A smile, a big smile, people walking in the streets. No masks, finally! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

unused track from new album

Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters: . . . . . . . . Your mission this month is twofold: 1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…

Another PD piece, new way of thinking, some new ideas that are evolving from interests in eurorack and other influences.

A new little ditty ......

These tracks (Easyeverything) were made while trying out some new gear; Moog Grandmother and Elektron Model Samples specifically. I tried to make the sort of Chillwave/Vaporwave I like to use as background music, while trying out arps and sequencers…

Put together a quick one this week. Had a section of guitar and bass that I liked almost all week, and dropped most of it at the last second, then inspiration took over. Had some lyrics ready to go.

Picture an old tavern just up the way, and music spilling into the street. My first REM submission! Put in for April.

A little more rock and roll than my normal mellow vibe. I might play around with this some more, but for now, it is what is :) Guitar, bass, bodhran, vocals, and a casio keyboard drumkit.

Foolishness - A A J Russe Written 3rd January 1988 Recorded 1st March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** While writing and recording songs for FAWM 2022 I discovered that I can create acoustic demos of nearly any song I've ever written…

RPM 2022

RPM 2022

The other day you came to play On your own, and then you Made up your mind that love was blind You’d take what you could find I knew by the way that you looked at me I’m in trouble deep Did you think that I couldn’t see? Love was on your…

Undertow T Boudreau I heard a speaker of truth teaching our youth and telling all kinds of lies So i challenged his lessons asked all kinds of questions and slowly he started opening my mind Now i’m going down to the riverside Lord wont…

When the shivers go right down your spine like a river Or the whiplash from turning your head to the coast Brace, the stormfront breaching outside, Every tree, bends like a dragons tail We lean our bodies toward the headwinds turning our…

An endlessly-revolving, ever-changing face you show to the world. Which facade will you wear today? Human, robot, or monster?

I've lost my way - somewhere between the dusk and the crack of day.

Machinery & Musings

I never saw this Nintendo cartridge before, and why are backwards-talking voices coming from it?

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022** Song number 7 Written Saturday 12th February 2022 **** This one was easy to write but hard work singing and recording. I'm fairly certain this one is high on the list of "arrange me later" - I kept…

Sunshine fill my soul Let the blues be the first to go Sunshine can’t complain If life shows us a little rain Chorus Sunshine through the window At first morning’s light All the stars fade away When sunshine gets so bright When sunshine…

This is the song that sparked the whole album

Sitting at my keyboard one day and plugged in some canned drums & started playing the bass line & these are the words & tune that came to me

Keep me close and afraid Keep me wandering for days Keep me exactly the same Keep me docile and tired Keep me angsty and wired Keep me faking the pain Keep me loose and contained Keep me close and afraid Keep me wandering for days…

[Hello?] (ring) [Hello?] (ring) ---- Samples (from Freesound) * 219776_madamvicious_tell-my-wife-hello * 456433__mycompasstv__old-rotary-phone-ringing-western-electric-bell-500-phone

Just straight-up acoustic guitar, with no trickery. Submitted to Sound-In Christmas event 23-30/12/2021.

Another one from the archives! Collab with glu from 2009 - I took his original guitar track and added vocals, then he remixed and made about four more versions, but this is my fave.

Guess this could classed as topical .....

Source: Keyboard, Samples