good lord. i was addicted to crosswords, and therefore became uncontrollably competitive and paranoid. [by the way, if anyone could help me master my songs, please give a shout! i can't seem to get them any louder...]

bass is sampled from first second of Richard Marx's "Hold On to the Nights," which i'm extremely proud of.

This song was written after moving into a new apartment. One of the movers put a coin in the door hinge to keep the door open so that he wouldn't have to bother me for keys. I thought it was so cool and smart and sleek and simple. I wanted him…

After an adventure in re-recording the entire song down a third, we came back to the original, tightened and tuned. Always the self flagellating perfectionist, it still needs a bit more love. Always the pragmatist, it is probably done for now.

Music originally written as "I Love My Parents" by "Buckethead." Audio clip from the movie "Meet Joe Black."

Palimpsest: A Composition of Maps (an isentropic semaphore on the Name of Asmira Woodward-Page) is part of an ongoing series of soggetto cavato pieces the I have written, in this case on the name and at the commission of violinist Asmira Woodward…

Wax cylinder recordings of waltzes chopped up and rearranged with saxophone improvisation by Brian Sacawa for Charm City Remix, an interactive audio walking tour of Baltimore by artist Kianga Ford.