25 - An Empty House =================== silent thoughts in an empty house stringman has come stringman has come to stay It is the Stringman It comes to the place you've invited It into touches your souls It destroys all It touches…

early era recording 8 track thrash metal circa 96 I think this my second band, just before GTC

for my friend Alain.

20 - You Make Me Hate That I Love You ===================================== you walk on me you talk at me you make me want to make amends everything you sent my way shows me what i simply am i'm so much of what you can't stand i…

Another song from old pre-garageband RPMs. The arrangement stayed the same this time. I just added some vocal harmonies and added some goofy effects.

18 - Left of Center =================== you should have known you should have figured this out before now ... that you wanted this

A dark ambient piece built up from a drone that I created using Mangle. Best enjoyed loudly in a darkened room. For week 4 on weeklybeats.com.

This is a song nearly 20 years in the making. It's a wholly new version.

13 - Broken Cocoon ================== Why do you strive to be everything i f--king hate why must you have to be this thing i f--king hate you why do you need to be my breaking point i f--king hate us why must i love you still…

09 - Why Am I Still Here (Welcome Home) ======================================= so... this is what it's like to come home a hero so... this is what it's like to grow old ...old // everybody needs me // everybody cares // except…

Not up to Avalon standards but I had fun making this. (for week 3)

On Wikipedia I read this about the great jazz pianist Bud Powell: "...his solos could be heard to emulate the horn players' attack — with the use of frequent arpeggios punctuated by chromaticism," so the first thing you hear is a lick that uses…

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Decided to upload a work in progress from a heavy side project called : Lab Survivor. I have a few things in the works coming up, hopefully including an all acoustic RPM. Finally have the studio up and running with some new upgrades :) Wahoo…

Another one from the archives....this was a piece that I wrote for a Sports Network - it was used for a floor hockey video. It was also my first real foray into Guitar Rig - being a vintage amp buff, it bordered on the blasphemous for me! All…

Unfinished rough draft from March 2012. I envisioned a series of quick solos in the instrumental section — an aural equivalent of "seeing the sights."

What can I say? I just always feel this way this time of year. Done with the Goodall fitted with a Sunrise pickup and the usual toys and loopers.