"Castaway of Love" is a song by Brian, one of our guitar players who until now has been shy about sharing his talent. When he told me the title of this song I was expecting a 1920's style megaphone crooner melody, but was happily surprised by…

I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…

With JS Tolar, as band Visions Of Nell. My tribute to Anne Boleyn, the first queen to be publicly executed in England. I used some of the poetry she wrote during her imprisonment in the chorus. An innocent, incomparable woman.

This one came solely as the chorus melody and the basic hook "So I'll sing my song for Carolina" It's all I had for months, but I thought it was a good chorus line so I kept humming it to see if it would sprout further ideas. The mid section is…

Ukulele and vocals performed by Jazz, 12. She's starting to write her own stuff (proud!) but just to get her in the studio for the first time, here is a cover of a song by Vance Joy.

The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.

I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.

A total gtr inspired tune. The riff came first and I knew it needed thunderous drums. The rest fell into place. I envisioned this one being very Top of The Pops on a Saturday in 1971, or Granada TV in summer of' 70, depending on your point of…

With the electrorgasmic Aged Machine, written and recorded for the RPM Challenge 2012. Sabotaged by the coffin card girl Rode out of the cartomancy world I'm soaking and sick of this Of being a bee sting because he doesn't know a good…

With music written and performed by Soundsmith Kamachi. It was the last day of RPM and he asked me to write a lullaby for a track called Cornucopia. Very much enjoyed how easily this one flowed. That's my mum, Bee Mathis, adding class to the…

From a series of pieces done a few days ago working with my latest Pure Data patch for interactive live performance. Baritone Uke and PD.

An angry little tune about the pres(id)ent situation. EOB strat>russian big muff pi>guitar disruptor>ibanez DE7 delay Isolation Quarantine But people all around The sickness of not caring No empathy to be found Bail out banks…

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Morphed Futuristic Electric guitar soundwave stratosphere.

Track #7 - Forgiven Sinner - Live @ Dr. Jack's

This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it! This is now…