Well, I realized while listening to so many other great rough cuts and demos (and how much I enjoyed listening to them), that it was about time I contributed to the process. Rather than posting only completed songs, I decided to put up the rough…

Inspired by Tess' little Morwenna and my (getting bigger) Jessica. Writing back and forth with Bethan, I came to realize that a song needed to be written about the significance of the statements that so often come from the mouths of babes…

Finally, the finishing touches seem to be put on this three-year-old song thanks to some very talented people. The band is: Liam (age 13 at the time of recording) on drums A Girl Named Sam (she's no kid!) with the backing vocals Genevieve…

Another song from the archive... Written about a friend who somehow seemed to come out of her general sad manner... Thoughts go back to a lunar eclipse when the girl I was standing next to to watch it (way back in college) disappeared from sight…

After writing this song about our newly adopted dog, I asked Kavin if he like to play some slide guitar, knowing that he would come up with something terrific... I just had no idea how terrific. Bandit rides in the back of my truck A big…

Another oldie but goodie (again, apologies for the few seconds of silence it takes to get to the intro). This song is the first that I really tried to record properly, written around Christmastime four or five years ago with my seventh grade…

The first recorded version of this song, this little folk song was originally written fifteen or so years ago with just the four chord rhythm guitar and single vocal. The song became what it is today when I needed to write additional verses for…

What does a songwriter do when he's addicted to Doctor Who (and his new very cute companion)? He writes... Amy Pond Red hair and that pretty face beneath it My how you've grown up after oh so many years I've only been away for ten or…

After listening to Brian's beautiful guitar piece "Mellow," Brian was kind enough to allow me to sing along... Never saw you coming Down my lonely road I never saw you coming Can't be sure you'll never go I know you'll be leaving But I keep believing…

More Garageband non-real instruments nicely arranged.

Just another entry from the old Garageband experiments.

The first real fully arranged Garageband piece from a few years back (before I realized you could actually RECORD using the program).

More Garageband compositions... just nice to play while the kids are doing homework.

Just a simple Garageband drop and drag composition... No lyrics, just an exercise in background music.

Well, this is the hastily written, poorly performed, weakly sung, badly mixed love song I threw together a few years back about the last time I saw the Northern Lights. It happened to be the night I fell in love with my future wife (and knew…

More of this sweet little song... cleaned up and arranged!

DREAMS OF THE OCEAN Your kids'll be waking up in the morning Just a couple of hours after mine have gone to bed I've got the coffee warming While dreams of the ocean are in your daughters' heads I taught them all 'bout it late last evening…

The title track from my 2007/2008 effort... This little song represents the main reason why I started playing seriously... So I could let my kids know how much they meant to me. See you in the morning Watch you in the sunrise Springtime's in…

Just another cover of one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite musicians. Yes, the entire song is written in haiku. I'm not really sure how she does it, but Sam can make words dance.

An old one off of the never-to-be-released "Reminder of Winter in April" CD. There are just some days that you wake up and head off into your day knowing that you're "walking into the fire." "Take with you only what you need to survive."