Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

Arranged: 2004 Arranger: Doug Sparling I believe this is a traditional tune, but I'm not sure. I learned it from uilleann piper Seamus Ennis or Liam O'Flynn (or both). Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command…

The last track that I'm going to upload for a while. I will be re-recording a few songs to release a LP under my own name. Hopefully it'll be good :) This one is another exploration using loops and delays. I hope you like it!

Something I did last year - A song about the crazy college days (Or Uni where applicable :) ) Bad Old Days Everybody's drinking their wine Driving slow and taking their time Better off when I sip moonshine Not rubbing alcohol 'cause I…

I found this poem I wrote back before she left. I put music to it and recorded it night before last. Yeah, the high voice is me too. LEAVING Key Am Am Dm He rattles like a tambourine, his…

Guitars, mandolin, keyboards, penny whistle: Doug Sparling Arranger: Doug Sparling - 2005 Composer: Shaker Hymn Old demo from the basement. I love this tune and someday I'll do it justice... IIRC, I recorded and mixed this thing with a…

Guitars, mandolin, penny whistle: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2006 From an out of print, self-released CD I put out in 2006 (titled "The Old Stone Bridge" - not the same one as the Old Stone Bridge tracks I've released…

how do you give a daughter away? I have no clue...

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"