My lady is a happy soul but even she gets fed up sometimes. From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do

A reggae version of my country/pop tune. From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do

My first ever GarageBand experiment. Not a good mix. Contains a sample of Bob Baker - please don't sue me! From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do

My second ever foray into GarageBand inna reggae style. From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do

Playing with reverberation and stretching, part of a larger ambient piece for the RPM2010 challenge. It uses heavilly effected and modified samples and VST Synplant.

Haitian rhythm bed with kalimba and Ney and synthflute. Rejected for its original purpose as being 'too jazzy' ;) The rhythmns and kalimba were old favorites that I had not adapted to anything. Added flute and textures for a website project…

Yet another tune from the dark period. To be honest I'm never fond of my slower tunes. From 2006 album Too Many Magpies

Written for my best mate's first son. From 2006 album Too Many Magpies

Another song from the dark period. Don't get involved in messy affairs is my advice! From 2006 album Too Many Magpies

Just an old-timey thing I wrote. From 2006 album Too Many Magpies

I was in a very dark place when I wrote this tune. Now I'm back in the light it sounds very self-pitying, but hey. From 2006 album Too many magpies

A blasphemously reverent prayer to the Goddess of Sacred Uproar. Lyrics are here: http://bit.ly/OurPrayer The song is the musical rendition of a piece from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring…

Power outages, deadlines, and needing to leave home. A Girl Named Sam lends some beautiful vocal harmonies.

A blasphemously reverent prayer to the Goddess of Sacred Uproar. The lyrics can be found at bit.ly/PrayerforUs

"You gotta put your pencil to the paper. Don't bother with the intricate chords. Hell it doesn't matter if the damned thing doesn't rhyme. Write it down. Run it through. Make some noise." These were actually the first words I wrote when…

All right, so one of those silly songs needed to find its way onto the album. In an effort to teach the students on my middle school team about rhythm in poetry, I wrote this little bit of foolishness about a fictional character (so yes, you…

Three years ago, I brought my two youngest up to the summit of a local mountain (actually, we went up Shelving Rock Mountain, but that song wouldn't be as good). Have a listen to see how that hike went.

This year will be my fifth year coaching one of my daughters in tee ball, and although I played ball competitively into my thirties, coaching the kids is easily the most fun I've ever had on the diamond.

Thank God!... Something up-beat. One of my colleagues has THE party of the year on Labor Day weekend every year, and I play around the bonfire from dusk until everyone is unconscious... and the ladies like to dance.

Exorcising an old demon. Eight or ten years ago, one of my ninth grade students came up with a permanent solution to a temporary problem on Halloween night. He was the last kid I had spoken to that day on my way out the door. Again, if you…