Liner Notes Not sure where this came from but the first line 'Just living my life one day at a time' popped into my head this morning. I'm sure, as the lyrics show, the anti trans rhetoric that pervades GOP legislatures weighs on my mind, heart…

Liner Notes This came out of watching the movie "Wonka" the other night. It was orginally titled Wonka, but the song had other ideas of where to go on the lyrics and thus became "Fairy Tales" of which Wonka is one. Lyrics Fairy Tales Where…

Liner Notes I'm angry these days at the state the US is in and how so many people are perfectly fine with stripping rights from those not like them or for religious reasons. Lyrics Angry, were just Angry We're So Angry Just what did we…

Liner Notes Protest song against anti trans bill HB111 in Alabama's legislature and its sponsor rep. Susan DeBose...a republican of course. Lyrics What is a woman Oh what is a man is it biology is it God's plan is it God's plan Is…

Liner Notes I was watching a movie this Sunday morning and a snippet of "Its Been a Long, Long Time" from the 1964 move "Hello Dolly" played with the first words being "Kiss me once...." My muse, being weird like it is, goes "I can do something…

Liner Notes Title suggested by a friend and my mind went from there. Its someone promising that this time it will be different. Lyrics This time will be different This time I'll be true This time It'll be easy This time I'll see it thru…

Demo for practice. Words and music by Stan Rogers. This arrangement by T. Alan Dekker Bowed psaltery - Ted Dekker Gibson guitar - Brian Prentkiewicz Martin guitar - Tom Bantle Cordoba classical-electric guitar - Ted Dekker Upright bass…

another breakcore track, pretty much a demo which i plan to improve

Don't give me attention Don't forget your halo I will tip-toe 'til you're ready You're barred if you call me Don't like it when the bell rings Do we battle from the get go? You turn up: I am aching Are you better to ignore me? All…

An alternate take on John Cage's assertion that there is no such thing as silence, his 4'33'' allowing the listener to hear all around them in pin-drop detail; ours, on the other hand, prohibits the listener from hearing anything else, using combinations…

Written for FAWM ’24

Written for FAWM '24

Korg Volcas, guitar, and Minibrute 2.

Female vocal and piano - tuning Pythagorean The maidens came When I was in my mother's bower; I had all that I would. The bailey beareth the bell away; The lily, the rose, the rose I lay. The silver is white, red is the gold; The…

Submitted for the 2024 RPM Challenge

built 20240210 will be part of a larger work someday

There is no artistry The way that I am crafted Views from the Seventies My preference still to sound this way That formant dirtiness Is beauty, not of Frankenstein Branded as a charlatan Has anybody seen me? Branded [I choose to be…

A FRIEND LIKE YOU_Remix CHORUS: My Redeemer, You said You're my friend forever I need a friend like You, LORD, forever. My Redeemer, You said You're my friend forever I need a friend like You, LORD, forever. VERSE ONE (Richard): Spitting…

BEACON OF HOPE VERSE ONE: (Richard) With a burning desire, our spirits aspire, to a love so divine, you can't help but admire. In trials and tribulations, LORD, you never tire; Your grace and mercy, our souls do require. O beacon of hope…

THE LORD’S SOLDIER VERSE ONE (Richard): O beautiful Saviour, You went through it all just for me. You gave Your life, Lord, on the cross; I’m here to give You mine. Oh Lord, You choose Your soldiers from every area and walk of life. Check…

Demo recording for practice. Poem by John Ciardi, 1962. Melody by unknown. This arrangement by T. Alan Dekker. Acoustic guitar - Tom Bantle Cordoba classical-electric guitar - Ted Dekker Upright bass - Ted Dekker Vocals - Ted Dekker

Song #4 for my RPM - Getting some good use of my old Prophet analogue synth (great if you enjoy physics). Bit of a gloomy song based on someone I once knew. Thanks kindly for your listens! I want to get my RPM done so that I can hear what everyone…

Punny title to hint at the sound origin; the sounds left on a reel of tape (or in this case, two different ones) after it has undergone a bulk-erase procedure - placing it on a device that creates a strong electromagnetic field that scrambles…

Another old track I found in the dust bin of old recordings.

Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work the land because you tell us so Yeah, we are the commoners We work…

Korg Volcas and guitar. Some Minibrute 2, but not enough for you to notice.

There was a time when We'd be scuttling, running hard Cops on tail And grins on faces There was a time when We'd be aching Bleeding slow All worth the time incarcerated They said we wouldn't go far Looks like they got it right then…

Sometimes I like to play a little jazz/bebop stuff.