This is from years ago, living in santa fe. I loved driving around in my little 1980s toyota corolla and listening to cassettes. I loved the way they sounded. So I took a piano song I was working on, recorded it to cassette, dragged mic…

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.

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…

Dang, everyone except Rob (and Laura) (and me) liked the previous version! (Cupid's Own Knife) Only i did this with the lyrics so maybe one can be a bonus track ... aargghh ... why didn't i write a *different* song?

Acoustic tale of revenge. Recorded 2010 on a Boss BR1600CD. ***** **The Knife - A A J Russe** A dark and star-less night Probably driving rain That's what they think became of me A foolish walk along the cliff when he was drunk…

Beware the coming technological singularity.

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 !

Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad If you listen closely at 47 seconds you will hear a "swoosh" sound - it was my wife moving something around upstairs. It adds something extra that works somehow. A breath, a sigh, a surprise... Hope you…

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…

Last night I dreamed I was a dancer In an old off Broadway show And I danced with the girls in balcony And I sang to the mezzanine row It was Tin Pan Alley and Salvador Dali At the curtain the crowd leapt to their feet And I bowed and I…

Dogs, cats, chickens, hamsters, human beings...it's all the same. THE POUND Thank you for coming to the pound Take your time. Look around. We’ve got something for everyone, Someone for everyone. Thank you for coming to the pound…

The island of Cuba was a Spanish possession for almost 400 years (1511-1898). The land-owning elite held social and economic power, supported by slaves, both indigenous and of South American and African descent, until slavery was abolished…

Conga improvisation. 4/4 ?bpm

I did this live performance at the Shore 104.3 radio station yesterday (Aug.25'10) directly after singing this song in the vancouver PNE talent contest and winning first prize! hope you like it! Check out the video of the PNE performance!

Asturias (Leyenda) is a musical work written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. The name Asturias (Leyenda) was given to it posthumously by the German publisher Hofmeister, who included it in the 1911 "complete version" of the Suite espa…

Not sure where I was going with this, but it ended up quite dreary for what I thought were quite motivating lyrics. Watch this space, it may well appear again with more upbeat music. Lyrics: I choose the light to drive away the darkness Choose…

I had to do it. I had to write a song for a Bond movie. Now they just need to make the movie, and hire me to do the soundtrack.

Instantaneously Yours is an internet collaboration between excellent percussionist Norm Harris and myself. I added 12 string, fretless bass and fretless ebowed guitar to Norm's Groove for Saint Ambrose. Since this was done for fun as a serial…

Written and Recorded April 10/11, 2010 Inspired a bit by a painting I saw today: http://gowalla.com/checkins/6575047 Details: Epiphone Les Paul (EBEGAD/BBEGAD, Capo II), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, Audacity.