Keep Shining Through- Last minute lyrics…kind of a cop-out, since it’s a song about song-writing. I didn’t have any better ideas and after losing so much time from the outage I had to just bust out what I could. It was pretty much written on the…

She Didn’t Know- So, someone I know got totally screwed over. The worst part was that her friends knew but didn’t tell her what was happening. I am not sure she will love the fact I wrote a song about it, but that is the least of her worries right…

Sweet Tomorrow- Well, after the previous downer of a lyrical journey, how about a song of hope? Except, after a big downer, you may bit a bit leery, a bit closed off and nervous about taking a chance. So this song is a conversation between two…

Derivative- This one was not supposed to be on the album, but I changed my mind and worked on it. The reason for the intended omission was because the riff, which I have been playing with for a few months, just sounded so derivative of Dear Prudence…

Summer Grass- I didn’t originally intend for this to be the title track, but since most, though not all, of the songs on this album sound like summer to me, I decided, why not? The guitar even sounds humid and warm, but in that nice July way…

Allelujiah-This was supposed to be a completely different song, but this one just wrote itself instead. It’s almost all first take, except for the bass, which took a while to get straight so that it wouldn’t overwhelm the song. It has this tone…

Love’s Standing- A good change up for the flow of the album, this one is vaguely, very vaguely, country-esque. That’s mainly because of the heavily reverbed slide underneath the acoustic in the verses. I love pounding the strings on the acoustic…

This Lovin’ Cup- I was watching the idiot box and just holding my guitar when this little vamp on a B chord came out of nowhere. Using the same recorder, I recorded about 20 seconds of the riff. The lyrical idea came on the trip to Chicago, while…

Figure Out- There are about 4-5 takes of this song, all different. The song started off in the key of D, but I couldn’t hit the notes in the chorus. I then tried it in A, but it was lacking drive and energy. I tried it in G, but I couldn’t get…

Matter Of Fate- This song started as a riff I was doing while tuning my guitar. It sounded cool, so I happened to record it on a small dictation recorder I have so I wouldn’t forget it. When I listened to the riff it just screamed Sticky Fingers…

The Intro track for my/our RPM '07 album.

With Phil Close on multiple instruments/production. A song mainly about my disrepect for celebrity culture.

Don't call me the dog's name.

Instrumental assists from Michael Kardos, overall arrangement by Phil Close, additional vocals from Lee Cusenbary. Envisioned as a cheesy Costa Rican Tourist Board jingle framing a love song.

Everybody loves the Good old Days. Instrumental and production help from Phil Close

Thou Shalt not Kill. Stripped down Tangmo.

Additional instruments and arrangements by Thom Polimeros.

I co-wrote the lyric with Bill Liggett, and the music with Michael Kardoff. Don't do business with Ms. Calamari.

This track replaced the one in this position which was on the orginal RPM album. Based on some tales from real-life Houston Bail-bondsman (and frequent collaborator) Jay Lindsey.

This song was honored by peers at RPM in '07 by being voted into inclusion on an all-RPM compiliation originally intended for HEAR! music. The lyric is about the inevitability of bad times. It's good to live optimistically, but let's face it…

An instrumental "bonus" track for the official release of the album "Thou Shalt".

Another instrumental "bonus". Sort of a tribute to Danny Elfman, whose soundtracks I'd been listening to quite a bit at the time.

Instrumental. Not as angry as the title sounds. ;)

At last, my secret is out. What I really want to be is a Jazz composer. ;)

During my Animal Collective phase. One of the weirder ones...

Don't believe the title. Ok, you probably should.

Also known as "Sequence 6 & 7" in the "Watercolors" project which was my entry to the RPM Challenge 2010. It is all about that overwhelmingly happy feeling that makes you weak in your knees and you just feel like sitting down and enjoy the…

"Senses" is all about Spring where all our senses are sharpened and we look at all the beautyful things that rises before our eyes. Watch the video from Second Life too...very well made by Soundr Productions;o)

A problem we all have at some time, right guys?

When we finally decide to settle down we can find a place like Kansas

Written for all those who lost their lives in the horrific Victorian (Australia) bushfires in 2009.

We all need some magic in our lives!

Lyrics Written by a young man with Aspergers!!!

There is always one!

The Dance moves in all of us. It's our inner nature, our link to the universe, and greatly submerged and denied. The Dance: The dance commences, pulse fills our senses, To lead us to where we begin…

Just a garage/fifties fun type of tune. Lots of guitar. I'm a Knucklehead, wouldn't you like to be one too?

A beautiful love song

More of theat life stuff that happens to us all at some point!

A song about a boat or is it about a woman...or both?

A very Australian love song.

A special song for a very special lady and her son

Way back then!

Spoken word blues. The words are straight from the Bible.

Written in a desperate attempt to finish the RPM 2010 challenge!

Experimental. Yep, that about covers it!

More experiMENTAL. Emphasis on the Mental.

Picture an older couple going out for a night of live music and dancing, country-style.