Music inspired by the 90's, Lyrics inspired by my lament. Made for the REM Challenge May 2025 Thanks to doowcin, Wil, Tony H, Luna Ponderosa, sadcoolgirl and Peggy the Cat for lending their voices.

I had an hour to myself on a beautiful day, taking the synth machine into the woods for an attempt at music making. I heard the music around me, and decided to start by recording it. Then I created a new wavetable instrument and improvised some…

This song is about one of the Prood girls, who is a school teacher ….special THANK YOU to Colleen Dillon for her endless support and encouragement. Lyrics… As the shadows stretch across your dark and lonely room and your record player fails…

inspired by an unusually fitful night of dreaming

I'm... not sure what happened here. Not a pretty sound, but it is weird. Sound generated by Roland J-6 synth, moans induced by bastl fx wizard.

This song is about getting lost in a labyrinth of the mind, reliving unpleasant moments, exploring what terrible things might have happened or could happen in the future, while fighting and trying to escape and wake up. On the Deluge I used the…

by The Verve Pipe

by Brian Vander Ark

Written in the 90's, recorded May 2025

Thanks to a microtonal university session I was introduced to 37 notes per octave (edo). Here I use an Linnstrument to play an older version of Kontakt french horn section in 37 edo.

What do you call guys like us, who are from the USA? USA-guys? Why, we’re USAnian of course.

"prepared" 12 string acoustic gtr

A traditional Canadian song. There are lyrics but I decided to leave them out. Tracks include guitar, bass, concertina, hand drum, and kalimba. Lyrics (how I sing them): Verse 1: Land of the silver birch Home of the beaver Where the…