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?

Love it!!! Kirk is right, you filled an awesome alonetone niche! w00t!

@ Licoresse.. yes most of what you think is gating exactly that. Some other chopping involved, but yeah, I experimented with gating for the first time! :-)

need to here these lyrics right about now. thanks!

yeah, composed in an intergalactic prison system!

YES!

I'm really digging all the layers and melodies. The rhythm section moves very nicely too. Loving where your music has been going over the past several months.

yes, where is Michael, my talking car?

Brando, you are my hero. Amazing work. Love each tune. Congrats on yet another 24h!

*sitting* lovely little ditty, Gumbo!

cathartic! sooooo nice to see a new one from you two!

now this is a novel idea!!!!

Le beauté! sounds great!

yeah, this is awesome. great beats! Really digging your stuff.

Love the rhythms!

yeah, that upright bass is great! Love the glitchy rhythms and that haunting sound that comes in right before 01:30.

haha awesome! looking forward to hearing more!

lovely swingin tune there, guv. Completely envious of your awesome guitar work! It dances!

agree with the sista! go all the way! 365!! :-)

Now including incriminating pictorial evidence in track description!

woah hermano y amigos! This one is great! love that twangy banjo/guitar and the vocal harmonies!