TIME (c) r.halstrom 2009 ========================= i'm on my own i'm on my own won't you come back i'm scared to be alone i've done my time i had my chance and now is then my turn to dance my turn to dance my turn to dance my…

PF Bentley dropping knowledge

Made this over the last couple of days. all original no samples. Done with GR20 guitar synth, GT10 pedal board and Korg emx synth. feedback welcomed thanks

Just another quick test of the yet unnamed RobRokkenAudio plug in... with a scary clown. Hey kids! Rememeber the 80's? Awwww, that's ok, neither does Uncle Bobo...

Started off with me just goofing around with Battery and a couple of other NI things (which are new to me) and grew into this... It may still have places to go.

After yesterday’s crazy-fun, flow-filled session, I returned to planet Earth. 10 minutes into today’s session, I was crashing, so I took a 40 minute nap. I couldn’t get back on track afterwards (which is typical anyway), so I decided a walk was…

yeah, unfinished.

The title says it all a song about Boozing.

This song tells the story of a colourful character who enjoys being in the heart of a "rowl" whatever that is...

The life story of an Irish itinerant. This song was made popular by the Dubliners

Yeah, so I finally consolidated my music collection over from my other mac and found my grand total for 2009. This is my 60th track of 2009. I wrote my first track for a MIDI class in the fall of 1999 (did I mention I'm a 10th year sophomore…

An Irish pub song made popular by the Dubliners and probably the Clancy brothers too.

A song about an Irish immigrants who has a dream of the old country, but awakes in Calafornia. Made famous by Christy Moore, the Dubliners, Paddy Reilly etc

Another tale of Irish immigration! Set to the melody of a Gordon Lightfoot song "The sinking of the... (I forget the name of the ship!)

The Polka is thought to have originated in eastern europe by the Czechs. The people of west kerry in Ireland took the polka into their heart and are renowned for their own polkas. The two polkas in this recording are known to me as "John Ryans…

Most recent and favorite recording i made in a while.

A song recorded over a rainy summer Saturday.

an old song but more recent recording with drums

a musical reading of a beautiful text

just a ridiculous song

courtney keesee on vox. back in the good old woodshed collective days. listen for the thunder in the background as we were recording.

no synth, just guitars, drums and bass

Very apropos to my situation right now.

I try to sing :)

Alright, so it turns out that I lied. THIS song is actually #60 of 2009. I forgot about how I turned the instrumental "lucid traum" into the spoken word 'drama' "wake me up" for a class project. (http://yelyah.com/music/song/lucid-traum…

A contemporary song written by Jimmy McCarthy and adopted into the Irish ballad scene. From the singing of Christy Moore.

Another Contempory song absorbed into the Irish folk / ballad scene. Again from the singing of Christy Moore

A song by the Furey Brothers about stealing away.

This is is a bit of a sea shanty. A sailor decides to go back to sea but then regrets his decision. From the singing of Luke Kelly and the Dubliners. The hero of this tale recommends getting married and staying in bed all day as an alternative…