egypt” – phazed by Splice  -  Buy Original (Live) on iTunes

15. Daz-i-cue  -  ”Come With Me” (J Boogie Remix)  -  Buy on Beatport

16. Mahala Rai Banda  -  ”Mahalageasca” (Felix B Jazzhouse Dub)  -  Buy on Beatport

17. Joe Montana  -  ”Sunrise”  -  Buy on Beatport

18. Rick Ross  -  ”Hustlin” (xxxchange Remix)  -