Composed with Korg Microstation , + Tracks added in Cakewalk SonarX3 + electric guitar Blade

Composed with Korg Microstation, Flute and electric guitar + drum track added with additional in Cakewalk Sonar X3

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A piece off of my self titled release in 2016.

Sometimes we are all seeking comfort and the idea for this track is how it would sound when Comfort Comes Home. Off of my self titled debut release in 2016.

There's always been a question asked that is "what's your favorite cruising song?" This song just told me it was cruising and so it had to be named that way. Another track off of my 2016 self titled debut.

I always think of sunrise in military shows or movies as the sound of the horn, so when I was working on playing this track I thought it must be a Desert Sunrise. Another track from my 2016 self titled debut.

This song was me flashing back to the hair metal era with bands like Dokken, Poison, Ratt, etc. Keeping the drum beat a little subdued made me feel like I was on the Jagged Edge of song styles. This is off of my 2017 release Six Strings &…

There's times when I listen to this where I believe Lost Sunset would have fit it better. This song represents what happens when you are trying to lay a new scale mode over a song but your comfort level is very limited. This song would be a…

This track continued my throwback to the Ozzy/Sabbath phase of my musical life. I've heard that the track Paranoid was already used and so Paranoia it is. This track is off my 2017 release Six Strings & Sore Fingers.

A high school friend of mine was the person who tuned me on to the RPM Challenge and I'll be forever grateful. During the time I was writing songs for the challenge her beloved cat Purrcy passed away. There was no way I couldn't name a song…

Sometimes a song will just tell you what the name should be. I always feel good when that happens and when I name it and then listen to it again and the imagery matches the song I know it was right. This is off my 2017 release Six Strings &…

This was my introduction to tracking a synth piece as a backer to accompany the bass while the guitar sang what was on its heart. Listening to this felt like a Dream State to me, so it had to be the name. This is off my 2018 release Words to…

What are you able to do? How do you find out? I believe when it comes to songwriting the best way is to Learn The Hard Way and that is to write, write, and write again. But don't throw anything away, record it all. This is from my 2018 release…

So this release could have been named Pet Names or something like that. Bentley was a new pet for our youngest daughter and so he needed a song. I called him Sir Bentley almost immediately, so it seemed fitting that he would have adventures…

For me any period of my life surrounded by uncertainty is immediately up near the worst times. That to me is the Certainty of Uncertainty. In that same vibe the uncertainty of where the next part of a song is going and it seems like each part…

For me the goal of this songwriting and recording endeavor is to learn, to grow and to continue just enjoying the process. I share this so much with my students and explain that you'll pick apart every song you ever write and probably never feel…

This is one of the handful of tracks that were all mine from my collaborative 2020 release with my students Class In Session - The Strummer Games. It felt like a throwback tune for me so it was recalling Back In The Day.