This Track was recorded a couple of years ago, and I started thinking about it because of the recent Track "dreaming" that I uploaded. My friend Lavasir Nordrum (http://www.lavasir.no/portfolio/into-the-mendicant) somehow managed to get us…

Well, my 3rd release was in 2018 again tied to the RPM Challenge. I wanted to play around with some fun tracks and let the MIDI speak again. My daughter had a beta fish named Algernon and since they have to live alone it seemed that Algernon…

Sometimes a song will just tell you what the name should be. I always feel good when that happens and when I name it and then listen to it again and the imagery matches the song I know it was right. This is off my 2017 release Six Strings &…

The idea with this track was to have the bass lay down the foundational harmony while the guitar focused solely on the melody. The vibe that it gave me was essentially someone saying "back off me, I'm Untouchable." This was off my 2017 release…

I always share with the students that Stephen King has always said that while he felt his first book was horrible there's no way he could have written great books without writing that first book. This was my first dip of the toe into a blues…

2017 introduced me to the RPM Challenge. This was my 2nd dip into the bluesy pool. I felt like I was starting to understand the clues for writing a bluesy rock song, so the name Blues Clues just made sense. This is off of my 2017 release Six…

With a student wanting to play fingerstyle, it has been a personal challenge to become at least adept at it and feeling comfortable to play this song entirely by fingerstyle was indeed the Turning Point. This is off my 2020 collaborative release…

There has been so much going on over the past few months and dark feelings have been an issue. But I can still sit down in my studio and just play. Sometimes it's pick a key and see what comes out. If that's not the ultimate Silver Lining I…

In between my songs of rage I still wanted to play around with some different sounds. Here I was dabbling with the idea of a Rhodes with a Leslie. I listen to it and know I want to do another one toying with this sound. In effect I feel the…

The RPM Challenge folks, in their infinite kindness, decided to do an additional challenge in the month of April in 2020 and boy did it come at the right time. The cloud of uncertainty, of caution and apprehension have just been horrible, ultimately…