A protest against the conditions of poverty in the developing world .

Short foray into a deserted cabin

Like you going down a corridor with a couple of rooms lined up on each side. And in each of the room is a different story.

A humorous jab at Caribbean political leaders in light of widespread corruption & abuse of power .

A rather flat version of an original instumental jam played live as a four piece in the studio.we played reserved compared to normal renditions. others wanted this on the album, i voted no. we made our 35 minutes. thank god!

Here's a recent poem of mine, set over a bed of house...

I promised you the world again Everything within my hands All the riches one could dream They will come from me I hoped that you could understand That this is not what I had planned Please don’t worry now It will turn around Cause I need more…

For percussion I used objects that were lying around my house at time I recorded this - a pair of scissors opening and closing is one, but i forget the others (it was 12 years ago). The lyrics were pretty much improvised

Yeah...

Pulbicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org

details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2193 NOTE: meantone refers to a tuning method, not the guitar tone.

a short progressive piece welcoming music of dreams

A mashup with Roger Sundström Guitar,Soundscaping Norbert Oldani (Light Blue) Steve Layton (Bouncie Variations) Jim Goodin (Ten of Steel in Variation) for ImprovFriday 2012-03-10

Many, Many, thanks to Steve for this music backing track, my song has come alive......

Newest Addition to my "Unreleased" album. Enjoy, and feel free to give pros/cons feedback. Thank you! -Mike

And take two. We went for pretty and melodic. Sorry about the annoying fuzz.

First take, envisioned as an angry frenetic tune, but came out more heroic.

The theme for Improv Friday this week is "variations". So here's an improv reconstruction of the one classical piece I know, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.