• We Hide Ourselves Away

    We Hide Ourselves Away

    Words and music by Bryan Baker© Brian F BakerPublished by Blind Mime Music, ASCAPAll rights reserved. Briyan Frederick: piano, guitars, synthesizer, drums, bass, vocals This song made its start long ago on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder and those tracks form the basis of this recording from which I layered new recordings of all of…

  • A Nocturne For Lisa

    A Nocturne For Lisa

    Music by Briyan Frederick Briyan Frederick: Acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, Arturia Minifreak, Arturia Augmented Brass Written and recorded 7 May 2023

  • The Bulldozer’s Lament

    The Bulldozer’s Lament

    “The Bulldozer’s Lament” by Briyan Frederick’s Blind Mime Ensemble is a haunting instrumental piece featuring the sounds of construction provided by Walter Campbell for the Electronic Cottage compilation project, KONSTRUCK, in spring 2023. This piece attempts to evoke the image of a lonely bulldozer clearing a desolate landscape.

  • Photography: Mom & Dad

    Photography: Mom & Dad

    This digital watercolor is based on a photo of mom and dad walking along the sidewalk on Main Street, Logan, Utah, was taken after we had lunch at the Bluebird Cafe.

  • Song: Feathers

    Song: Feathers

    My entry in this week’s songfight is a collaboration with Hoblit, who is another songfight regular… It’s cool how this came together. When I thought of feathers I thought of it as a love song to a stripper coming from a shlub at a table in a club. (the Paradise Club in Vegas is a…

  • The Blind Mime Wayback Machine

    The Blind Mime Wayback Machine

    The following are several old reviews and links. Sitting on a corn flake…Sunday, February 09, 2003REVIEW: Bryan Baker – BLIND MIME CONFESSIONS, VOL1: Anyone who has followed the antics of the home-taper/producer “underground” over the last 20-25 years will know that Bryan runs GAJOOB, “HOMEMADEMUSIC” & several other web/print-based activities that have formed cornerstones for the…

  • Song: A 9/11 Every Day

    Song: A 9/11 Every Day

    Credits: Lyric and music by Bryan Baker. © Brian F Baker. Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP. Sources by: Jeff Davis & the Beauregards, anixas, peeler, shaud, Zapruder Red, mystified, kongbalong, Solaris, Cystem, JSG58, This was created both as an entry at Songfight.org and as a Gamegerm project at tapegerm.com. Songfight publishes a prospective song title…

  • The Every Day Artist

    The Every Day Artist

    I love Jamuna Burry’s blog, The Every day Artist. Her inquisitive nature shines through in short posts exploring the nature of art and artists, plus contributing every day to your own art space within and without. https://everydayartist.com/

  • I Can’t Tell You

    I Can’t Tell You

    Music and lyric by Bryan Baker Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP © Brian F Baker – all rights reserved. The first guitar I purchased was out of the Sears catalog; a Gibson copy with a sunburst red finish. Guitar tech has never been my thing, but this was not a great guitar. My brother,…

  • Kite On a String

    Kite On a String

    Kite On a String This kite on a stringIs moving to and froAnd this kite on a stringDoesn’t know which way to go Now I know it’s not just meAnd I know it’s just not trueYes, I know it’s not just meWho feels the way I do [chordChart title=”Em,G,A,D” frets=”022000,,,” labels=”x13421,,,”] This kite on a…