Inspired by a gorgeous recording on a wax cylinder by the composer, Tanburi Cemil Bey (1873-1916). Performed on politiki lyra (classic kemençe), a small bowed fiddle from Istanbul. Recorded at The Banff Centre, November 2008.

Oh well, nothing like going to a middle school music function to break writers block, all those posters and flare about achievement... Special thanks to my sons middle school band, The Preston Pumas playing at the end !

Song by Nick Plagakis Lyrics: I don’t care for love and happiness I got myself a yacht and a mansion I don’t believe in God and religion I got myself sixty four billion Greed, greed, greed is what I need Greed, greed, greed is what…

some scary witchcraft music.

This was my very first attempt at recording , done on two tracks , me picking and vox , AK rhythm , then me adding a harmony vocal , a bit basic but a Traffic song i've allways loved

From the Angie Fights Crime/AM FM Dreams split album "Faiths" (2010)

Conga improvisation. 4/4 ?bpm

...The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are. - Percy B. Shelley

Got a lot of bad news this week and this came out....... i want to see the sunshine come out through the pouring rain i want to see the clouds break i want to see this day start again oh i’m gonna get down on my knees get down on my knees…

A hymn with a melody of Celtic origin.

A song about my wife. Recorded 2005. I'd just taught myself how to play piano (badly). I'd always wanted to be Freddie Mercury when I was younger... still got a bit of a ways to go. **** **Now It's Done - A A J Russe** I said it…

This one is still in progress, Jon the guitarist sent me a riff which i stuck together to get a kinda structure...so this is take 1.... I'm gonna kill a Mockingbird That mockingbird mocks me with your name I'm still not over you and it's causing…

Conga improvisation. 4/4 200bpm

"The out of body experience of traveling alone". When I first started to play Guitar in April 2009, Geir was there to help me create tracks... This is one where I put down a an amature track and he made something from it... A…

I wanted to play more directly with noise of various kinds so this piece focuses less on techniques and fancy plugins and more on selection & arrangement of sounds. I spent many hours going through Reaktor ensembles I've downloaded searching…

A lonely little improv in Dminor tuning.

cover of the pink floyd song dr alfredo de pietra on guitars and myself on vocal duties. a slighty different mix from the two versions at songcrafters.

My Rendition of an Indonesian Song. In Memory of the 202 Victims of the Bali Bombings

Not really Irish ... a Scottish ballad ... An earthly nourris sits and sings And aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean (and) no ken I, my bairns father Far less the land that he dwells in." And up come he to her bed fit A grumly guest I'm sure…

The longing is authentic. What more can I say.