Alan Horvath
Busy Being Born
© 1999 Alan Horvath (634479177026)
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Acoustic Rock ... for real. Live recordings of Alan with bassist Mike Toth (first 7 tracks) and Alan with his band (last 3 tracks). If you attended Rutgers University in '95 - '97, you probably saw Alan performing these songs in New Brunswick.
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Titled after the Bob Dylan lyric, "He not busy being born is busy dying ..." from the song titled "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding", Busy Being Born is an appropriate title for Alan's reappearance as a solo folk artist. This is Horvath's first CD release on the web - Akashic Records No.009 - a collection of early work-tapes (songs 1 - 7 : Alan w/bassist Mike Toth), followed by a "completed idea" (songs 8, 9 and 10 : Alan with his band). The cover photo was taken in 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee - by Rusty Rust.
The first seven cuts are from worktapes that were recorded live with Mike Toth playing bass guitar, in Toth's basement, 1996 - Piscataway, New Jersey ... some 16 or 17 songs were recorded on a Teac 4-track (reel-to-reel / 1/2" tape) during the two years Alan and Mike performed together. Here are the "best seven" ... Alan is playing his 1968 Gibson Hummingbird guitar with Mike Toth displaying his wonderful sense of melody on a Fender Jazz bass guitar.
The last 3 tracks were recorded live with Alan playing his acoustic-electric Washburn guitar ... A. Perry Heller is playing congas, bongos, and other various implements of percussion ... with Bob Hart executing some of the sweetest fretless bass guitar you've ever heard ... and Leah Coloff & Chris Lee playing cello parts that Alan wrote -- all was recorded live (Alan, Perry, and Bob ... cellos were added later) at Graphic Sound Studios, in Ringoes, New Jersey ... around Christmas of 1999, with Greg Di Gesu engineering.
'There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success. I get very excited about the magnitude of the aura I see, when Alan performs.' - (Bill Aucoin, Manager: KISS, Billy Idol, Billy Squire)
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- author: Bob Horvath
While my last name is also Horvath, I am no relation. I originally was made aware of Alan when he emailed me having found me on the web. I listened to a couple of his mp3's and liked them so much I got the CD. I go back and forth between which of his songs are my favorites, which tells me they are all quite good. If you stumbled upon this page wondering if his CD is worth purchasing, I can assure you it is worth every cent and more.
- author: Claudio Messora
AltaVista translation - Italian to English: ... obviously e' something of various and extremely personal, but if you piacciono the cited artist, will appeal also he to you!!! Personally I adore "I Don't Care," acoustic dancing that ago comes from the heart and center with its spontaneous one semplicita'. mp3.it - FreeRecords - Claudio Messora claudio@freerecords.com http://www.freerecords.com
- author: Zoltan G. Horvath
Alan Horvath (aka Alan Post) is by far the coolest person I have ever met via the Internet. In addition to having a great last name, this Hungarian has sole. I highly recommend his music, it's for everyone. Alan has been working on his web site for some time and is becoming quite Internet savvy. Alan recognized the value of the Internet and it's opportunities. Take a look and a listen! Zoltan G. Horvath http://www.zghweb.com .....................................
- author: Dick Metcalf
Alan Horvath: Acoustic rawk with some HIGH-energy PUNCH! Alan has some HEAV-ee guitar strummin' & finger-pickin' goin' on here that will get yer' blood UP & MOVIN'! His husky VOCALS are superb, clear & with lyrics that express a whole range of emotions that we all feel (& sometimes don't know what ta' do with)! For a rare instance, my wife is sittin' here listening to these with me, & she agrees that Alan's songs are MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. "Wishes" was our favorite, & Alan gets a H-O-T pick of the week for best "original acoustic"! 9/3/99 rz http://www.olywa.net/rotcod/H-O-T.htm *********************************************
- author: Carrie Munsell
"Naked Moon" is an incredibly well performed song. I love the open tunings and the cellos. Combined they almost sound like a didjeridoo (sp?) The percussion (congas & bongos) works wonderfully here as does the fretless electric bass. "Naked Moon" has one of the best instrumentations I've heard on mp3. I'm very impressed.
- author: Jon DiMarco
Song: "Right as Rain" It's hard to write a song about 'life' without sounding pedantic or condescending. To his worthy credit, this guy knows how to do words -- this song talks about people and their general loneliness, it offers philosphies and large ideas, but you never feel lectured to. The song feels like a late-night conversation in a diner, after you run out of movies to talk about and start into those long discussions about the odd ways of life. Acoustic guitar. Bass. Voice. That's it. Sure sounds like more, though. The guitar work is intricate and fitting -- no crazy fingerpicking, no show-off stuff -- just a good rhythm, well-placed mutes and downstrokes. It works. And the bass is great, very melodic and moving. It keeps the song running along so naturally you couldn't imagine it not there. "All alone tonight, in my El Camino ... feeling the pain, right as rain." Cool. Plus, the line describing an old locket with a past love as "pathos on a chain" is my kind of wit. Pathos on a chain, yeah! Symbolism in buckets if you want it. The words are a bit wistful, yet hopeful at the end. It's good writing.