A dark ambient piece built up from a drone that I created using Mangle. Best enjoyed loudly in a darkened room. For week 4 on weeklybeats.com.

Oh a lil bluesy feeling one night...so I threw this simple lil number down.

Some time ago whilst YouTubing, I stumbled across several videos of old seafaring songs or sea "shanties". Unbelievably, that triggered some very ancient RAM of elementary school music classes wherein we were taught several of these songs. And…

A few months back, Jim (MTC) posted an outstanding acoustic track which summoned up a clear-as-day memory from my childhood. The vividness of that memory resulted in this song... Amazing how such significant events in your life (like recognizing…

Well, screw the metronome, damn the torpedoes, and grab a capo! Sometimes the best versions are the ones played fast and loose. Hope you enjoy this song adapted from one of my all-time favorite poems (I'm a bit biased since my dad wrote it…

Not up to Avalon standards but I had fun making this. (for week 3)

A mashup created with Jim Goodin's Sound-In player app. Using these pieces from these artists: Paul Mimlitsch "Dream" Kavin. "Ruin" "The Last Waltz" (feat. Ken Ficara and J.C, Combs, mix Steve Layton) See link for free download of the app…

On Wikipedia I read this about the great jazz pianist Bud Powell: "...his solos could be heard to emulate the horn players' attack — with the use of frequent arpeggios punctuated by chromaticism," so the first thing you hear is a lick that uses…