Once upon a time, in a land far away... Just a minute! xOx

Another one from the archives! Collab with glu from 2009 - I took his original guitar track and added vocals, then he remixed and made about four more versions, but this is my fave.

Arctostyle Techno

One of my favorites to sit and relax....

A little celestial inspiration for this song.... I started it and Greg and Mark helped me finish it and then record around my kitchen table. Feel free to howl if you like it! Blood Wolf Moon VERSE 1 Blood wolf moon this January…

from the album 50 vocals Hillary Watts lead guitar Dan Upton I hear the call, it's all that echos in my mind and what I find, inside her hand is holding mine i'm feeling fine I start to sink, I think I feel i'm on the brink and so it goes…

Another late night session in a dark blue-ish cloud.

Bringing back a song from 2011 with a new twist. The song now has drums, bass, and an orchestral backend. This is hopefully part of a larger collection of me reworking older songs with orchestration. Many thanks to Brian of A Beautiful Scene…

from the album 50 vocals Tess Savigear lead guitar Dan Upton a cloudy day she starts to rain and out at sea her mystery the seagulls fly she starts to cry the sound she makes drowns out the waves and everything is wet and cold erase her…

from the album 50 vocals and lyrics by Janette Salisbury

from the album 50 vocals Tim Alexander lead guitar Dan Upton go tell my mom that I ain't never gonna leave racing to the top and the wind won't stop and the view is the best i've ever seen feel the air so hot though we sweat a lot I am happier…

from the album "50" vocals by Alisa Jefferson lead guitar Dan Upton looking for the waterfall and I think we're almost there looking for the waterfall the anticipation in the air round the path, the path, the path goes round and round mind…

from the album 50 vocals Brian Wood lead guitar Dan Upton My prediction This affliction Will eat you inside There’s no where to hide The answer is a prison The question is a lie My prediction This affliction Will burn alive Make you fight…

Tricky tech sci fi Ludum Dare game loop - Unstable Build in Cyber City https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-build-in-cyber-city

An updated version of a 10 year old song, now featuring orchestration.

"unheard improv" on the fretless Chinese junk strat

guitar and jellifish minimalism

This is my first complete song and it still needs lots of polishing. There are a few timing issues I need to resolve and some gaps to put in and omit. I also want to re-record my chorus vocal... but for the sake of getting something submitted…

A collaboration with singer/songwriter Sinéad McCarthy. It is still a work in progress and we are just starting to work on the mix. If anyone would like to give some comments/ideas on how the mix is working that would be great. Thanks

for the Sound-In Unheard Improv event. Real time mixing drone and Steve Tibbetts loops without monitoring.

Dobro improv in DADF#AD

ableton wavetable -> hybrid reverb -> redux while sitting in bed

Turn down the lights, relax and take an cosmotomic ride with a down-tempo vibe. Recorded for the RPM Challenge, Record Every Month Challenge, September 2021