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This is the home of the music projects of Pittsburgh native Adam Rauf. This includes covers, Fun-A-Day playthroughs, etc.
Visit adamrauf.bandcamp.com for more output.
Visit adamrauf.bandcamp.com for more output.
Adam Rauf - Ossuary (feat. Daniel Farina) - Fun-A-Day 2025
Here's the last Fun A Day Pittsburgh song for the month in collaboration with my friend Daniel Farina. This is more in the vein of proggy metal bands like Opeth, Porcupine Tree, etc. It was a lot of fun to put together, and we finally got the arrangement complete this week including the video playthroughs. Daniel came up with the title on this song as well, we're calling it "Ossuary."
#funaday #funadaypgh #funaday2025 #neuraldsp #strandberg #goheadless #toontrack #ezdrummer #reaperdaw #progmetal #metal
#funaday #funadaypgh #funaday2025 #neuraldsp #strandberg #goheadless #toontrack #ezdrummer #reaperdaw #progmetal #metal
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Adam Rauf - Squall - Fun-A-Day 2025
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I feel like I'm just fully embracing the djent this year on Fun A Day by just riffing in Dropped A on my Harley Benton Baritone. #funaday2025 #funadaypgh #funaday #neuraldsp #harleybenton #reaperdaw #toontrack #ezdrummer #ezbass #baritoneguitar
Adam Rauf - April - Fun-A-Day 2025
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For my next Fun A Day Pittsburgh entry, this is a song I started last year but just couldn't finish. I got some assistance in writing an ending thanks to Ben James later last year, and then did some post-production silliness to make this more than just a compendium of riffs. This is my first use of Kilohearts plugins and I gotta say, I'm really impressed with both their filter and delay (they h...
Adam Rauf - Aw, Fucklesticks! - Fun-A-Day 2025
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First new song for my Fun A Day Pittsburgh 2025 project, this one's called "Aw, Fucklesticks!" It's using my brand new Harley Benton Amarok 6 string Neck-thru Baritone guitar, and the Neural DSP Rabea X plugin. I was trying to find something that was a little bit low gain/math rock without going full out djent on this song (I won't speak for the rest of this month though!), and I think it worke...
Kalon - Ex Gemma ex Flore Nusquam (live at Three Rivers Prog Rock Festival 2008)
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From Three Rivers Prog Rock Festival 2008. Just unearthed this old DVD over winter break and wanted to upload it to UA-cam for posterity; this was a killer show with a ton of prog rock legends like Neal Morse / Spock's Beard, Transatlantic (feat. Mike Portnoy on drums!) Gongzilla, Mandrake Project, Manifesto, The Flower Kings, California Guitar Trio, Rocket Scientists, and Izz. This is the firs...
Adam Rauf - A Tribute to Chickadee (2008-2024)
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It's been a hard couple of days, but we had to say goodbye to Chickadee on Wednesday night after ~16 years. Right before she passed, I wrote a song about her but it took some more time before I could get through editing and finishing this slideshow of photos of her. She was such a loving cat who had so many health problems over the years but kept being incredibly snuggly and warm to everyone. O...
Adam Rauf - Driftwood (feat. Michael Dodin & Robert Wallace) - Fun-A-Day 2024
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One of the first songs we wrote in Kalon (f/k/a Segue, f/k/a MADE/MADER) was this song called Driftwood. I began writing it in college but it evolved into the space rock band that we started as way back in 2003. The original was a psychedelic jam that was 20 minutes long with lots of weird feedback parts and stuff, but eventually we chiseled it down to ~6 minutes, and it was a mainstay of our b...
Adam Rauf - Clean Up (Fun-A-Day 2024)
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Started this post punk song in November 2023 but only had 2 riffs in it. I finally broke through writer's block and finished it up here in January. Also, I used some of the cheesiest possible video filters in Shotcut to make this truly feel like a piece of the 80s. This song is called "Clean Up." Enjoy, and dance around in your bedrooms to it. #funaday2024 #funadaypgh #indiemusic #postpunk #dan...
Adam Rauf - Asterism (feat. Ben Rainey) - Fun-A-Day 2024
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Ben Rainey and I started this post-metal song sometime last year, and we kept trying to come up with ways to make it sound more epic. While waiting for keyboard/synth collaborators, we kept playing with sounds and dabbling with textures to make this sit right in the mix and come together, and I think we finally did it. Using both #monsterkeys and #vitalsynth we played through some parts here in...
