My first RPM cover of 2011. This one is "Like This" by The Missed Connections. I seem to have taken a darker turn with the song than Amelia did. It wasn't intentional, but it seems to be what I do when I cover her songs.

My contribution to the Angie Fights Crime album "Sunny, Sorta..." AFC wrote the lyrics and chords, then gave me free reign to do what I wanted from there. I tried some very out of character things with the guitar. I think they worked…

A song about vanity and how it can drive one to a false sense of supremacy and righteousness … and how the simplicity of the forces of nature can challenge this predicament … I've been messing with the scale and tempo of this tune for the past…

I finally got my trumpet out, after 35 years of it being stashed away ... another draft from RPM2012 ... enjoy ... lyrics below: When I was just shy of 17 The days were short, the nights were kings We stayed awake to sing a song We never thought…

Another RPM2012 preview ... this one is a bit of on the "poppy/jazzy" side (well, at least this that's as far as I dare venture ...), enjoy ... lyrics: Sit tight, upright As darkness overtakes the light Your back against the wall And as you…

RPM2012 Preview ... drop D tuning ... this time I started with a click track so I was able to add some synth ... enjoy ... lyrics: The cat's in the yard The flowers in bloom The sunshine is out The boys in their rooms … Can they tell where…

About falling in love and then again and again ... RPM2012 draft ... recommended listening experience: put in a loop for 30 minutes .. enjoy. lyrics below: I'm drifting through the vastness of time To days when you were mine We're playing hide…

About falling in love and then again and again ... RPM2012 draft ... recommended listening experience: put in a loop for 30 minutes .. enjoy. lyrics below: I'm drifting through the vastness of time To days when you were mine We're playing hide…

No explanation needed, the lyrics are clear. This is an album of conviction.

Maybe I missed a career scoring for no budget spaghetti westerns, because this is what this reminds me of. Done live a couple weeks ago with the Taylor and a floor full of toys and loopers.