When Nick Lutsko decided to record his first CD in 2013, he did so with a relatively simple folk sound that prominently featured guitar and vocals.
These days, he says the music on “Heart of Mold” wasn’t really the sound he heard in his head, but he was hemmed in by the eight-track limitations of the computer software he could afford at the time.
But for his second CD, “Etc.,” he was able to get the sound he truly wanted, thanks to the purchase of Logic Pro X software, which he bought with money earned from selling and touring behind “Mold.” “Etc.” is a record that showcases what a musician with imagination, time and the right software can create.
Each of its 11 songs features dozens of multilayered tracks, recorded pieces that are stacked on top of each other one by one, building a dense “wall” of music. On the CD, “Dreaming of Medusa” contains the fewest tracks — only 24 — while “Predator” has the most with 112.
Nick Lutsko recorded his second album, “Etc.,” in the bedroom of his Hixson home.Lutsko, 24, who might be remembered from his days singing and playing guitar with Infinite Orange, a trio of then-Soddy-Daisy high school students, took full advantage of the multi-tracking capabilities of Logic Pro X and created a sophisticated, heavily produced CD that at times has hints of the trippier parts of Brian Wilson’s production on The Beach Boys’ “Smile” or “Pet Sounds” albums or even The Monkee’s “Head” project from 1968, and even the funk/jazz/rock sounds of Frank Zappa.