from the christmas album "noel" today is the day, it's christmas eve morning get out of bed and pack up some clothes laod up the car with everyone's presents a double espresso a cinamon roll one side of the state and drive to the other…

Swamp Thing is a custom built guitar by Tony Louscher at Luthier’s Workshop in Green Bay, WI. I wrote the main riff three years ago and it sounded “swampy” to me. For the 2020 RPM Challenge, I dusted off the little riff and created this tune…

RPM Challenge 2021 Category: Single (this is side 1) Genre: Surf The 2021 RPM Challenge was indeed a challenge and I only signed up to record a single! My month was fraught with problems, mostly having essential gear go south (mixing board…

RPM Challenge 2021 Category: Single (this is the A side) Genre: Surf The 2021 RPM Challenge was indeed a challenge and I only signed up to record a single! My month was fraught with problems, mostly having essential gear go south (mixing…

The story behind this one is almost the same as "Swamp Thing," only this one spawned lyrics to boot. Major props to Erika for her fabulous vocal! Jon and I played the leads. I bookended the track and Jon did everything in between.

This one is pretty much your basic bad day. I mean hectic, frantic, crazy, pull-your-hair-out, everything’s going wrong, Junior puked in class and I crashed the car on the way to get him days. Really bad but survivable. Make yourself the main…

Is it surf music? Exotica? Both? Neither? Did Jacques Cousteau have anything to do with this? Percussion on this one by Cyclops Cow and Sum Gai.

Conceived in the shower in mid February with the backing track fully recorded less than an hour later. Who doesn't like the Ramones?! Just a fun track to celebrate RPM's 15th anniversary. The lyrics lean toward being tongue-in-cheek. I don't hole…

Originally recorded for my 2019 RPM Challenge album, "The Dark Side of the Moo." This is how I cry musically. I added some verbs, an additional minor organ line, tweaked the bass, and remixed it on 09.05.20.

Tim Chandler was a tall man with a big heart and a great sense of humor. He was the bassist for a number of bands including Daniel Amos, The Choir, and The Swirling Eddies. He also played bass on sessions and tours for Phil Keaggy, Randy Stonehill…