I am a member of ImprovFriday which has been occasionally mentioned on this mailing list http://improvfriday.ning.com/ - which is a site devoted to improvisations, instant composing and mash ups / re-compositions. People submit individual…

I'm really thinking of renaming the upcoming "Burning Wood... The Bonfire Sessions" album "Stealing Genius." I write something simple, put down some picking at the beginning, some acoustic guitar and some vocals, and send it off to people with…

normally would try to upload something like this to my Wizard of Drams account, but here it is on my original Jesmiaus account. I remember listening to the vocal track after I recorded it and thinking wow I really do sound like I am singing…

normally would try to upload something like this to my Wizard of Drams account, but here it is on my original Jesmiaus account. I remember listening to the vocal track after I recorded it and thinking wow I really do sound like I am singing…

The Sailor gets a part time job in late-nite data entry-ing now that the offworld fishing industry is on the fritz... how could I ever leave my poor little scuttlebug so careless and free, she's my little scuttlebug when the lights turning…

Very much a work in progress. I have not even decided what kind of effects to use and when. Again another 1-shot recording to capture the essence of this rambling piece.

Towards the end of the recording/learning session, I should have checked the volume levels on the overdub. Again a much older tune that I have spruced up over the years, the original is much different.

Just a fun random little ditty I like to play. Much of the syncopation has been stripped, leaving the basics of the song structure while I have fun sliding down the learning curve of Cakewalk...