cover song originally by Joanna Newsom

Sank a solid 17.5 hours into this one, so there won't be a complete album out of this 24 hour day. Had the structure floating around for a year; this is my first stab at it. There are definitely huge revisions in store.

(probably final version..)

2010 Groovy Soca on the Direct Sunshine Riddim coming out of Combination Studios in England.

The drug companies make up diseases so I can too. This is somewhere between Sixteen Tons and Coal Tattoo. I don't mean as good a song. I mean the subject... COAL FEVER Key D D D sus D D D sus D When I got the fever I was eight years old…

Syd was one of a kind. Recorded live with backing vocal added.

Copyright Kelly Armstrong, used with permission. I liked Kelly's songs. It was strange; dweller and I changed everything, turned them inside out.

Copyright Kelly Armstrong, used with permission. Excerpt from a live trio experience. Trios are live, until they are dead. And then, they are just singles.

Spontaneous little ditty about carelessness and always staying on the move. Quite different from the murky, depressing trite I always seem to end up composing. This started out as a loose solo guitar jam around a simple chord sequence, and…

So there I was, trying hard to complete a big production that I've been working on for ages, and I was getting nowhere. In frustration I started composing this little thing, and it quickly evolved into a nice piece of music all of its own. Funny…

Entry for Zan's Current Events Compo 2010 on Trax in Space. I was inspired by the news of the solar transit of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station on may 16. It was covered in global media, and what *really* sparked my interest…

Fan music, plain and simple. I did this a few years ago, excited about the prospect of Casino Royale...

Keyboards: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Written/Recorded: 2006 Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…

this is a rough mix..going nowhere..so still in the works to finetune it..

Arranged: 2004 Arranger: Doug Sparling I believe this is a traditional tune, but I'm not sure. I learned it from uilleann piper Seamus Ennis or Liam O'Flynn (or both). Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command…

Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

On this beach made of sand and shells and broken hearts as with so many things in this life it ends where it starts And like the waves that will roll over me you take away everything that I see So I walk to the place where the sand and sky…

the next time youre bored and in burger king, try holding some ice cubes against your eyes. it stings like christ and also looks like youve been crying just in case you wanted people to feel sorry for you

Slower alt song, about 64bpm, lowest bpm i have wrote so far. Was a bit tricker than the rest. About 20 hours over 3 days for this track. Inspiration is a little varied.

The new new testament will include the book of St. Jones.

This is a weird little story about a a green monster .... There'a a monkey reference in this one too !

This is from years ago, living in santa fe. I loved driving around in my little 1980s toyota corolla and listening to cassettes. I loved the way they sounded. So I took a piano song I was working on, recorded it to cassette, dragged mic…

Wyn looks at the way Peter commands us to be prepared in 1 Peter

Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling Fiddle: Brent Hoad Bodhran: David Shaughnnessy Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 Set of three tunes I wrote in 2005. Well, I guess they're hornpipes of sorts...

More stuff from the ancient archives rescued from the same cassette tape as Last Nights Fun. This time a set of 3 Irish reels Live at a concert back around 1992

It's a 100 degrees F in the shade here. Covering a John Fahey tune, which was inspired by Charley Patton.

this song is about the world and its beauty it was the first song i ever wrote

'...My, my!..'

Just another time traveling love song from your ole Uncle Paul. Mostly MIDI synths and some analog bass and screaming Ibanez. Drum loops too. I was going to drum it, but these two loops really kinda drive it along. Enjoy..... filled…

Inspired by and in collaboration with [My First Dictionary](http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com), pretty popsters [ButterflyPolite](http://veryusartists.com/butterflypolite) intone a duet about the nameless people in your neighborhood. The…

A good friend of mine Harris Kidd filmed a short piece of work starring my other great friend (and my drummer) Zay Brignall, anywaaays he asked if I could make a soundtrack for it soooo I sat down and watched it over and over and started plunking…

Taking A Lot Of Vicodin While Making This

this song is a fun little tune i made with my buddy when we were jamming one day

I couldn't get anything right today so I just mashed through a guitar track and overlayed vocals. But now I kind of like the song so it will have to be redone. So sit back and relax, don't shower or shave and have a beer! Swill A Beer I sit…

This beat was made while teaching my Sound I summer class about making sample-based beats in Reason software. It is named after the new Circulator energy-efficient free bus in Baltimore. My main non-drum samples here are from my piece "Granite…

Life is a quest for knowledge and a simple realization that not only is there so much we don't know but to declare it somehow is empowering. A great collaboration with Norm who is an amazing percussionist and a super cool guy! Thanks for the…

this song is about no matter what is wrong in your life always think of life tomorrow

After writing this song about our newly adopted dog, I asked Kavin if he like to play some slide guitar, knowing that he would come up with something terrific... I just had no idea how terrific. Bandit rides in the back of my truck A big…

Wellll it's not really a mystery, it's a little Beatles remixing!! I've basically just mashed together Octopus's Garden and All My Lovin'. Hope you like it! toooons of fun makin it :)

Dark Days & Bright Nights is finally outt. Download it on http://www.datpiff.com/Young_Blayz__Dark_Days__Bright_Nights.m137959.html

The fruits of my Birthday blues.

A track from Amber's new CD album "Forever" is from the film "Yentl" and is licensed for Amber's use on her CD. It is about a young Jewish girl forbidden to enter college (at one time only men were permitted to attend) who dresses up as a man…

This aria is from a Victor Herbert operetta. It was written over 100 years ago to be sung by an accomplished Coloratura Soprano. Amber Whitney loves singing this music.

A song by my sister and I

Track four from the mumble mumble EP. I'd much prefer this to have an opposing female vocal line to my own, as my own voice harmonizing with itself sounds a little, well, strange, especially given the lyric subject matter. But, oh well, we all…

Written by the brother and myself.

This is a song i wrote. My first go at recording. Vocals are a bit wobbley but im gonna redo em at a later date. Brian Bazeley plays bass on the track. Hope you enjoy it.

I was walking down an empty street late one night and thinking of different things while the fire of a song was burning in my head. then took the situation and looked at the parrellels in my life and from that came this song. hope you like it! :)

Brilliant song shame it didn't make it onto the album. Maybe the next one.

Dark Days & Bright Nights is finally outt. Download it from http://www.datpiff.com/Young_Blayz__Dark_Days__Bright_Nights.m137959.html

What does a songwriter do when he's addicted to Doctor Who (and his new very cute companion)? He writes... Amy Pond Red hair and that pretty face beneath it My how you've grown up after oh so many years I've only been away for ten or…