The first time I tried to rap. :-) I was trying to write an album different than anything I've ever done, so I decided to do a rap album. Rap isn't my top choice for musical genres these days, but as a kid I loved it, so I wanted to "go back…

Just a simple instrumental. My wife was working on a new piano style one night, and when she was done practicing, I decided to try my hand at it. I flubbed up the very first chord, but I loved the way my flub sounded, so I wrote a whole song…

A blues jam session with myself. I love playing the blues, so I wanted to create something where I got to do it all.

Based on the prophecy by Grandfather that when "the Great Change" (apocalypse/armageddon/birth of new earth) was about to occur, the sky would turn red. When the sky turns red, get outta dodge! Hit the wilderness, and you better know how to…

Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode

All of creation is conspiring to shower you with blessings, right? Right. But not all of those blessings are sweet and delightful. Let's talk about the other kinds. The song is part of the soundtrack from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for…

The execution is not perfect, but the concept works.

24-hour album. This album is a collage of several disconnected pieces recorded & mixed over 18 hours or so. I've left it as a single long track, but here's a sort of navigational guide if you want to skip around: 0:00 - 1:30 = Living…

All of creation is conspiring to shower you with blessings, right? Right. But not all of those blessings are sweet and delightful. Let's talk about the other kinds. The song is part of the soundtrack from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for…

Something completely different- Uilleann pipes(Irish bagpipes) and synth. I wrote this tune over 20 years ago in the style of traditional Irish slow airs. It was recorded way back in 1991 for an album that's been out of print for over 15 years…