Adam Rauf - Snow Day - Fun-A-Day 2024
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For this Fun A Day Pittsburgh composition, I went for lo-fi hiphop, but with a twist! This one features the sounds of the YM2612, or Sega Genesis. So Lo-Speed Sonic the Hedgehog maybe? Also been playing around with video filters and stuff in Shotcut, which was fun. #lofi #lofihiphop #chiptune #segagenesis #sega #megadrive #reaper #impactsoundworks #toontrack #funadaypgh #funaday2024 #shotcut #r...
Adam Rauf - Beach Song (feat. Michael Dodin & Robert Wallace) - Fun-A-Day 2024
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This one is called "Beach Song," and features Michael Dodin on bass and Robert Wallace on Cello. The drum ideas were composed by Eric Belcastro, and was originally performed by Kalon (Segue) but never recorded in the studio. Audio Assault for the guitars, Sanford reverb on the cello, EZ Drummer 3 for the drums, and Reaper as the DAW. #mathrock #indierock #instrumental #audioassault #reaper #too...
Adam Rauf - Untitled Shoegaze Track (feat. AcoustiCafe House Band)
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I had an opportunity to finally play at the fantastic @acousticafepgh last night, and the theme of the night was "protest songs." Naturally, the best way to protest my own odd-time signature based songwriting was to play a song in 4/4, and the house band killed it! Adam Rauf - Guitar Jesse Prentiss - Bass Tim College - Drums Matthew Siegler - Keyboards Brad Yoder - Saxophone You can hear more a...
Seth Ballentine & Adam Rauf - Twice As One
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One of my best friends, Seth Ballentine (AKA @paisthereason) wrote this song as a demo way back during the 00s under the moniker Apeiron with another friend (Rob Markowski). Seth wanted to record it with full band instrumentation, so of course I had to oblige! This has that 90s midwest emo/instrumental post rock thing going on, and is a real ripper. Seth had the whole song structure written and...
Adam Rauf - Make Your Own Luck
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Here's a new mathy tune called "Make Your Own Luck." Made with the usual suspects, Reaper, Audio Assault, and Toontrack EZ Drummer 3, but I treated the bass with Positive Grid's Bias FX2 to change things up a bit. First playthrough with the new Strandberg too! #strandberg #goheadless #reaper #audioassault #positivegrid #toontrack #ezdrummer3
Adam Rauf (feat. Izzy) - After Burner Theme (Cover)
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I've been wanting to do this song for a loooooong time as this was one of my favorite games growing up, and the main theme doesn't actually play until like stage 12 or 13 from what I recall. It's such a ripper. I enlisted my buddy Izzy to do a pretty rockin final guitar solo in lieu of the synth craziness of the original, and he killed it with this epic 3 part harmony that was reminiscent of Ir...
Adam Rauf & Bengt Alexsander - Rydeen (Cover)
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Adam Rauf & Bengt Alexsander - Rydeen (Cover)
Adam Rauf (feat. Michael Dodin) - Fun-A-Day 2023 #6 - FAD 21 2017 "Redux"
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Adam Rauf (feat. Michael Dodin) - Fun-A-Day 2023 #6 - FAD 21 2017 "Redux"
Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #4 - Fret Wraps
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Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #4 - Fret Wraps
Adam Rauf (feat. Ben Rainey) - Fun-A-Day 2023 #5 - Payback
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Adam Rauf (feat. Ben Rainey) - Fun-A-Day 2023 #5 - Payback
Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #3 - Paragon of Light
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Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #3 - Paragon of Light
Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #2 - Parentheses, If You Please!
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Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #2 - Parentheses, If You Please!
Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #1 - Salt & Pepper
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Adam Rauf - Fun-A-Day 2023 #1 - Salt & Pepper
Adam Rauf (feat. Ed Denelsbeck) - All I Want For Christmas Is Bruce (Directed by Nick Murphy)
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Adam Rauf (feat. Ed Denelsbeck) - All I Want For Christmas Is Bruce (Directed by Nick Murphy)
Adam Rauf (feat. J Patrick Long) - NHL 94 SNES Theme (Cover)
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Adam Rauf (feat. J Patrick Long) - NHL 94 SNES Theme (Cover)
Adam Rauf - Ken Griffey Jr. Presents: Major League Baseball - Play Ball! (Cover)
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Adam Rauf - Ken Griffey Jr. Presents: Major League Baseball - Play Ball! (Cover)
Adam Rauf - Indianapolis 500 - The Simulation (Cover)
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Adam Rauf - Indianapolis 500 - The Simulation (Cover)
Adam Rauf - Keep Your Secrets (feat. Michael Dodin)
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Adam Rauf - Keep Your Secrets (feat. Michael Dodin)
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5:51 - 6:15 make my head bob in a circle. you riff make head circle bob. like this much. nipples get hard when chords sound boroque and metal at same time.
