Recorded using Reason/Record version 7.

Jazz fusion piece. Thanks to Marc Halikas for bass & guitar.

Done with MIDI. Recorded and sequenced in Samplitude MS 14 Garritan JABB 3 for Piano, bass & horns Toontrack EZDrummer and Vita and Messiah synths

Done in MIDI Soundtrack/ambient style instrumental. Written & arranged by John Bowen. Featuring the guitar work of Mr. Marc Halikas.

Thanks to Marc Halikas for bass & acoustic guitar. Lyrics: Happy. Sad Distant as the night and day Good and bad Hoping for a better way The thoughts of a happy past Sometimes will bring A measure of hope Sharing thoughts With someone that…

A song for my wife of 31 years.

Lyrics are a "thought collage" ie small pieces of different issues that went through my head at the time.

I was going to do a jazz version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for the Yule Tide season, but I wrote an original ballad instead. Inspired by a knick knack my wife has of a pair of ceramic snowbirds cuddling. In the song, I put them into a…

Original Jazz instrumental. Written, arranged and performed by John Bowen. Made using Garritan Jazz & Big Band ver.3 Mixed and sequenced in Samplitude 2008.

Memphis Soul horn section courtesy of Garritan Jazz & Big Band ver. 3. This software of VSTI samples also includes the Steinway piano and acoustic bass featured here. Drums are EZDrummer "Baiao" beat mixed with rock fills. Hope you like!

New. August 2010. A 70's pop style in the tradition of Leon Russell and Atlanta Rhythm Section.

A 2009 song I wrote for my wife.

Upbeat instrumental done in MIDI.

Written & recorded in February 2010. Featuring live bass and acoustic guitar by Mr. Marc Halikas.

Moody little instrumental.

My first MIDI tune. February 2009.

A pleasant pop tune, written in the Fall of 2009 about "chilling out" and taking a less serious view of the world. Instrumentation done in MIDI using Samplitude Music Studio version 14 and Mixcraft 4.5.