Bohacz & Frenz

I began taking music lessons from Lydia Smutny-Sterba when I started my first year at Morton College, if memory serves. This would be the fall of 1976. Mrs. Sterba had me learn Trepak from the Nutcracker. At our recital she had us wear white gloves to keep our hands warm before the performance. She was a great music teacher and she wanted me to stay with music rather than study art. This piece is...

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (WoO 59, Bia 515) for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" (German: transl. For Elise), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) 40 years after his death, and may be termed either a Bagatelle or an Albumblatt. The identity of "Elise" is unknown; researchers have sugg...

"Heh! Oh Lord! I feel so faint. Those fingers get a lot of exercise you know. Believe me they would. Do you have the itches in your ear? I'm not too healthy though. Quit banging on those keys, keys, keys. I love you. Oh, oh, oh! Cody! Oh Ralph! Hud! Oh... A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X and Y and Z I am a baby I am so big and tall. I am a baby I am so small. I run and jump and play...

"Sittin' here drinkin' beer watchin' the tube glow Incandescent radiation, reruns of all the shows Scenes I've seen, scene by scene take away all my dreams Burn my brain to the core, I'm just another TV whore Because the media's made me what I am A 3D warped out tuned in video fan" Mike Davis sang and I played acoustic guitar for this song that we wrote together. I made this version for my video "...

"Sitting here drinking beer watchin' the tube glow Incandescent radiation, reruns of all the shows Scenes I've dreamed, scene by scene, they take away all my dreams Burn my brain to the core and I'm just another TV whore Because the media has made me what I am A 3D warped out tuned in video fan" Ralph Warchol sang and masterfully played his acoustic guitar for this song that I and Mike Davis wrote...

Another go at recording this song over at Ralph Warchol's luxurious basement with his quarter inch reel-to-reel 8 channel recorder. I wrote it and sang lead vocal while Ralph sang backing vocal. Sounds like I played my Fender Stratocaster while Ralph played the low end on one of his synths, which also provided the drum track. We still couldn't get that last verse in because we were too impatient t...

Michael Davis and I wrote this musical sketch. I played my Fender Stratocaster. Mike played electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment that he had.

Michael Davis wrote this song and played electronic synthesizer and rhythm equipment.

I wrote the tune, played and recorded all the multitracked instruments with my Tascam M-208 mixer and Tascam 38 1/2" 8-Track Reel to Reel tape recorder. I played my Fender Stratocaster and bass guitar. My Yamaha RX5 Digital Rhythm Programmer provided the drum track. I collected all this equipment sometime around 1985 or '86.

"He wrote the book! What? Why? Ooh He wrote the book! Who says so? What? I do. The Book! What book? The Book! Shut up! The Book! What book? Ha ha ha ha He's the author of the book. What Book? Pastor Wager, hi. The book! We want to hear your Bible stories Every single day of my life, life, life. Oh Time is slowing down. Time is standing still. When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the sl...

Michael Davis and I wrote this musical sketch. Mike wrote the lyrics and sang lead vocal, played electronic rhythm equipment. I sang backing vocal and played electric bass.

My very talented friend Ralph Warchol outfitted his luxurious basement with a quarter inch reel-to-reel 8 channel recorder. Ralph wrote this and played all of the instruments except for the electric guitar during the intro played by Dan the Man and the drum track which he got from an LP. He also recorded broadcasts from his shortwave radio. This was probably recorded in very late 1982 or 1983.

"Let me dance in the night. Float away where your mind can go into disguises, No one realizes. No one realizes. Floating by all across the sky into disguises, No one realizes. No one realizes. I do, honest I do. Try to understand sometimes it's hard but I do. Okay, switch off! Remember things aren't always what they appear to be. Clear! Clear it! I just want to dance. Float away where your mind ca...

I wrote the song. Ralph Warchol and I sang all vocals, if memory serves. I cannot recall who played which instruments but I think I played acoustic guitar and electric bass with Ralph on all the rest except the drums, which was provided by an LP he had. This was recorded in Ralph's luxurious basement outfitted with his quarter inch reel-to-reel 8 channel recorder probably in very late 1982 or 1983...

I recorded friends as we improvised comedy. This next selection from our cassette "77-79" features Mike Willett, Ralph Warchol and myself. We borrowed music from the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime in January 1977. I have a lyrics sheet that seems to confirm this dating. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's. There's a later iteration of this song: "Musical Sketch 43: Don't Go Away From Me" available here: https://on.soundcloud.com/AWzpW.

This musical sketch was probably recorded sometime during 1977 or thereafter. I continued recording these sketches through the rest of the 1970's.