A second experiment with my new Rytme sequencer. This time Rytme is being fed into Logic to a track containing Kore 2 which is, in turn, hosting Kontakt 3 and the lovely Guzheng from Soniccouture (I bought the instrument before the new year but…

Another of the three songfight inspired titles. Painted Tense (the title) actually came from a band name generator website. I thought it might make a good song title so I submitted it to the RPM HQ person doing the name-from-a-hat picking. I would…

Very Slow but Quirky

This is the third of my 3 dramatic pieces for piano

late nights, thoughts, recordings. much black tea and mate.

Album: A Tale of Two Seas Year: 2006

a slow,intense meditation on a musical landscape,using coloured plates from atalanta fugiens

the first multi track piece that I actually finished "in the box" in Cubase. An ambient kinda thing that grew out of playing around with the Line 6 DL4. Not sure I like the bow parts, but I may re do it later

Slack key guitar and baritone ukulele. Hula version. Pauoa Liko Ka Lehua is about the beautiful flowers (Lehua) of Pauoa. The double entendre (kaona or hidden meaning) involves a girl with swaying hips.:)

Hula version. Slack key guitar with ukulele (Eleuke with high-octave G tuning) Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai praises plants of the sea, the fragrance of the lipoa (a seaweed) and the limu kohu reef plant used for flavor in Hawaiian cooking.

Hula version. Slack key guitar and Eleuke with high-octave G tuning. An ancient Maui chief named a district Ulupalakua, or "breadfruit ripened on the back", because the fruit ripened during transportation (by foot) to his home. This mele…

psych space disco

100% field recordings of animals from SE Peruvian Amazon, Madre De Dios region. If this is your first bioelectrophilia experience, check out the album I made while I Was there this past summer: http://alonetone.com/glu/playlists/bioelectrophilia…

just jamming on tabla, acoustic guitar, a bamboo flute, and singing some sexual lyrics in spanish ;)

Scored Narrative

its about a friend.

My cover of Gumbo Stu's (Stuart Walker) Blind In One Eye. Originally on his 2009 RPM Challenge Album, and available here on alonetone. Thanks Stu!

Breaks, Trip hop

Little Guy Demo Ep Self-Released http://www.erikino.com

Originally conceived as a mellow-ish, Stephen Stills sounding number (at least the verses), then the chorus came to me out of nowhere and turned the whole song on it's ear. I think that was for the better. I have to admit that I surprised myself…

from Live at KXCI Tucson, AZ studio session: When I was in the 7th grade, I used to skip school on Wednesday mornings so that I could watch the Nat King Cole show on PBS. I was mesmerized by his music. I could feel his vocal influence as I wrote…

The instrument tracks were all recorded before I even attempted to sing this song, which was not a good idea as I cannot sing very well in the key of E major. Thus, this song does not exactly feature a good vocal part. "This indie song is not…

MODERN MEDICINE DJ-Set _____________________________________________ INSIDE: (Emilie Simon, Kronos Quartet, Modern Medicine, NIN, The Columbus Academy Children's Choir, Beth Gibbons, Sneaker Pimps, Blue States, Vetiver etc.) Disclaimer…

I have a 3 years old little child and she watches the Barney video a million times a day! so I decided to make some variations to the Barney's theme "I love you and you love me..."

the phrase "on thatch, on leaves, on tin, on willow" is from the book "A House in Bali" by Colin McPhee Originally for RPM '07 album. It might drag on a bit long.

This is a single track spanning two Ghost Ghost songs from one of our very first shows back in June 2008.

This is a live recording of a set I did with guitarist Mike Levine on a University of New Hampshire radio show. This is one of the 'songs' we did. It is a 5-tune Irish fiddle set that was previously done by the great Irish fiddle player Martin…

Slightly twisted, odd. I like this one a lot...I think I'll do something more with it.

"Time keeps slippin' away...."

Power pop psychedelia, strained & drained & midnight train'd.

Oh light, old light ahead Rain down, rain down on me There I was just walking the park It was just a little bit before dark There I saw you with that shit eating grin, It was you, living in our old house again (sigh) ...so I’m running, and you…

Meathead syndrome, No goals, no control. The light, the time It’s in my mind, Oh fine, Won’t be polite Some lines Have not progressed in Mind Meathead syndrome, No goals, no control, Meathead syndrome, No cure, Not attuned to be here Oh leave…

I’m your janitor today, I do it for the pay and Soak in the shadow The pistol, a blade in trade I use my hands to feel sane It crawls out my heart, to my arm, Up the wrist, So close to your throat Crawling Crawling No future in your flight…

This recording is live from our practice space and was featured on our two song demo "Lightning Demo" in May 2008.

This recording is live from our practice space and was featured on our two song demo "Lightning Demo" in May 2008.

This is my version of Alex Moody's "Of A Child" from his album Make Do & Mend...recorded for the RPM cover swap project.

This was the last song I composed for RPM 2009. I had a riff kicking around all month, then slowed it down and turned on the Lennon filter.

This is actually a combo of three pieces: Shreya's song "Cry of the Banshee", my song "Strange High House In The Mist", and some open mic poetry under the title "The Skull." Needs a bit of cleaning up, maybe, but I think I did a good job channeling…

Album: Flora & Fauna Year: 2008

Album: How the Aviator Sees the Rainbow Year: 2008 (RPM Challenge album)

This is the finished version of Iris Florentine. The acoustic version is still up, though... Iris Florentina by Jack Merlot copyright 2009 all rights reserved --- --- --- young and lovely, with a wise patina tapping her toe like Degas' ballerinas…

This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.

This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.

This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.