A hymn with a melody of Celtic origin.

A hymn with a melody of Celtic origin.

Really nothing more than some voice leading practice. Unfortunately, I had no keyboard or orchestral samples when I did this, so I used Lilypond and TiMidity++ and step programmed it in a text editor. I've since bought Cubase and EastWest/QuantumLeap…

Keyboards: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Written/Recorded: 2006 Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…

Short orchestral piece somewhat in the style of Henri Mancini.

Recorded August 28, 2009 Details: Martin D1 (DADFGC - capo II), Shure SM57, Audacity, Sound Forge. After digging this tune up really I really wanted to try it again on acoustic (which I don't play much). This is a second take recorded in…

A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009

Just one of those passing moods. Just finished today - august 2 2009. I resisted the temptation to try to develop it any further and just let it be what it is

A bit of fun for the holiday. This one features guest vocalist R.I.P otherwise known as the cheap battery powered talking tombstone

Several years ago I had a short lived duo with an oboe and English horn player named Nat. This is a demo from that period. It's an old old chord progression of mine that never really had a melody and Nat improvised this melody in the studio to…