"Play what you know and then play above that." -Miles Davis

Since you've all been such good boys and girls this year, I decided I should give you all a present. Here is a song written by yours, truly, and sung by the incredible Inge Meijer. I can't say enough about what an great job she did on the song…

Well last night just as i was of to bed , there was a knock on the door of the cellar and it was John & George they had come for a sess and i mean who was i to deny them…..they'd heard of the Beatle fest from Elvis…he could never keep quiet…

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…

After a long summer of doing stuff other than recording it was time to get back on the horse. Sonically, this isn't much of a departure but I am trying a couple of new things technically. One it that I spent more time on the drums (an achilles…

Vocals, bass and acoustic guitar by Dave Tanner. Drums, keys, lead guitar studio production by Aaron Crawford. Recorded and mixed Sept. 6 and Sept. 13 at Resistance Recording. Engineered by Aaron Crawford from the album "Sunny, sorta…

From my RPM Challenge 2011 effort. Originally this wasn't an instrumental, but the time pressures of RPM changed that.

This is what happens when I come back to a track that started being put together in a commercial radio station production studio back in about '92/'93 (post liquid-lunch "creative" time). The rhythm loops were layered then the crunch guitar (courtesy…

This song started as the riff on my Strat while fooling around with some FX. I knew it needed to be a big dance number, and then realized there is a great story about the power of music and dance, which I hid in the lyrics. See if you can figure…

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 track was created as part of the October 2010 Alonetone 24 hr challenge. The challenge is to make 24 minutes of original music in one 24 hour period. he's not blown away like a stray star he's not stolen clean away by a fast car but…

Drive cleaning time!! Found this arrangement left over from RPM. The drum track was already mixed from my old kit. I cut it and mashed it up trying to fix it when I mix it. Then I added some vintage synth sounds, some guitars, and some reptilian…

Many nebulae form from the gravitational collapse of gas in the interstellar medium. As the material collapses under its own weight, massive stars may form in the center, and their ultraviolet radiation ionises the surrounding gas, making it visible…

And oh my Dog My bones got out Of my arms And into your Charms

Mining the archives a bit. This is an alternate take of my "Jimi Jam" from a couple of years ago. Live to 2 tracks with the Jamman. Really only sounds OK when cranked up loud enough that your eardrums threaten to meet in the middle. LOL!!

My first Christmas original just off the presses with that cowboy, spaghetti western style. Paul: Why don't you try Jingle Bells or something Geas: Oh God,No, I hate the classics... that sucks...... Paul: Yea that does suck. Try emmmm, Oh Holy…

From your parents you will learn everything and nothing without even realizing lyrics: Don't look in the mirror, your skin will never seem as soft Don't wait in the middle when your mind is already made up Just make it home, please…

Recorded for the 2009 RPM Challenge.