Here's my lastest music to share, recorded while messing around with my looper pedal. Pedal point & processing via a bunch of Boss pedals: ME-80, OC-5, RC-30, & SY-200.

Starting off sounding much different, this has undergone considerable transformation in Audacity to reach the form in which you hear it now. Drone from a window a/c unit and more jackhammering from the other side of our building.

Arctostyle Techno

(samples music and interpolates lyrics from "Dear Boy" by Paul & Linda McCartney) [Verse 1] I guess you never knew, dear girl, what you had found I guess you never knew, dear girl, that he was just the cutest thing around I guess you…

Its raining again here so no gardening today so I'm down the cellar dreaming of warmer climes and messing with the guitar ...Thanks For listening I’m going travelling to where the sunset settles on those wine groves I’m gonna feel the wind…

Here is my contribution to the latest songwriting challenge offered by Minnesota Association of Songwriters: Write and record one song and complete one of these three concepts. A stranger comes to your door, and/or…. You find a class…

samples “Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues)” by Wynton Marsalis [Verse] I’m responsible, I'm stacking my money, y’all, mountain tall But these landlords are assholes and they want it all It’ll be alright but you must learn like…

[Intro] Well hello there, let me tell you today about a personality that I come across Actually, it’s more like a device type, yes, device type So without further ado, let me tell you about this device type [Verse 1] Show me an aggressive…

[Verse 1] Every person has a unique blueprint inside They can destroy it, hide it or bring it to life People are caught up in culture, I get it No one taught you how to run wild in the thicket There’s a whole wide world to explore… First…

What’s up, everyone Got a meal here right in front of ya And I’m gonna eat this, and I wanna tell ya about it so you can share this experience with me We got these potatoes mashed with love, fantastic stuff And I got this grain mix, beautiful…

Hello, so I am speaking now in light of the recent Turkey/Syria earthquake And there are officially confirmed dead around seventeen thousand people With more to be confirmed dead probably soon in the coming days And speaking now and generally…

(interpolates music from "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan) [Verse 1] Animal genocide What we do to them we do to us Because we’re also animals, in the eyes We kill them and eat them, we kill ourselves We take the fluid and eat it We steal the…

[Verse 1] You can waste away or create a space some way I do the latter ‘cause it’s safer and conservation We all seem to need to work for the man But what do you do when you’re home again? You see, the issue at hand is your very life Don…

(interpolates lyrics from "Shit on Tu" by Alex Dionisio) [Verse 1] Two-tone, that’s my makeup, not mascara, but my races You should be painting That pen was some bullshit, so I picked up a paintbrush I always think this will flub but it…

[Verse 1] I’m so relaxed I’m here standing, but I’m so darn calm you’d think I’d be lying back down on a mat I won’t back down with the rap Alex is the man now, think of that Oh, you don’t think You only compute Who are you if not a human…

(interpolates lyrics from "Something" by The Beatles and "Back in the USSR" by The Beatles) [Chorus 1] Mother Nature really knocks me out I leave the death behind It’s how you move makes me scream and shout And I don’t want to leave Her…

samples "Reprise (Medley For A "V")" by DJ Quik [Verse] This is a quick one but a necessary one, much necessary Gotta say this Mother and father, my real ones, biological, mom and dad Now I see a schism between me and you, a little different…

(interpolates music from "UBR" by Nas) Born August 20th, 1965 His father wasn’t around who came from the islands Stepfather John Parker in Harlem, their mom left him—was volatile Brief stint in the Bronx, then to Brooklyn Mom’s man Joe…

When the student is ready, then the teacher appears And you’ll never get clean until you’ve had it up to here You’re at rock bottom I used to take hard shots of spirits and suck down Tourneys and what a disgrace You have to say “I’m to be…

Go forward, not back, move forward Is Russia all guilty and Ukraine all wonderful? Hm This conversation is awful one-sided Waiting is but a lovely ride if you entertain that one idea one time A positive thought tends to beget repetition You…

[Verse 1] The vagaries of the ancient seas create a playful array of glee Whereas the fire transpires to stay away from these, lest its splaying flames get erased completely Opposing forces host a swarm of locusts The focus is the path placed…

I don’t need a pen It just flows from within And I do this for me Not from externally If you think that it’s wrong… I’m not on that, I’m off that now, let’s go I don’t seek approval I only see what’s in me to do what I do The next thing…

[Verse 1] All they ever see are the frowns All they ever hear are the swearing sounds They don’t ever see that I really hurt It’s not just me, it’s your and my fault I don’t sit around and just mope I jump on the raps and get dope This…

This beat is just for me, I don’t do it for your peeps And it’s so damn raw, I need soda pop And if you’re going to pop, don’t hold it back, come on Yeah, I am so raw, I’m so depressed, can’t fix me yeah I’m Alex D, AD and Klash, I go by several…

[Chorus] No, no, I can’t believe it, no No, no… no... [Verse 1] Finding a girl, it’s not a level playing field I never got ‘em, how would that make you feel? My chance came at the worst time When I’m busiest, that’s when you come around…

[Verse 1] This is where I was born to be On a platform that don’t belong to me I don’t fit in, so different No different than a wolf in a coop of chickens When I move they scoot And when I swoop they do take a shit then I can’t rap and…

animoog work on my macbook pro -- using the share feature in the animoog z app,.. then export to audacity then render as mp3.

When deliverance is all you have And you’re waiting on revenge There’s a chrysalis that dies before It’s has the chance to begin Oh but what it means too off the mark Oh what it means you’ve failed again And picturing some great remark That I…

Wait n See Boudreau Johnny was sixteen The first time he died New to the scene No matter how hard he tried He was caught in a down stream On the wrong side of right Crossed on the in-between Cost him his life But just This time…

Work on my RPM Challenge 2023 was interrupted halfway through by a sudden and unexpected health issue. I spent a long weekend in the ER / hospital with limited gear and a lot of questions. Shout out to the wife for delivering my iPad and MIDI…

The colonists face harsh environmental challenges as they navigate the frozen tundra of Inari, battling the elements and unexpected dangers.

rpm 2023 Janette Salisbury vocals we’re starving children, left alone knocking on the door, but no one’s home how many days have we been here how any nights in the cold praying that someone will answer save our souls, save our souls…

The last wood of the season burning Another winter - see you on the other side After everything has died The last leaves of the season falling Soon the air will be filled with dark and doubt And the fire's going out The last night of…

Still meta... but with the realization that I can do RPM no matter what my hinderance is. I did this whole album with an Ipad, my acoustic, a cheap microphone and a pair of headphones. All the songs were written hastily in minutes with no real…

Sometimes you listen to a Peter Murphy song and then ask ChatGPT to help you write a song. Sometimes you end up with this. You wouldn't believe the lyrics I left out. Goths on the beach, all dressed in black, Heading for the waves, and…

Everyone loves a tribute to The Cure I’m sitting here in the dark , Thinking how we fell apart I can’t shake the feeling of your touch Remembering the way you smiled, And how you said you’d stay a while But now you’re gone and I’m here all…

Here's a new track called "Slow and Steady" It goes like this ||: Em | C7 | Em | C7 | Em | G | D | F :||