I have many musical influences, one of which is that thick Brian Wilson / Beach Boys harmony. While my songwriting is seldom as sunlit and carefree as his, this still should be considered a respectful homage.

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a darker movement from 2005. electric guitar+violin bow.

Jonathan Thomas on Faith That's Foolish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonax

The title comes from the realization that we are applying a ridiculous amount of machinery to make or alter noises that came from a simple source like a vibrating string. This is first experiment using some of the sampling magic learned from…

This is the second part of my Genesis: 'Adam and Eve'

This is the first part of my Genesis

These are tiny little pieces for orchestra.. I will be uploading all of them, this one is the first

I really like the guitar interplay in this song. And I love the riff at the end.

This is probably my favorite song of mine. Somewhat long, but I think it flows real well and builds in each section.

I like the way this song builds and goes on a journey.

Rocking acoustic guitar, great chorus.

I wanted to write an electronica type song, and I came up with this organ riff and took it from there. I really like the interplay between the bass, organ, and strings during the chorus. One of my favorites.

A light, kind of bouncy jam. Lots of production mistakes but still enjoyable.

I wrote this song using a looping pedal. Pretty fun song to play. Maybe one day I'll revisit and elaborate on it a bit.

I wrote this one years ago but didn't record it until recently. The piano notes in the middle are probably my favorite notes in all my songs.

This is one of the first recordings I made that I was genuinely happy about and satisfied with. Like all my recordings, there's definitely stuff I'd change about it (namely the drums and drum tones) but I love the composition itself.

This one was originally slated for the RPM, but I never got to it. I put together this layout one day, and it hasn't progressed since then, but vocals are coming. Does anyone have Tom Waits' phone number?

Hypnogogic Hyperbeing Ahoy! [1996]