Another Live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen back in 1988 on the NPR show Mountain Stage. This time a piece of Gaelic mouth music followed by 3 reels. Maybe the most complex arrangement of a set of tunes that we ever did.

Song #2 for the RPMC. My goal is to have 12 short tunes (1-3 minutes long), so I need to pick up the pace. Again, quartal tuning on the top 3 unison pairs of the 12 string. I've been listening to Ralph Towner's Blue Sun, hence the title.

i was listening to a post of this Beatles cover by oldrottenhead this morning,,it is a really great song, so this evening i sort of just sort of sat down an let it happen,,i didn't even really know the song as much as i might like,, but i find…

rpm 2012 #2

i have been afield for a while,, this is my first contribution RPM 2012

absolutely changed my rpm theme, if I actually had one to begin with. This song "Release" will actually land on my definite RPM 2012 Album "Standing Machine".

After the late naps I can't get up, as should I? Where I... Who am I? Sounds comes, closer, Ah! - here it is, my world, Lovely, clear and simple ~ ...the state after summer sleep before I (you) have any thoughts, or, more precisely, about…

Cowardly Lion: Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage…

~Essence of a musical box with the ballerina spinning around and around~ /as Bethan said/ ~ Calm the night, unstirring, And the air so clear Pearls of dew uncurling, Moonlight rays unfurling ’Cross the glassy mere. Dulcet waves appeasing…