Nice! Getting strong Diablo 1 "Tristram Village" soundtrack vibes off this one.
Thanks! I love Diablo although I might like the D3 version of that more (haven't played D4 yet to compare).
This got me motivated to get some good practice on the drums this morning. I think I'm finally starting to see some improvement again with my bad ankle, maybe in a couple years I'll have the control I finally want to on double bass lol. Was sick to rock out to this morning with the coffee!
Thank you so much man! Can't wait to hear you play!
@@DeskLazer it might be awhile lol. For as long as I have been playing around on drums I'm not very good haha
@VoidXRC same lol
Hello From France, I discovered your channel through this video that UA-cam highlighted! A big congratulations for this beautiful Rock musical sharing N°3 like !
@DJ36.15 oh wow thank you! Appreciate you checking it out!
@@DeskLazer 👍💯👍
Sweet riffs! What's that guitar?
@SteveChab thanks! Harley benton amarok baritone neck-thru, it's great!
Such a sweet song. Could see some of the parts extended with a ‘cello melody. Cause their just so sweet that when I hear ‘em I don’t want to let go.
there's some nice melodies in this one for sure, would love to hear some strings do something with this!
Your riffage is delectable. Much sweetness of odd bars and distorted guitar grooves transports me to head bob land and shakes my mind booty.
thank you friend! groovy is what I aim for with these heavier tunes!
Awesome dude. what are the e-drums I see there?
@VoidXRC Yamaha dtk-562, i use it sometimes but I'm a much better guitar player and bass player haha.
@@DeskLazer ohh nice, I'm a little bit of an e-drum nerd haha. I've slowly and cheaply build my current setup over the last 10 years, powered by 2 Alesis modules lol
@@VoidXRC Alesis is cool, glad you found something that worked for ya!
Very cool..sounds great ! Is that original ?
@@dennisbryongraff yep! Just wrote it the other day. Thanks for checking it out!
@DeskLazer your welcome..i subscribeed to your channel too !
Awesome...thank you..have a blessed day..
This was perfect to enjoy with the morning coffee. Heck yea EZdrummer! use it with my edrums D:
It's a great tool! Thanks for checking it out!
heck yea, enjoyed this :)
thanks so much!
Makes me wanna ride a motorcycle 🏍️
a doomy motorcycle I'd hope! :) thanks!
Dude so fun with the sax and keys
definitely was an interesting arrangement on an old demo! thanks!
Sweet bass
thanks! love those active pickups too.
Bones Jackson approves this cover!
@@PizzaSlob thanks Bones! Tell KT Slayer while you're at it too!
found y'all searching "shoegaze saxophone". Was not disappointed.
thank you! very kind of you.
I literally just searched that up
@@tiago-vw6ke that's rad, glad you checked it out!
Great
@@MashiroWT thanks!
Enjoyed this a lot! ike from poptart :)
Miss you dude! Hope all is well, and thanks for checking it out!
@@DeskLazer You too dude! things be well yes! hope they are with you too :D
@@VoidXRC yeah man! I'll give your channel a follow here too, thanks for checking this out!
@@DeskLazer Cool thanks! been a few years since I have done any of the RC stuff though. I've just recently gotten back into music and have been relearning the drums
@@VoidXRC if you ever want to collab let me know! :)
Great job. I was waiting for Ron Barr to make a cameo
Thanks, me too, haha!
My condolences on your kitty. Lovely song bro
Thank you so much! She was a wonderful cat.
When your song is over, make sure you close the portal, thanks bro, and sorry about your cat dude🐈🌹
Thanks, she was a really great cat, and we miss her a lot.
lol @ the cowbell! YES
Thanks! Had to jokingly include it somehow. Appreciate you checking it out!
Great job! Thank you so much for playing these awesome themes! Greetings from Brazil!
thanks so much!
"promosm"
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Cat!
