Parthenon was Algernon's brother, despite the fact that they could not share a tank. It was only fair that Parthenon get a song that was so opposite of his brother's song. So Algernon had all MIDI, this track has just the drums. This is off…

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…

This was actually the first track for my 2018 release Words To Live By and so the name just seemed appropriate as I was starting the RPM Challenge Games so to say. I tell students all the time they will never regret learning to play such a beautiful…

2020 thus far has been a year most of us would be glad to see end. In the midst of all the sadness and tragedy, I was able to celebrate February in a huge way with the RPM Challenge. The celebration is because about half of the songs were written…

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.

So the ongoing goal for me in songwriting and recording is to play in different styles. This song was meant to capture a Latin vibe, so I researched chords and scales that would flavor it that way and then played around with percussion until…

This track for me was a reflection of the progress in both my playing and producing. I'm still nowhere near where I ultimately want to be, but my progress makes me continue to push forward, and thus the Darkness Falls. This is from my 2020 collaborative…

This song is by one of my longest tenure students and a great dude, Ryley Neumeyer. This song was telling a tale in 3 phases and the siren sound, played by Ryley, as was the bass guitar was signalling bad news for the main character in the tale…

This was another one of those try something different tracks. I love how jazz and blues tracks will incorporate horns, so I had to find some reasonable sounding brass for my MIDI world and then try to balance them with guitar melody. This is…

Written, played and arranged by my very first student, the one that started me on a path I could never repay him for, Luke Jankowski. He sees the song in his mind and conveys it until we get it as he wants it. It just fires me up to see students…

With a student wanting to play fingerstyle, it has been a personal challenge to become at least adept at it and feeling comfortable to play this song entirely by fingerstyle was indeed the Turning Point. This is off my 2020 collaborative release…

In between my songs of rage I still wanted to play around with some different sounds. Here I was dabbling with the idea of a Rhodes with a Leslie. I listen to it and know I want to do another one toying with this sound. In effect I feel the…

Well this is from a challenge,' write one with the word glass seems simple -straight away. THE PROBLEM WAS THE VOCAL . TOO SHY TO SING! MY friend on alonealonetone told me just sing it dummy so I did that. Thank You you know who…

a few of us are writing a song using the same base track . when they are all finished we will put up a play list here is mine

Free beat Friday 8 is here, and this is The Remake of Oxlade O2 Song