I do three things after waking up these days: I shower. I make coffee. I play this song and drink my coffee. Nothing complicated. Nothing fancy. Just some basic fingerpicking to test my motor skills and bring some aural sunshine into my day.

I decided to tap into my latent '80s Depeche Mode subconscious, and this bouncy tune popped out! Ian Beardsley heard an earlier version of this and immediately detected Spanish flamenco hidden in the techno dance chords. I opened up the stage…

For the 2008 Holiday Challenge - see http://www.sidedown.com/holiday/

Cover of the introduction to Stairway to Heaven on my soprano ukulele.

Added some backwards guitar on Nitro's Xmas tune, local 4th grade added bg vocals.