Breakup song, move along.

Bass-range phasing experiments with a distorted waltz fading in and then out over top. Probably best to listen to this with some pretty good speakers, otherwise you'll miss out on all the interesting parts and just get a couple minutes of boring…

Just what it says - a series of emails I wrote once, read aloud and with piano backing.

Bass noodling with effects.

The cosmic equivalent of standing on a ledge and jumping off, except, like Mr. Hawking established, black holes sometimes regurgitate their meals - the original matter is usually corrupted in the process. --- From the RPM 2009 album: "Like A…

rpmchallenge is exhausting. even when you don't have kids, or aren't taking classes, or don't have lots of vocational responsibilities. so, I didn't give up. I finished. but I thought about calling it quits. this song was a thought along the way…

Fun/Silly song. My first recording with [the Hang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(musical_instrument\)).

somewhere around 3 minutes you should here the sound of people chopping down a tree in the Peruvian Amazon turn into the beat of the song. This song was somewhat influenced by Kim Hiorthøy.

The art of marketing is to sell you emotional states, not products.

everyone needs one of these...

The response to the telegraphinar communication, from a darker perspective. The deleted don't like to remain that way. Even deleted files still lurk somewhere. -- Experimentation with polyrhythms - it goes in some weird directions from there.

An abduction of sorts - the abductor has honest intentions but perhaps a twisted sense of wrong and right. (Having your atoms jumbled up by a black hole sometimes has that effect, according to that Stephen Hawking guy. I think Stephen King may…

A well of thoughts continues, but who is it dreaming in the white room? Midnight has drifted away, and we're headed towards the dawn of the next day.

About Who I am!

Brokenheart song but you got to go on!

Love Song

Spoiler here: This song ends on a down note, but not to despair. The sequel to this disk starts right where this one fades off and will be titled "...Not Forgotten". This song was done in a way that implies a live show, like a few of the other…

There was an entirely separate piece under this name, nearly finished two days before the 09 RPM challenge finished, but while taking a break before getting ready to do the final mix this version came to me in the shower. Sadly, the towel wiped…

Another synth driven track, exploring the new found instrument. My usual style of singing behind the beat doesn't work as well here as I would have liked, but it may get redone soon. We shall see. More positive lyrics over fairly dark music…

A homage to the goth bands of the late 80's. Dark music with light lyrics and the first synth piece for the IA projects.

Originally, this was not to be the title track, but as the album evolved it became more and more obvious that this was the overall tone of the collection - to not forsake one's dreams, faith or music due to the world intervening. My first attempt…

A strange blend of slide guitar and synth, both new techniques for me this year. This was originally just a way to learn how the synths worked, and was never really intended to be used on the album, but the low synth line ended up catchy enough…

My second foray into multi-tracking my voice. Still a great deal to learn here, but I'm starting to figure this out.

A very raw take, inclusive of mistakes and the dog wagging his tail to play some extra parts for me. He seemed puzzled that I was singing to no one, so he assumed it must mean I was singing to him! One of the strange harmonics is due to a…

The title is a reference to the rain in "Pain" and how once the pain is gone you feel like it's a new day. My first foray into multi-tracking vocals, with mixed results. I like the effect, but I just had realized I can sing about half way…

Pain is inspired by my bout with severe nerve damage in my lower back. As anyone who has ever had a good hurt can tell you, it gives you an internal feeling of chaos that often comes and goes in waves and spikes. The music follows this pattern…