I wondered why she stuck around.

Lyric: SHE She, Shes never far away from me. She always gives me what I need. So that I never want. She, She never strays too far from home. She rarely leaves me all alone. She's my whole world. She, She watches over me. She…

This great old (Public Domain) song by Stephen Foster which I just do and has nothing to do with my current state of life but may not be true for others. I do this song in a most unusual way. That is to say I changed the melody of the verses…

Apparently I wrote this three years ago, well, August '06. I just found it. It picks up after a minute or so...

Fantasia Fireworks Festival, NY

it is winter. there is breath. it flows in the forest. the white fur is hidden in the trees. it moves slowly toward the heart. the heart beats fast. it runs. the white fur moves slowly. it will always catch the heart, no matter how fast the heart…

Jonathan Thomas looks at 2 Corinthians 8 ad 9

Down low dirty blues with a big nod to ZZ Top

cover of Arboretum on Vetiver's first album

Quite the tongue-twister, Jason's STILL trying to catch his breath after recording this re-worked traditional Irish folk song

"Tell Me Ma", was featured on National Public Radio's Second Stage. As NPR put it: "Beatnik Turtle is a remarkably prolific and fiercely independent rock group based in Chicago. The eight-piece band includes a full horn section and has been making…

Another Irish classic. This song tells the story of a group of pub regulars who, upon learning that the pub is on fire, head to the cellar to drink all the booze. You know, cuz it's free that way. What's a few burns?

This was the song that launched the entire SHAM ROCK album. This is what happens when you turn up the tempo, crank the volume, and add a horn section. As with most of these songs, we came up with our own music to add to these songs. So, the…

Have you ever heard a traditional Irish folk song re-worked as a ska song? No? How about with an additional Spanish horn riff? Well, now you have! This song tells the story of an unfortunate guy who hooks up with a girl in the kitchen of her boss…

Beatnik Turtle's take on another ol' Irish classic.

We couldn't resist breaking out the traditional Irish instruments halfway through this one and going all Celtic on your arse.

This old song had a lot of braggin' in it. So, we couldn't resist giving it a bit of the old skool hip-hop flavor.

This song's extremely popular and so has been done to death. We decided if we were going to re-make this one, we had to try something new. So, we hit on the 7/4 time signature, the melodica (thought it was bagpipes, didja?), and arrangement. By…

Never, never again. How many times have we all uttered that statement the "morning after?" This song explores the regrets from the night before and blames it all on "devil drink cider called Johnny Jump Up".

Contrary to public opinion, the term "The Holy Ground" doesn't refer to the Emerald Isle. Nope. It's the name of a whore house that Irish sailors would visit. The Irish have quite a sense of humor...!

This is the first public output after going through about 40% of nickstutorials.com sound design series. All the sounds started off with my sampling myself either saying something, clicking my fingers or clapping. They were recorded through…

Modern classical piano piece

Something I came up with on a Sunday afternoon.

Another instrumental intended for Bethan..

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