Dedicated to all musicians who get asked "what do expect to get from making music?"

The single coil sound of my new used PRS guitar just got me in the funk. Had this partial riff on a Sony walkman from 10 years ago, decided to fill it out a little.

A collab with LJ. You may have heard it with a Burnley accent. This is a softer version.

Justin Otter Guy (just another guy) and Gene Eric Mann (generic man) are the same musician. My originals are penned as Gene tunes (alonetone.com/mythopoetica) and my covers are uploaded as Justin tunes (/redshirt).

Well it's funky Friday down here in the cellar and James has forced me to get it on…well he hasn't exactly forced me i was willing so here it is for Funky Friday………...

So you stopped coming round Your heart buried in the ground It's a shock, it's a scene You never say what you mean Emotional landmines You can see the stop signs But you're not slowing down One foot on the trip line And the words fly…

So, fast forwarding to one of my most recent tracks--with guitar, flute, bass and percussion. 9 years doing this and my style remains the same, layering of instruments around a melody. I hope you dig it

Written during a spring break writing experiment in 1999. Write one song a day. I did it pretty easily. This is about a photo of my grandmother that I saw at her wake in 1998.

Written at Northeast Broadcasting School as an experiment in replacing recorded sounds with samples. It was played pretty much as is by Prime Meridian in about '99 or '00 or so. It was heavily reworked and played by Break Even from '03-'05 and…

rehearsal recording martin - keyboard georg - guitar ulrich - drums helmut - bass michael - tech

From a recent gig at a local tamale joint. Yeah, it's that Dylan song that everybody plays.

Autumn in D minor (Instrumental)

I was going to release my songs in chronological order but decided to skip around instead. This one is a piece that revolves around a piano melody and adds percussion, organ, and mechanical beats. I had fun with this one and I hope you will find…

I'm a gardener - figure it out!

Roughly recorded years ago... A little more properly recorded now. Pass On Love Falling off the fence in year twelve of your lifetime Landing hard'll change your view of time The minutes left in life will count down slowly I need to…

Added a little more to this nice little change of strumming patterns played as an excuse to write a little love song. I FOUND LOVE You know I love you more than I Ever thought one simple man could You know I need you more than I Ever…

From a poem by Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick Francine Creates Her Story As If Asked to Author Her Own Birth Francine eats oranges like they are herself in a field after a long swim in the river next to her father's house and she is warm in…