jqscutt posted the acoustic guitar track looking for ideas, not sure if it turned into the genre he was looking for :) The auuuggga horn sound was another classic unplanned phone interruption during the vocal recording but it seems to fit in…

For this Mother's Day week, a conga improvisation dedicated to Saint Monica and all the other mothers who surreptitiously provide for and incessantly pray for their children. Thanks Mom! ** this could really use a tasty melody to go with…

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Recently, my wife and I discovered the TV show Portlandia, and it has become our Saturday morning ritual to watch the latest episode with our coffee. Anyways, I kind of got the theme song (http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/02/portlandia-whats-that…

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…

I'm really thinking of renaming the upcoming "Burning Wood... The Bonfire Sessions" album "Stealing Genius." I write something simple, put down some picking at the beginning, some acoustic guitar and some vocals, and send it off to people with…

A loose variation of theme from movie "Ip Man" originally composed by Kenji Kawai. Modestly performed by JC Prophets band. Ip Man was a Gradmaster of Wing Chun(southern Chinese kung-fu) and he is widely known as a Bruce Lee's SiFu(teacher…

This is the bonus track for "The Best of GEM" playlist. APATHY AND GREED Apathy and greed is in the human seed "I need more, to Hell with you" we say so well How we live and play to get us through the day Til we hear the bell that summons…

Thanks Merry Bear for cleaning this up for me!

RIP Jack Bruce

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 is like, hmm... like talking to a stranger on a train. First, it's nothing about, and then suddenly you discover that you're about to tell your life; or you listen to someone's story, seemingly intricate or simple (and therefore seemed familiar…

Another 12 string improv. Capo 3rd fret, capo 5th fret except for top string and notched out for the b strings to attain an open C tuning, of sorts.

The doctor has told thetworegs something they don't want to hear. So they funk it out........ RPM2011

Alpha Road track I recorded, mixed and played guitar on

gettin' some chicken bumps! Get down and get funky!

just decided to with the GR-55 and this came out , vocal and lyrics done on the fly

some scary witchcraft music.

Lido shuffle from way back in the 80's a Boz Scraggs cover with Johnny Robbo from over at the Cool Lab, John really smashes the music….hope you enjoy

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…