Scottish music scene veteran talks long distance recording, internet trolling, touring with a tribute act, and falling out with the erstwhile drummer from Teenage Fanclub over a Doctor Who DVD.

This song/piece starts out quietly, using deep bass grooves, marimbas, and flutes at the beginning to evoke an unusual mood, transitioning into a more rock-influenced feel.

This piece, like most of my music, is fairly quiet and pensive. It uses a lot of ostinatos (repeating patterns) as a way to unify the piece and create almost a mantra type of effect. I experimented a little with how I built the chords in the…

A mando improv for Pete Cosey, who left this week. For the improvFriday "blues" theme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Cosey

A mando improv for Doc Watson, who left this week. For the improvFriday event "blues" theme. http://www.docsguitar.com/

Colab with my buddy multi-instrumentalist Jim Goodin. Jim sent me his improv oud track and I played some slide mandolin over that.

Hi everyone.. I wrote this song for Archie Watson, son of my dear friends Lauren and Bradley Watson, who sadly was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease just before Christmas. Tay-sachs is a rare genetic disorder for which there is currently no cure…