(2014)

Say Something I'm Giving up on you.

On Wikipedia I read this about the great jazz pianist Bud Powell: "...his solos could be heard to emulate the horn players' attack — with the use of frequent arpeggios punctuated by chromaticism," so the first thing you hear is a lick that uses…

Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.

Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.

you were just a christmas tree i was just a black covered home on a winter's night from the sky i was just the coyote trailin' a tear wishin a fear pullin the leaves off and leavin the stem we just made up our own little game it left…

Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.

Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.

Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.

An EVH-inspired instrumental. I couldn't come up with a fancier name, so Boogie Train it is! This is straight up Hard Rock 80s style. No dabbling in other genres to mess up this song. Heh. Leave some comments if you please. Believe it or not…

Trying out a new guitar. Wrote this and recorded it in a couple hours.

An Irish traditional jig. Guitar tuning: EADEAE

ME AND JACOB

This a song about St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus. It is a prayer to ask him to intercede for us. Papa Joseph Guitar: Capo 5th fret: G----------------------------------------- C------- Papa Joseph, the foster father of Jesus…

This track is about finding the best in you and bringing it to the surface as the only you. Vocals over samples and loops to create this one. Video will follow.

I hate it when some politicians, who are partly responsible for a particular set of problems, join a movement to protest and belly-ache about those problems as a way of herding folks into doing their evil bidding. I was angry about it so I decided…

I wrote this in the dead of one winter some time ago while dreaming about the summer to come. I contributed this song to a RPM challenge.

James Higgins: vocals

An attempt to create a tune using only four chords. All played live using three tracks - enjoy

First song of the New Year.

The Difficult 5th episode is here - just!!!

"...what better the time, what better the place to show your face, the better the crime the, the better the taste..."

CHRIS Diodati (A.K.A)Dio A.KA is a Producer, Re -- mixer, Song writer and former DJ He has achieved great success over the years with having four Tags -- 1 Billboard Records, and with almost every release charting in the top ten around the world…

This is a Phil Keaggy tune. I swiped his original loop and then built my own thing on top of it. Might have been longer, but my volume swell effect keeps slipping out of sync with everything else. May work on it more at a later date

It's been a while since I've uploaded anything. This is an instrumental track that I recorded fairly recently.

Learning mandolin

What I expected (Stephen Spender, 1909-1995) Music: Roberto Maffione Arrangement: Alfredo De Pietra Vocals: James Higgins *** What I expected, was Thunder, fighting, Long struggles with men And climbing. After continual straining…

Me, Regs, and Les covering Stephen Stills Love the One Your With Enjoy!

The Growl by Pasha is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at alonetone.com.

Vocals: James Higgins

A cover of the song by the great Fabrizio De Andrè

I tried my hand at merging Technical Death Metal with Black Metal and came up with interesting results. I wanted it to be aggressive and abrasive, and to completely forgo whatever subtlety it might have. When all was said and done, I named it…

Out for an easy stroll! Piano and Sax, Roland FP7, Pro Tools 8.

Roland FP7, Pro Tools 8, Live playing no editing, Piano and Sax