2024 RPM Challenge idea number 15 becomes finished song number 16. This one is okay. Better than most of the garbage I've piled up this year. I think it will make the final album, but it's sort of on the bubble. I'll bury it in the middle…

This is a track that is unapologetically scary and unsettling. Combination of synths and orchestral instruments, some noises...no drums or percussion. Don't listen alone in the dark.... You have been warned......

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 17 becomes finished song number 15. I tried to be screwy and make the verses the more developed section than the chorus. Just for something different. There are vocal harmonies in the verses but not in the chorus…

The Pads of Paddington is a set of 2 pieces (this being the 2nd one). I took inspiration from train sounds/noises. For this second piece, I used actual recordings of train sounds made by me with my faithful Zoom H1 recorder. For this piece…

The Pads of Paddington is a set of 2 pieces (this being the first one). I took inspiration from train sounds/noises although the "pads" of Paddington should technically be called the "drones" of Paddington - however, I am sure you understand the…

Are they friendly?

Translate this transmission. Patch through. Channel 31.

Some nights are colder than others...

Recorded in 2004, in an old cabin in rural NC. I don’t know why the fake accent.

Recorded in 2006 in Ashland OR. This was meant to be the backing track for a more complete song, of which all I can remember is the line “All I want to do / Is get stoned and read Harper’s”. Recorded in an airstream trailer.

Recorded in 2006 in Ashland OR, in an Airstream trailer I lived in for a summer. I barely had electricity so it’s a miracle I even got this much recorded.

Recorded in Denver in 2002. I sound like I’m pitching a song to Bread, but I don’t know how I would have liked that comment at the time.

Recorded in Denver in 2002, but I don’t remember it.

Recorded in Denver in 2001

Recorded in Denver in 2001, then promptly forgotten.

Recorded in 2001. The notes on the tape case say Moab.

Recorded in 2001 in an empty apartment in Mesa AZ. The drum kit is a cardboard box and a tambourine. The guitar is an acoustic and I’m sure I had to do some workaround to get it to sound like this.

Recorded in Mesa AZ in 2001.

Everything in order. Every meaningful vibration in sync.

Finally. Time to get back home for a little rest and relaxation. For now at least.

I can hear it working. Always working. Toiling away.

There's always something; something, out there...

Aversion to authority.

A lifetime of laughter when you were just kids And all that came after the silly things you both did Those times are long, long gone like they ran off and hid Then the world got bigger with other places to play And getting so caught up in…

Everywhere I go, there's so much noise They try to tell you you'll be fine if you purchase their new toys But nothing on this Earth I've ever found Can bring me back to life when the world's run me down When nothing else can make it right…

Recorded 28 FEB 2024 for the RPM Challenge event.

Based on the novel by Sasa Stanisic. Pretty sure this was the first song I wrote on the ukulele.

Based upon a novel by the same name by Rivka Galchen, recorded for the RPM challenge ‘08.

She comes around to steal the day. When she comes around, she won’t behave. and all good people kneel and pray. cause she never frowns at a chance to play. Planets collide and stars expire. And I blame that girl for bringing us fire…

Particles. Charged particles everywhere...

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 12 becomes finished song number 14. I can't tell how I feel about this one. Do I hate it or do I mostly not like it. I'm on the fence. Guitars are a Les Paul Custom for the rhythm tracks and an ES-335 Pro…

Slowly pumping with time.

Everything in proper place. Thanks for watching.

Relax. Everything will be Ok.

Every story has to start somewhere.

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 11 becomes finished song number 13. This one is okay. We'll say it's on the bubble as far as making the final RPM Challenge submission is concerned. I like the vocal harmony at the end and unlike most of the…