Seemed appropriate to have a cat jamming out!
This brings back so many memories, love it!
Thanks so much!
This is a fantastic cover of such an iconic game and display of your talents as a musician. You've shown a superb display of the skills and killer metal vibes to each one of these different tracks from Mutant League Football.
Thank you so much! I love these songs (and this game) so much, so this is a really nice comment to wake up to! Cheers!
You're very welcome and keep up the impressive talent@@DeskLazer
well done !
Thank you!
:)
thanks for checking it out!
crushed it!!
Thank you for checking it out!
That is just absolute perfection, my friend.
Thank you so much!
Amazing song! So much feeling! - Slash
Thank you so much!
love it
Thanks for checking it out!
@@DeskLazer Thanks for bringing it to life bro. I'm British so I inherited my brothers mega drive around 95 and this was one of the games he had. My first exposure to Ice Hockey
@@gojirabroderick6491 the game before this, nhl 92 or nhl hockey (I guess ea hockey for you across the pond) was my first exposure to this series, but I started with Wayne Gretzky hockey on NES before that.
@@DeskLazer If you haven't heard the song Wayne Gretzky by Goldfinger then check it out. Funny and dumb acoustic song
@@gojirabroderick6491 I have! Tony hawks pro skater was my intro to them, of course :)
This freakin SLAPS 🔥
Thank you!!!! I love this song.
I was wondering if someone made a cover for this song today and I found it lol
Thank you! I love the songs from the 90s nhl games, and this medley is no exception!
Legendary
Thank you so much!
Could I use this as background music for my videos if I link to this video onscreen at the end of the video?
Sure thing! Hope it works well for your videos!
@@DeskLazer I'll post a link here as soon as it gets used.
@@Bsnsobscuregames sounds great! Excited to see the videos!
@@DeskLazer I used it here and I’ll definitely have another use for it in a later video: ua-cam.com/video/pls7taMe-jI/v-deo.html
@@Bsnsobscuregames thanks! appreciate it, and cool content for sure! bananaball has certainly introduced some new fans to the game and brought some folks back too. I bet that's why MLB also instituted the pitch clock and trying to finish games in 2-2.5 hours these days!
This was one of the first games I played in the SNES back in 94. The songs in this game kick so much ass that I've always remembered them. I've been waiting for someone to cover this song since the early years of youtube (2007-2010). Glad you finally did it! Awesome work btw
Thank you so much! I was waiting for a long time too, so at some point I said I just need to do it, haha. This game is one of my all time faves.
Can't believe it took nearly 30 years for someone to cover this. Killing it! Hearing this metal version I'm getting some Iron Maiden vibes.
The original is such a ripper, it has maiden vibes even without this cover, haha. Thanks for checking it out!
This shit's hella tight!
Thank you!!! It's very hockey night in Canada feeling.
Oh I adore this, a couple of minutes ago I myself just learned the Bassline of that tune by ear. It's so catchy and groovy, I love it P.S. Thank you for uploading this my man, I hope you are doing swell
Thanks yeah, these tunes from '93 are really great! Groovy baselines for sure.
@@benjaminatwood4462 100%
This is really freaking good! Keep up good work! 😎👍
Thanks so much!
Pretty good for a Pens fan
Haha thanks!
Absolutely incredible! I had NHL 94 when it was new and probably logged a good 1,000 games on it. This particular song has always stuck with me. I am also a sucker for rock versions of anything that was originally a different genre, to include Sega Genesis music now apparently! Great job to all involved!
Thanks! This was super fun to put together, and Jarred and Alex killed their parts too!
This is very well done! I've been thinking about trying to record a cover of this one as well. Something more metaly though.
You should do it! Bobby prince has some serious jams.
Love where you took this! Great song!
Thanks man!
Classic! My friends and I played NHLPA 93 more than 94, 95 just for the fighting lol
the blood was still in '93 also!
So good. Love this game's music and you just took it to a whole new level!
Thank you so much! I love these games so much.
Nice playing! I just got the amp sim. What app do you use to make the split screen?
Thanks! I use lightworks, it's free! I know the other big free alternative is DaVinci resolve.
@@DeskLazer thank you I have always wanted to do that. I will give it a go.I will subscribe and check out all your songs
@@hapkidosnake you're too kind, thank you! There's a ton of great community videos on lightworks and that's how I learned, haha. The quad split screens are also super fun to do.