Recently, my wife and I discovered the TV show Portlandia, and it has become our Saturday morning ritual to watch the latest episode with our coffee. Anyways, I kind of got the theme song (http://www.ifc.com/fix/2011/02/portlandia-whats-that…

Inspired by the "Metal for Life" Column in the Guitar World Feb 2012 issue, I stuck to the original etude probably only 80% or so and changed the arrangement, plus added an extra solo section in the middle.

Psychological consequences of war.....written and performed by Nick Plagakis.....Lyrics: Sixty seven shots ringing Across the desert, heads are spinning Bang, Bang Bang; is all I hear Bang, Bang, Bang;…

the journey continues- frek interacts with strange inhabitants form alien worlds-the heart chakra opens at about the 13 minute mark shades of starsailing for the Lincoln the Chain gang at about 8 minutes-

"Hey Motorman" was written for the 100 year celebration of the Ariel Lift Bridge. The bridge was originally built in 1907 with a gondola that went from side to side carrying passengers and vehicles. It was later replaced with a lift system.

I'm trying to experiment with intentionally combining two different sounds. Since I seem to find this difficult I am starting with using a drone as one of the sounds taking my inspiration from the opening tracks of the Brian Eno & Jah Wobble…

This evolved out of an exercise in a workbook I just got on music composition. The original task was to write a melody in the Dorian mode about water...

This an improvisation in 17 notes per octave with layered software synthesizers. Specifically, various percussion ensembles, french horn, piano, and two synthesizers. At one point I forgot what in the world I was doing because I transposed the…

from the album "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals and slide guitar from Gregg Todt My father says, it's not enough This mortal strife, gets too rough And sinners dance, upon your grave Waiting for, your bones to bleed The hardest blow…

This is a song that I did with Bethan Mathis a while back. She has recently removed her account, but has give me permission to place this song on my pages. She did such a wonderful job of singing this that I think it deserves to be heard. It…

gig rehearsal recordings edit.

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.

A little scratch track from a few months ago. A song about the trials and tribulations of being 11 years old. Watching Six Million Dollar Man, dodging bullies and pretending our bicycles were Harleys. I was at a friends house and saw a little…

*My take on something like a* **_Neil Young_** *song ("After The Goldrush" meets "Revolution Blues"?)* *Dark modern electronic guitar rock* Well I woke in a cold sweat from a dreamless sleep The winds were blowing papers through the empty…

This song describes the part of my life journey that i find myself in these days. Seeking inward peace, knowing that I must continue to search....

Here's to the next one of us to die!

We haven't been this excited about a track in a while. Yeah, we're a little bit angst-y I'm afraid...musically anyway.\A special hello to our Alonetone friends from the grand production days...so glad to see y'all are still making music!