I'm working on a March RPM... it is "record per month" after all, is it not? So, this month I plan to expand on some ideas with glubotic... I hope to make the album a full hour.

This is the finished version of Trance-Indental. the second half has come out very different to what I thought it would, but I like it. Give it time to build as it progresses.

Album: am/fm dreams Year: RPM Challenge 2009

This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it! This is now…

An old time fiddle tune without the fiddle, or the tune, really, so the vocal has to carry it, and it has that lovely raw propulsion. Written and recorded in an hour.

I'm not sure if this is rockabilly or late 40s jump R'n'B. Dance music though. I had fun with the lyrics and the backing vocals. This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09

A happy song about being left by your no-good spouse. There's a word for the attitude in this song but I can't think of it right now ... this is now a tidied up version 18/3/09

There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.

Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change. This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

I watched as she walked back across the border. There was no one waiting to question her. she turned back to look at me from the other side of the fence. I couldn't decide which side of the wall I was on. Goodbye my Penelope.

I'm still sort of working on this and may upload a revised version

I should mention I was thoroughly tanked on sangria when I made this one. It just seemed appropriate...

A song all about the passing of time, the seasons, love and life

Ambient. Electric Bass Guitar. Ebow + Acoustic Guitar Sometimes a new instrument is all it takes to inspire a nice little piece.

Bouncy, with ear candy. Wanted to do something different with this one, keep it from being too predictable. I think I succeeded. I also happen to really like my "squawk, squawk" gtr stabs in the verses.

This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It reminded me of early Leonard Cohen so I took it in that direction with the finger picking and spookiness

This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It seemed to be a meditation on everyday life so I decided that I'd whistle for the solo as it's the kind of thing I do when walking down…

reading too much sci-fi makes you paranoid and using too many effects pedals can make your songs repetitive, loud, and long.

i don't know. another paranoid delusion, i guess.

loop pedal + fuzz pedal + wah-wah = instrumental noise madness.

pretentious silliness.

This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.

An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

Recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.

*Cover of* **_Shriekback_** *song from their album "Oil and Gold".* *Mixed with Ken Kessie. Backing vocals by Anne Kadrovich.*

What would you do with your last fiver?