the journey begins...

This song was born on the 18th of Feb. 2011. It was the last piece I wrote/recorded for the challenge. It was a very sad day for me, almost as if all my usual winter sadness was concentrated and crammed into one day. The process of writing and…

This is an experiment in stacking real time delay/looped tracks that had no preconceived connections... all overdubs were done without listening to previously recorded tracks. I hear some very interesting synchronizations.... You? RPM 2011 -

rpm 2011 As night falls, a cold wind blows Together we shall strive Hold me now before I fall apart and come undone in pieces and fall to the earth the like rain Hold on through the dark Hold on climbing together Hold on to me as…

rpm 2011 You asked me where these rumors start. "I don't know," I said and crossed my heart. But I told you I did not hope to die. You said you can't trust no more. Why start now? You never did before. Now I just have to pause and wonder…

rpm 2011

Harmonica by Dr. K -------------------------------------------------- Paper hearts in your window paper hearts on your door Paper hearts ripped in pieces And Strewn across the floor but who am I to question The intentions of old…

Goodbye Blue Monday - Goodbye blue Monday There's nothing else to say We always knew we would part this way Time comes to say goodbye To pause perhaps and wonder why Why we always had to be So blue, so blue I can see that life…

Sloane did me a favor & played an electric guitar part on this one. I had hoped to work with her more on this project, but she wound up leaving town to help take care for a recovering family member. ------------------ Seventeen thousand…

(RPM 2011) For obvious reasons, many RPM albums make use of improvisational sound collages. ;-) This is the first of three that divide the record into sections. You may or may not hear the connections in the lyrics, but it actually does make…