Earlier this year I was in a community choir, mostly senior citizens performing songs by bands like Soundgarden and Green Day. One of the songs, "Grateful," had a lyric that went 'In a city of strangers/I have a family of friends.' It was Halloween…

An acapella bit of Shreya's. She had recorded it to sound super high-pitched, and when I dropped it down a few octaves, was treated to a wonderful Bjork sound. At her request I threw some hip-hop beats underneath and away we go. Scary and sexy…

Recorded December 31, 2008 Guitar: EBEGAD (Capo II)

This song was written to celebrate freedom, actually, (the Russian at the end is one of the dudes from Freesound.com saying "sound should be free!") after a decade when I wasn't. Props to Shreya, who apparently is like me and will just not go…

A cover of the Raconteurs' track. Recorded December 31st, 2008. My cat runs into the mic about halfway through...sorry about that.

A cover of The Black Keys' track.

A cover of the Black Keys' track.

A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…

this is a song by my niece Clara. She's 4. the lalalala's are Noah's (6) contribution. Recorded Christmas day 2008. Happy New Year all alonetoners! glad to be here. t.