pretty much the title says it all

When I was around three years old I first realized I was hearing music in my head, the sounds of which I could manipulate. I thought I was hearing the voices of an Angel choir singing with me. This is that tune, as best I can remember so many…

One morning looking out my picture window at the snow gently falling inspired this composition for bell choir. In this case, the bell choir is a Yamaha DX-11 synthesizer.

An ambient theme based on Thelonius Monk's "Misterioso"

Playing with my new Zoom B1X effects processor. Synthesized drums are from the B1X. Bassline is a panicky one I like to play. The guitar part I just came up with. Altogether I think I like it -- anyway it gets my pulse up! Well, it's a work…

Happy Halloween. At least for 19 more minutes here in New England. This is the ninth and final song for the Quarantine Tunes Volume 2 project. Is it fitting that the song was written a month ago? I don't know. This was the last song written…

Happy Halloween. Or should I say, Happy Covid-ween. Har Har. Another song from 2007's failed RPM Challenge that wasn't finished until 2011. This was also on my short list of songs to re-record when I first thought of this whole silly project…

A short 2-track guitar tune. I was trying to get that feeling of going out in public after lockdowns are all over. Sort of a combination of relaxing and frantic, I guess?

The Freedom Of The Moon --- Poem by Robert Frost I've tried the new moon tilted in the air Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster As you might try a jewel in your hair. I've tried it fine with little breadth of luster, Alone, or in one…

(Remastered 22/10/2021) So I got me a new geetar the other week. Named her Lala, obviously. Seemed kind of appropriate - she wears a faded gold dress and is full of chunes and mischiefs. This is our first effort together. It was meant…

Source: Keyboard

Source: Keyboard

Acoustic improv on a hacked 12-string dreadnought I set up several years ago for slide stuff. Recording for this weekend's Sound-In Halloween Blue event.

Malians type

Tenor sax picked up by contact mics attached to oven grilles. Submitted to Sound-In for Oct. 29 - Nov. 5/2020.

A song I wrote in May this year! I tried to not make the layering too intense in this... hopefully I achieved that lol? I think the mix has gone a bit weird at the beginning?? sorry about that... might go back and change it at some point in…

It is what it is ..........Thanks for listening

OK, so just in the spirit of the season (!) here's a playfully spooky little creation.....maybe imagine all those skeletons dancing around the place!!! I should maybe pay some homage to Tim Burton/John Williams here...?

Enjoy the Blue Moon Halloween! Wear a mask!

Sleezy

HOME (Am D) or (F C) VERSE 1. Where the (G) windmill sings to the mocking bird And the (CM7) prairie wind, without a word (Am) Whispers thru tall (D) grass, I’ll be (G) home (F C G) or (Am D) VERSE 2. Where the butter cups and…

Sorry If You Annoy Me retuned by melodyne to a different tuning every 12 bars 7edo, 17 edo, 22 edo, 31 edo, last chord 53 edo

I think I need to take a day off. My ears are turning to mush. I really struggled mixing this and I can't even tell if it's worth keeping or not. This song was written during my first attempt at doing anything in GarageBand. Prior August…

Reg went raving last night to an illeagal rave he got fed up with lockdown and thought fuck it ....and he met a girl..... I can't tell you how to feel it You know you got it wrong now baby, you got to get it right Your all mixed up deep…

DIRTY LAUNDRY Key C I got a call from Russell. He had to move his junk He’d filled his car. He’d filled his trunk Big black bags of something. I said, “What’s with these?” He said, “It’s dirty laundry.” I said, “That’s crazy.” So, he…

https://youtu.be/JoqmXgd1ZI8

https://youtu.be/JoqmXgd1ZI8

from the midi file made early in the morning yesterday--- opened in logic pro x and remixed nicely some edits and stuff here 000 but another work from the morning ---

from the midi file made early in the morning yesterday--- opened in logic pro x and remixed nicely results were edited and altered in audacity some-

Again from the midi file made early in the morning yesterday--- opened in logic pro x and remixed nicely---but yeah

from the midi file made early in the morning yesterday--- opened in logic pro x and remixed nicely

Now that the October album in a month thingie is finished I can get back to the better (not necessarily good) stuff. The Quarantine Tunes, volume 2. This song is wicked old. I wrote it for the 2020 RPM Challenge, all of nine months ago…

This one's a turd. It's only here because I'm doing an RPM Challenge rules album in a month and I need 10 songs. This is #10. I'm willing to forget this happened if you are. Sound good? Thanks your voice will be heard its all so absurd…

three tracks of 12 edo guitar

solo 17 edo guitar and effects

In a 10 song cycle where none of the songs were meant to feel like actual songs, this one feels like an actual song. Complete with guitar solos. One of them is backwards though, so it's got that going for it. There's some polyrhythm going…

That sure is a lot of polyrhythm, right? When I put this together, the vocal section wasn't there. I took the last measure of the song and one phrase and pasted it into the middle of the song, dropped the rhythm guitars, and added the vocals…

Ambient/Soundscape/Drone.....been messing around with my guitar-amp and some added sounds. Hope you enjoy.

Ok, believe or not, inspired by a Zoom meeting ...... I'm saying no more ........

well it does doesn't it??.......Paul put the music together and i added the waffle hope you enjoy...... NEWS FROM NOWHERE Keep your mouth shut and/or eyes wide open I understand you that you don’t why Everything you’ve ever believed…

Playing with a cinematic feel again, evoking a spooky chase, perhaps?!

blue moon - track 07

blue moon - track 06

blue moon - track 05

This is probably the simplest thing I've ever done in my entire life. An eight bar drums/bass loop, a little three part harmony on guitar, a little three part harmony vocals, a little more three part harmony on guitar, and that's it. I think…

blue moon - track 04

blue moon - track 03

blue moon - track 02

blue moon - track 01

I have to apologize in advance for bars 31-37, the section right after the vocal. The whole song is playing with polyrhythms. One guitar (and the bass and drums) is playing in 4/4 time and the other guitar is playing almost the same thing in…

Not too much happening here. I like the guitarmonies. Somehow that always sounds better with a lot of fuzz. There are a couple of places where tracks play backwards. The second verse has a copy of one of the voices chopped up and reversed…

So… two of the things I missed from my den in the UK were my basses and my Rode microphone. So, with this one I wanted loads of fretless bass and lead and backing vocals all warbled by yours truly. And I got that… But I got more. Much more. It…

Inspired with a cymbal sample created by Chris Vaisvil. I looped and layered his sample and improvised live dulcimer and layered that. Created for Sound-In Metal

Okay, I said none of the October album in a month songs worked as songs so much as little rhythm or harmony exercises. This one sort of works as a song. Not sure about the mix. I kinda like the melody, which is odd as I wasn't going to write…

Noodling around with some scale patterns in D. Kind of a fun tune :) new strings sound pretty good!

Wind chimes, a couple of metal objects sounded by dropping them end-wise on concrete patio stones, passing emergency vehicle siren. Submitted to Sound-In for 22-29/10/2020 "Metal".

This one isn't polyrhythms, but it wants to be. I actually took a four beat phrase and occasionally had one guitar shuffle it so beat one from guitar #1 is beat two for guitar #2. Simple. Outside of that, there's nothing all that special going…

I set this prayer to music after recently watching a video of Dr. Scott Hahn introducing and praying the St. Joseph Rosary. This is the prayer (which I did not compose myself) Hail Joseph, Son of David, do not fear Jesus will save his…