First Album intro - (Extraction)

A couple of notes: First, I am so tired as I finish up this mix that I have no idea if this sounds good or not. Second, I am not sure if I like this song or not, but I am kinda leaning toward liking it. Third, I am pretty sure I already wrote…

Playday with bouncy black balloons

Written by Carolyn Maheu/ Mark Sperling Carolyn Maheu Vocals

This was a problem child.. The other tracks fell together quickly but this was a slow burn. The chorus is far more uplifting than the verse - which reminds me of a melancholy hybrid of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and the outro to the 70s British…

The last 6 months, I've been sight reading a Bach Chorale each morning (there are 400 of em!) and occasionally one sticks out that I really like. This one sounded great on the Wurlitzer, which is literally note for note playing the chorale…

Surf Metal!

A message to my children to be themselves no matter who that is. I will love them regardless

A story that is all too common. Healthcare tied to work is crazy! If you can't work because you are sick, you lose your job, and healthcare! How can that work!?

My dad used to play the beginning riff of this song when he could still play guitar. I've always wanted to do something with it. The message in this song is to stay positive even in times of turmoil. And that it is ok to do nice things for others…

Sung by my wonderful daughter Alexandria.

He was told to act a certain way. Systematic Settings

Okay, just one more track. Did this one at the last second. I needed to end the album on a 'dancing around apartment like an idiot driving the downstairs neighbors crazy' sort of note.

Strange Times is an international collaboration between Roger Harris & myself. Roger initiated the idea with the first verse and chorus along with a chord progression. I added the last verse and took some liberty in producing this version…

I wrote this over a year ago and could not get it. the groove was too slow and so were my hands. well tzars better. the concept came from a friend comparing his new love with a ten round boxing match . I could not resist.

Hey, I just improvised again this night and wanted to share what came out. Usually I'm such a perfectionist and have to get every detail right, with the effect that I don't share a lot of stuff that I do. Here I recorded the first voice…

Written for the April 2020 RPM mini-challenge. I hoped for an EP and ended up with a single song. The song is largely recorded on a T25 mic I built for Brian of A Beautiful Scene as a means to test the mic. It's pretty solid if you ask me…

So, a song about today's World, first and foremost , without Greg Connor and his imput to push me on this song it would've happened. Thanks Greg, you're a star. It's in my will, Greg, a third of all the profits go to you ....... sorry promised…