*apology for the artifacts so this was a song sitting around for a while, didn't know what to do with...common occurrence. anyways, i wanted to create a song that had a bit of a 'grainy' vinyl feel to it, with nice, slightly distorted highs…

done back in 2006, in my old dreary toronto apartment (i dislike toronto i think). i don't really like it that much, too repetitive, but i need content up, and others have commented on their enjoyment of this particular song.

title is self-explanatory, past tense however. i really wanted a song that had the flow, emotional intensity and unpredictability of an ocean. perhaps that's a bit cliche. done over the period of two months in a little dark room with an…

Some impromptu mandolin chords and a bit of harmonising. The view from the window is very pretty today.

Fiddling around with an open G tuning and I found the chord that 'Prodigal Son' is based on (a Robert Wilkins tune from the 30s made famous by the Stones) so I had a play around with it, stopped for dinner and came back and wrote the lyrics…

I needed a place to host a work in progress where it wouldn't be obvious so you might have found a secret mix!!! So that 4 minute song with the slide guitar that no-one listens to is gone ;-)

Another quick little ditty. Wandering the no man's land between old timey and the 21st century