Rod Switzer Music

I had hoped to add horns to Lady Marmalade today. I normally use trumpet and sax players who live in Italy. Instead, I'm going to use midi to record them myself. I purchased some special orchestral plug-ins (sampled instruments) but I can't find the flash drive they are stored on. Frustrating!

Online recording collaboration step 1. I've recorded all the keyboard parts. Piano, organ, & clavinet. I use midi so I can record and then fix mistakes. Sometimes I learn the parts by ear, but for this song I had sheet music. I use a click track (i.e. a metronome at 116 bpm.) I also imported the actual drum part from the recording. The tempo is not steady on the recording so I had to do lots of editing to make it a constant 116 beats per minute.) Click on the photo below to hear the results so far.

Lady Marmalade Keys & Drums Listen to Lady Marmalade Keys & Drums by Rod Switzer on

I have not posted much recently since I've been setting up a new studio in my new house. I'm starting to work on a recording of Lady Marmalade by Labelle. I can post my progress if anyone is interested in how online recording collaboration works. I hope to collaborate on this song with musicians from Colorado, Minnesota, Florida, & Italy. Possibly others.

Just finished recording a Billy Joel tune.

Andrew James - Lead vocal
Gary Paulin - Guitars and backing vocals
Selma Paulin - Backing vocals
Scott Wilson - Bass
Rod Switzer - Piano and percussion

Don't Ask Me Why Listen to Don't Ask Me Why by Rod Switzer on

An online collaboration with The Holdouts! The old band is back together in cyberspace. We replaced our previous ringer (Eric Veilbig) with a new ringer (Gary Paulin)!

Gretchen Eick - Lead vocals
Scott Wilson - Bass guitar
Gary Paulin - Acoustic & Electric guitars
Rod Switzer - Piano & drums
Selma Paulin - Harmony vocals

I Feel The Earth Move Listen to I Feel The Earth Move by Rod Switzer on