an attempt to evoke the urban Brazilian scene - which has a rhythm all its own.

2010-07-03

Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece. WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER! My friend Kokou "Alex" Yemey called me a few days ago with some urgency in his voice: "I must record this before…

this is a rough mix..going nowhere..so still in the works to finetune it..

Jonathan Thomas looks at what it means to be an "infant in Christ" and drink "milk"

Now appearing in the movie "Going Cardboard: A Boardgame Documentary". See http://www.boardgamemovie.com/ A song about a classic boardgame: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan Lyrics: You find a table and put…

welcome to something stranger than fiction.

another noise rythym piece..how do you spell rythym anyways geez, its always underlined.

As chance had it, I found myself in an acoustically great room, full of cajons! Well, they were unfinished cabinets actually, but they had lovely tones. Since this is the stuff dreams are made of, I had no choice but to seize the opportunity and…

i am not that guy at the beach. the first slolo in this song is played on a half scale guitar with four strings. The second part after the pause is played on my accursed 1, theofficial nomenclature for that being lost, it is a full scale, but…

yes, that's right..your 5.25 disc drive

This song contains some of my best harmonies that are perhaps not the most well executed. My original thought was that this would be a duet, with my voice taking the low part and an alto or mezzo soprano taking the higher part. Anyone want to…

Guitar: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Written/Recorded: 2006 A "B" side from the "Stray Onto The Path" CD that I never released, in fact, I'd forgotten I'd even recorded it until today when I stumbled across the track. It's one I didn…

Keyboards: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Written/Recorded: 2006 Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…

Really nothing more than some voice leading practice. Unfortunately, I had no keyboard or orchestral samples when I did this, so I used Lilypond and TiMidity++ and step programmed it in a text editor. I've since bought Cubase and EastWest/QuantumLeap…

One of our early collaborations. From Norm: Percussion note: the pattern used in this song is "Djesse Muloumbo", 240bpm.

Keyboards: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Written/Recorded: 2006 Another short piece I threw together when I had access to a keyboard. If I ever have any extra money, I need to get a keyboard. Though I'm technically inclined, sometimes…

this song is a mild morning movement i had while daydreaming