here we are, for the very first time is it safe to touch you or am I way out of line now it's over, and our embrace was far too sweet is it safe to fall in love or is this a game that can never be beat here we are in my bedroom all alone…

A snippet from the Khachaturian ballet suite.

Based on the work of Janet Cardiff, my final is an audio walk through of the Digital building, the Brown Center, at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I weave fictions and truth, with recorded sounds and sampled, manipulated and natural. There…

one of 5 songs written in July 2005 re: an old band mate visiting after moving away. when is how, and don't begin silent thoughts and long lost friends goodbye for now just and wise and kind and true from earth to sky, from me to you…

this is one of 5 songs written in July 2005 re: an old band mate was visiting after moving away. we drank alot while he was here.

one of 5 songs written July 5, 2005 re: an old band mate visiting after moving away. this is actually about my wife. close my eyes and fall asleep and dream of you hold you close and your kiss your face and lick your thighs and realize…

one of five songs written in July 2005 re: an old band mate was visiting after moving away. he took me for a ride in his single engine sesna.

one of 5 songs written in July 2005 re: an old bandmate coming to visit after moving away to Indiana. this is a true story. remember me when I slept with your wife and you didn't kill me remember me when we played in that band and toured…

this was a song i wrote and performed a couple times with a former band (kill.pop.), but we broke up before it ever got recorded. i had to save it, though this version is aweful.

a song from a previous band (kill.pop.), i took the metal out of it and made it more dreamy. this is actually the 3rd version of this song that i've played.

the reprise is actually the way the song was written.

this is the first song I wrote for my wife. it is an actually step by step of our first date. she opened the door and stood there smiling this exchange between us lasted forever so i took her in my car and went to eat some vietnamese food…

originally a fast tempo tune, i started slowing it down to add variety. it's hit or miss really. first you say, that you don't believe me then you say, that you cannot trust me then you say, that you can't forgive me then you say that it…

based on a poem from Charles Bukowski. the bass part is from an older song i wrote with a band call black water. i hate wasting good parts.

rpm song from 2007, my wife's father had just died and i had to drive 4 hours to be with her, then spent 2 days with her and her family, then drove back home and left her there. this is the song about that journey home. the house is cold…

this is improvised song that i just made up on night. the words always change and the length as well. it's not really about anything in real life, i just like the "lies to the sun" part.

the first new song written for the RPM challenge, i love the guitar part, but the words were last minute. some people get tired of my anti-religion diatribe. oh well Judge me, I want everyone all up in here cast your stones for slandering…

this is 4 bass tracks and drums the 3rd song i wrote about my wife. maybe someday the second song will show up somewhere. like a hunter hunts its prey eyeing me, hungrily can't keep her paws to herself and i'm not about to fight it it…

a song about my first house, after bouncing around rentals for 20 years. this is the way to my new house through the city and past the park it's not quite as far as you might think this is the way to my new house there might be a bus that…

I wrote this piece over the course of 2006. Though the majority was committed to paper during that year, the project continues to evolve every time I come back to it. I'm still struggling to find the perfect avenue to represent the composition…

A quickie! Thanks for stopping! Doug

Durning the recording of this it was 3 in the morning the fog had rolled in thickly and a fog horn was blowing. When I was monitoring the track I could hear the slow beat 6 bpm of the fog horn.

Jeff Archer - Guitar Joe Lafata - Keyboard Bass Matt Stahl - Drums This is my personal favorite of the 5 jams.

Jeff Archer - Guitar Joe Lafata - Keyboard Bass Matt Stahl - Drums

Jeff Archer - Guitar Joe Lafata - Keyboard Bass Matt Stahl - Drums

Jeff Archer - Guitar Joe Lafata - Keyboard Bass Matt Stahl - Drums