a new composition based solely on a recording of my Still Life (1994) for solo clarinet, with Tasha Warren playing.

A flower for the day

Well, I had this crazy idea that *maybe* Buddy Guy was using some microtonal inflections in his cover of Tramp (which are what the "blue notes" are and thought it would be cool to cover it with my fretless guitar. As it turned out it was my ear…

Written on 4th of July during the fireworks

Evening here at the lake

Song for another friend

Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!

electric mandolin on 3 tracks - 2 bowed (right and left) with viola bow and 1 strummed just a bit and mostly ebowed (center) Washburn bass voice with effects drum loops sliced and diced

"people make promises, some are promised a new kingdom."

full title: "input output smoothnews standstill on frog pond" ImprovFriday (8/27/10) mashup featuring Jeff Fairbanks (US), Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (Finland), Todd Lainhart (US), Steve Moyes (UK), & me w/the psychedelic vocals & bass.

An experiment with recording keyboard improvisations and running them through Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch. Orchestra X-7 was just the seat I was assigned at a concert once.

This is a fictional song...I get asked this all the time and I don't want anyone thinking my dad did anything like this...got you covered pops! LOL! Anyway, it's a song about child abuse and that's a tough subject to tackle but I think I did it…

A live recording done in our studio in Tucson, AZ. This is one of the first songs that Kit and Chris ever wrote together.

Timestretched acoustic guitar, cicadas. A sonic tribute to Ray Bradbury, who turns 90 this Sunday.

Body Disconnected (2002) was written to accompany choreography by Lauren Lutrell. The process included importing video clips of dance movements into the music programs I was using and scoring music to them as one might with a film soundtrack…

opium bath awaits for those who can make it past 37"

Ring of Fire - lyrics by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -1963. Slightly modified. This wasn't meant to be Ring of Fire but that's how it wound up. I have been wanting to trash Ring of Fire and the words just seem to fit this simple 1-4-5…

went ok for a while, but then..

A self-portrait in grunge. I recently got an electric guitar, so I'm testing the waters a little bit to see where I can use it. Electric instrumentation sure changes the way I approach multi-tracking, that's for sure!

Jack Merlot goes electric.

its algorithmic concentric melody and rythm

This is an absolutely beautiful song written by Jon Foreman for his side project Fiction Family and I felt like givin it a shot soo I just kinda learnt it and threw it together theres a few flubbups but they kinda workout well in the end enjoy :)

All music by Tyler Dedera. All vocals by Shanna Dawn.

A nice airy piece I wrote a while ago :)

Don't go to the streets Where they put you to the ground Where they put you to the wall And they steal your broken heart Don't go to the streets Where they say that it's ok Where they've seen it all before And they put you to the wall The hand…

[2010] Broken Teeth & Black Bones

[2010] Broken Teeth & Black Bones

[2010] Broken Teeth & Black Bones

this song is just that! Crazy! A fresh salsa,hiphop clash sound with edgy yet destructive lyrics only add to its light hearted under tone! Good track indeed and Ap kills it.

The Wife is a self confessed “Not a morning person”..... I am a morning person (well... Wake up happy person).... and so is the boy.... This causes some friction sometimes.... LOL!!!!!!! We went to a church fate today... Was…

I cant seem to play this unless I do it live.... That is something new to me... Used to be the other way around.... This is called "Do or die"... Do or Die (words and music by Tharek Mokbul) Do or die, that’s what Everyone here is…

[thanks to Vaisvil for making the genre name up]

I had not touched my keyboard for a long time - couple months? So it was inspiring to play it again. I set it up in the living room of the new house and played pianoteq on my laptop using a Just Intonation tuning (below). Actually I had to improvise…

an attempt to evoke the urban Brazilian scene - which has a rhythm all its own.

Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

It seems a lot of you record with open mics and can relate. I record 1 track at a time with usually 4 or 5 tracks. So, Im only asking for about 15 minutes of Silence...IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK??? Anyway, my house is so loud, I get a lot of bloopers…