acoustic-based

Utilizing more friends on the album while playing together off and on for about a year, Simonett wanted to combine some mellower, acoustic-based songs with a heavier-rocking "Americana vibe."

Michael Bialas: Bright Lights and Dark Days Ahead: Dead Man Winter Comes Alive Michael Bialas 2011

You know, my drummer is playing with his hands on the kit, and it's just a very acoustic-based song that way.

Mike Ragogna: Lighting Up and Lifting Off The Ground : Conversations With Shawn Mullins and Chely Wright Mike Ragogna 2010

Hopefully, some touring possibly later, and intermittently, I'm dealing with a solo project, which is a lot more acoustic-based and organic.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson Mike Ragogna 2011

"UBerlin" sounds like a mashup of "Losing My Religion" and "Drive," two of the band's biggest hits, both mid-tempo and acoustic-based.

Album review: R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now' is settled into familiar formula 2011

Hopefully, some touring possibly later, and intermittently, I'm dealing with a solo project, which is a lot more acoustic-based and organic.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson Mike Ragogna 2011

In 2003, he was 23 when Trampled by Turtles, his first acoustic-based project, was formed.

Michael Bialas: Faces of Telluride, Part 2: Dave Simonett, Furious-Pace Face Michael Bialas 2011

In 2003, he was 23 when Trampled by Turtles, his first acoustic-based project, was formed.

Michael Bialas: Faces of Telluride, Part 2: Dave Simonett, Furious-Pace Face Michael Bialas 2011

In 2003, he was 23 when Trampled by Turtles, his first acoustic-based project, was formed.

Michael Bialas: Faces of Telluride, Part 2: Dave Simonett, Furious-Pace Face Michael Bialas 2011

In 2003, he was 23 when Trampled by Turtles, his first acoustic-based project, was formed.

Michael Bialas: Faces of Telluride, Part 2: Dave Simonett, Furious-Pace Face Michael Bialas 2011

"UBerlin" sounds like a mashup of "Losing My Religion" and "Drive," two of the band's biggest hits, both mid-tempo and acoustic-based.

Album review: R.E.M., "Collapse Into Now" 2011