fallin' over the same old questions

Track 1 of my Mulligan EP, recorded for the 2025 RPM Challenge. Inspired by my time working in betting shops, of all things. I used my Variax Standard for most of the guitar sounds, trying to get something like a Biffy Clyro type of sound.

Don't stop, just don't stop, then ...

A Schizophrenia moment

The sky is heavy Clouds won't break A quiet storm The heartache aches Words like arrows Sharp and mean But love's a fight Not always clean Torn apart But still we mend Is this the start or just the end Love can hurt It cuts It…

Transient texture experiment; also reverb envelopes. RPM number 10.

rough idea, I think I had a movie in my head, the main character is on the move. No vocals

for the Angie Fights Crime cover album

Don't really remember the story for this...written smack dab in the middle of Feb in RPM madness...it happenened, then I moved on and I let go of it...Mike Novak on egg...another song where I waited for a drummer friend to show up that never did...

Hello, everyone, I got some food in front of me I’m gonna eat it, I’ma gonna tell you about it So it’s a mix, potatoes and the beans and the grains altogether for your brain, for your body, it’s pure pleasure Here we go Smooth but a good chew…

The Good Wife's turn !!!

Barry Morse organized a fantastic multimedia Happening for John Cage’s 100th birthday at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Krannert Art Museum. I took time lapse video and recorded audio from my vantage point. Presented here was a moment…

Sam Mann and The Apes . Al Teman Howard Teman Eric Teman Sam Mann The original incarnation of this surreal conglomerate of undefinable talent. Ryan Mallory on sax. Brilliant Playing by everyone. Al's guitar playing on this song is some…

wham bam

(interpolates lyrics from "Flavor of the Weak" by American Hi-Fi and "Speak My Mind" by O'hene Savant) The blessed time The best place to start is now The best way to start is to move your feet on the ground And I could talk days about how…

written for a friend

My girlfriend was born in the Middle East, that's why I've come to listen a lot to Arab, Persian, Turkish, and Tuareg music. I improvised this song within a few early morning hours after coming home from a concert by the incredible Tuareg rock…