hahaha Yes.. swords and coffee beans, the essential household items.. what a bad omission on my part! Thanks!

@ G-man. You forgot swords. You play the swords too :D

maybe a good place to start is 'brainstorms' playlist to check out stuff I've played. It certainly can be difficult navigating through the pages. cheers, and thanks for the question!

I'm not sure what you've heard or not, but I always specify in the track descriptio when someone else is playing something, and I usually list the instrumentation when it's more than synth+drum programming. If all you've heard are songs with samples from other folks then you haven't heard much... the majority of tunes with real instruments are performed by me. You may here me playing any of the following: two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (usually played with a bow) violin, fretless bass, 7 different bamboo flutes, 4 clay flutes, didgeridoo, kalimba, I was borrowing two tablas and a tambourine from a friend but I had to return them. Also play the kitchen sink, keys, pots and pans, hooves and other household items. DISCLAIMER: I do not claim to be good at any of these instruments! :-)

out of curiousity...what instruments do you play? I think all I have heard on your songs are samples and other people playing? Not sure because you have so much stuff! cya.

did you do this? ALL IN ONE TAKE? wow man...

thanks everyone for all the thoughtful comments, and thanks Su for privileging me with that wonderful piano performance. @ Drakonis: love the pun haha. The 'ebow' part is an actual bow over electric guitar strings, but I wish I had an ebow- they can sound amazing. @ K. Scot Sparks: man you have some amazing sounds and moods, would love to bring some elements together. Hook a brotha up with some stems!

Yeah!!

Crunchy slow driving music, almost a claustrophobic feel imparted... the e-bow and intriguing percussion really do stand out as unique elements, and you pull this all together into a very "cool" piece of music.

jusplainGOOD; thanks.

Thanks for the recent comments --and for the beautiful sophistication you are foisting here upon mi ears. Man! Yeah. Lets make some music some time.

fantastic sound.

Nice one well done this is exelent

mmm, mmm, sexy and sultry! w;-)

Bowed guitar? Unreal. They sound fantastic. Gettin' cold here too.

Wow- all the little parts in the background are great. Nice textures!

...nice work here. Thanks for the kind words on 'For Joy.'

Are you a member of the band Chk Chk Chk now?

300? this. is. spartacular"!" the complex rhythms and languid singing and synthesizer washes take me away. 0x0

love the drums...could I add to this?

you should write one and record it.

beautiful. love the chord progression.

smokin'

i'd be fine with 'the artist formerly known as glu' as long as I could wear some of those ruffly silk shirts.

it was not until the savage ladies commented that it all made sense. x

nice production and rapping.this track is hot.

with every listen i get closer to something special

double favorite!

man i really dig this one. The sounds and mood you achieved here are just stellar.

one of my top alonetone favorites. the only thing I understand is the title -translates to "senseless woman" no? anyhow here know French?

You all should check out MMI's music blog. My favorite quote from the last entry (regarding alonetone): "There is an ocean of music and I'm just peeing into it, enjoying the temporary warmth that affords."

what a great tune.

this is delightful music for this late night. gorgeous palette of sounds and melodies.

Jefwashere and I just listened to this one. "a masterpiece" he says... a masterpiece indeed.

thanks Kirk! I love this one. My buddy Emmanuel rocks the tabla.

no commercial loop! I may have looped some of the ambient sounds, but no 'loops' were used..

I'm late to the "how did I miss this?" party but oh well! This is soft and fluffy, but somewhat melancholy, because a dream is just a fantasy and clouds are unreachable. captures the feeling perfectly. kudos.

woah, hey jef..you there too, eh?

Oui!!! ceci est bon!!

i'm dedicating the rest of the day to Polymood.