The VibeCast - indie music podcast with Kevin Pike

Dirty, laid-back funk featuring alto sax.

Dirty, laid-back funk featuring alto sax.

Hardcore theme song for the hardcore boardgamer

3 tracks and you've got a jam: plastic drumhead, toy mandolin and alto sax

free improvisation in 3/4 time, Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kotchian on drums

A different take on the classic Irish folk song.

Brazilian love song with a Bossa Nova vibe

jazz waltz arrangement of a song by the Beatles

Pop tune about money from my first album, I

Free jazz improvisation with Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kotchian on drums.

Latin percussion w/mandolin, acoustic guitar, sax, flute and vocals. Title track from Kevin Pike's Milton Nascimento Tribute album.

I transformed an instrumental piano composition I wrote in 1999 into a world pop song with a shuffle feel. This arrangement was inspired by Milton Nascimento's Maria, Maria and Lo Borges' Paisagem da Janela. Features a bari sax solo and slide acoustic guitar.

This is an improvisation with Kevin Pike on alto sax and Luigi Waites on drums. Kevin began playing with Luigi in 2004 when he moved to Omaha. Luigi passed away in April of 2010. His impact on the city of Omaha was huge from a musical, cultural and educational standpoint.

If an outdoor barbecue could have a soundtrack, this would be it. Podcast contains 2 versions of this feel-good funky track with organ, acoustic guitar and wah-wah bass. Second version adds alto sax.

An arrangement of the classic Christmas song by Mel Torme. Features flute, baritone sax, keyboard and percussion.

3 part jazz suite featuring kalimba, alto sax, funk bass, typewriter and bongos.

Alto sax and baritone sax duet featuring Doug Angelaccio on alto and Kevin Pike on bari.

Experimental mixed-meter rock with a kick-ass riff on the chorus and saxophone-with-distortion solo in the middle.

I combine 2 '80s pop tunes into one glorious medley. Features wooden blocks with sand paper on them, triangle and alto sax.

This is Elton John's classic Rocket Man arranged for alto sax and acoustic bass guitar. I mess around with the time signature on this, throwing in some mixed meter and double-time swing.

Quirky little pop tune that features a keyboard with a broken C# key (get your finger anywhere near it and it blurts out a C#), vocal through distortion, a bizarre feedback-esque alto sax solo and a great pop vibe.

John Kotchian plays drums and upright bass on this track, and I jam on the baritone sax and add in some handclaps.

I lay down a funky bari sax line then layer 3 alto saxes on top, plus a drum beat and some real hand claps.

DIY hip-hop in which I sample my own boombox recording from '89 and layer it with a quasi-rap melody.

pop/rock song featuring brass slide on electric guitar, vocal harmonizer and mandolin string noise

microjazz tune featuring guiro, alto sax and organ

World Music featuring shekere, washboard, mandolin, whistling, bongos, shakers and other percussion.

Baritone sax, African hand drum and guiro mixed in with lots of keyboard through distorion and blah blah blah.

Mandolin Madness! I overdub mandolin many, many times and add in some alto sax and funky bass.

More than just a Christmas medley, I combine these 2 classic Christmas carols with a bossa nova groove and saxophones.

Latin-tinged techno featuring vocal changer effects and my old Boss DR-660 drum machine.

My tribute to Horace Silver. I play saxophone, keyboard, tambourine, bongos and egg shaker on this tune. Features Adam Johnson on bass and Ken Johnson on trumpet.

A little DIY insanity for you: I sample old tape recordings, add effects and layer it with saxophone, fake bagpipes, guitar, kid violin and Darth Vader's lightsaber.

jazz duet of Stanley Turrentine's classic hit, Sugar. Featuring Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kregor on guitar.

Funky mandolin feature with harmonica through wah-wah-pedal, electric upright bass, organ and bari sax. In this episode I also discuss my varipitch trick for recording fast licks at a slower tempo.

I experiment with balancing different musical elements, such as high and low, mixing in the left and right channel, odd and even meters and short and long versions of a musical theme. Features alto sax, tenor sax, flute, recorder, wooden flute, shaker, keyboard and chest thumping.

I take the classic theme fromSesame Street and juxtapose it over a minor jazz groove in 5/4 time.

A musical smorgasbord in which I combine 3 songs into 1. Features wooden flute, distorted guitar and vocals.

A somber jazz ballad featuring Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kotchian on drums and bass. A 1-second delay effect on the saxophone makes for some unique harmonies.

This is my jazz version of the famous classical piece by Maurice Ravel.

I arranged the theme from the 4th movement of Bach's Canata No. 140 as a duet for alto and baritone saxophone.

A song that asks the question "Why can't I see my sea monkey?" Featuring a funky sax solo and lots of chorus effect.

The famous jazz standard arranged by Kevin Pike for alto sax and baritone sax

The epic conclusion to my Rock n Roll Wasteland album, in the style of a seventies rock opera

jazz minimalism: 2 chords and an extended tenor sax solo, backed by brush clicks, bongos, shaker, piano and bari sax.

I open up the vault and find a rare electronica/video game music track I wrote 10 years ago

Big, happy groove with lots of wah-wah, alto sax and bari sax

a song about racism in America, featuring organ, guitar, mandolin and harmonica

My mixed-meter funky jazz tune featuring saxophone and a slap bass solo by Chuck Hosch

My collaboration with John Kotchian is a series of free jazz improvisations edited together.

Gettin' funky with bari sax, guitar and alto sax through a wah-wah pedal

fun with vocal effects to make it sound like a group

latin jazz arrangement of a song from the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album

Gospel boogie sax

Oh honeybun, what makes you taste so freakin' great?

It's a hipster Christmas!

The hippest arrangement you've ever heard of this Christmas classic

A song about the vibraslap featuring the vibraslap

Kevin discusses and plays his song, Loco Motif. He does his best train impression using saxophones, flutes, steel drum and party noisemakers.

Kevin discusses and plays his song, "The Typewriter Jam". This podcast features saxophone and typewriter.