A song all about the passing of time, the seasons, love and life

About a less costly time.

An instrumental from We Closed

Written by D. Oettinger, this performance by Helen Sventitsky is different from any version we'd recorded --& is better

Ambient. Electric Bass Guitar. Ebow + Acoustic Guitar Sometimes a new instrument is all it takes to inspire a nice little piece.

A chance gtr line turns into a big production. This is a song I wrote for myself, meaning it's probably too long, it probably has too many parts and it probably has too much going on in it. YET, I don't care. I wrote it for me. Oh, and I am very…

This song sounds best if you can drive through Hollywood Hills, or anywhere in Southern CA. Funny how I happen to live in NH, eh? Another song that came from a simple gtr line (the intro).

Stripped down, I almost did this one as a live, one take vox and gtr "on-mike" bit. I did the song, kind of liked, but decided to do a tracked version, just to see what it would sound like. Ended up liking it more.

Bouncy, with ear candy. Wanted to do something different with this one, keep it from being too predictable. I think I succeeded. I also happen to really like my "squawk, squawk" gtr stabs in the verses.

The closing track of Dearly Departed. I will come back, but I don't know where or when. Open, ethereal, a departure in terms of tone, and for me.

Wanted to make this one drive. It's meant to be listened to as loud as possible.

I am Ironman. With this one, I purposely kept it stripped down. I could have lavished it up, but I wanted the tone to match the stark clarity of realization. Sometimes this one sounds thin to me, but stark clarity sometimes has the same: "That…

This is a track of serendipity (is that how you spell that?) I was hours from deadline, lots of mixing left to do, and this track was FAR from done. I love the congas in this one. In general, this is a fun one for me. For once I actually don't…

Eerie, mournful, beautiful, but so, so lonely. These are the words of a friend listening to it. When you make a conscious choice as to who you should be, what you were meant to be, what you have failed to be, until now... This one is meant…

This is a song for my RPM 2009 album. An echoey ambient piece with Tibetan bells and piano in deep space

This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It reminded me of early Leonard Cohen so I took it in that direction with the finger picking and spookiness

This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It seemed to be a meditation on everyday life so I decided that I'd whistle for the solo as it's the kind of thing I do when walking down…

A rough guide to the presidential race.

This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.

reading too much sci-fi makes you paranoid and using too many effects pedals can make your songs repetitive, loud, and long.

i don't know. another paranoid delusion, i guess.

loop pedal + fuzz pedal + wah-wah = instrumental noise madness.

pretentious silliness.

instrumental fun

i have long legs...

just goofin around...

This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.

This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

*Cover of* **_Shriekback_** *song from their album "Oil and Gold".* *Mixed with Ken Kessie. Backing vocals by Anne Kadrovich.*

I've been listening to early '70's era Eric Clapton quite a bit lately, came up with a riff and tried to write a song that sounds like it could be an outtake from Derek and the Dominoes or 461 Ocean Boulevard.