Autumn in D minor (Instrumental)

Op. 15 Book II Exodus

I remember when we were young I remember waiting for the sun you said you loved me you said you need me you said you want me and that was forever I remember the stories of our days I remember the tears in your eyes you said…

Track 8 from the RPM 2009 challenge album.

Track 9 from the RPM 2009 challenge album. This one is the odd-one-out from the album. I wanted to do something in February to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial. Of all the concepts I had, this is the only one to make it on the challenge…

I Believe by far my most beautiful instrumental track, much the opposite of You Forgot Bush's War Crimes. Maybe because I haven't commited any? I'm growing to accept that most of the time, my instrumentals should be short and sweet.

I've never heard "Horse with No Name" all the way through, and i wasn't trying to rip it off, but i really like the melody i wrote for this and it turned out to fit perfectly with the sound of the bass. Really proud of my composing on this track…

Drinking coffee at my modest kitchen table around noon, after just waking up, I starred out the skinny window next to my door and saw the back of a stairway. These Lyrics were partly inspired by Bukowski's style, partly remnants of growing up…

Inspired partly by a co-worker who was a great, now lost musician. This track is somewhat about my five year stint in Gallup, New Mexico (Bob Dylan anyone?). This was written as a poem before I started writing Slumber Love.

I'm not usually good at mixing two of my songs together, but i think this turned out great. Maybe a little too Velvet Underground. Maybe nothing is ever too Velvet Underground... Written just for Abide.

This is one of the songs I wrote for Filthy Time that's been hiding in the back of a notebook waiting for music to be chugged out. I'm really glad I let this seep for a while before letting loose.

I. The triumphant space pioneers land on the new planet, set up camp and decide to have a party.

II. Off in the distance, an ion storm is brewing while the space colonists enjoy cocktails on the spaceship's veranda.

III. The ion storm draws nearer to base camp, and with it, weird alien creatures that are part bug, part raw energy. The bugs play fetch with the elemental forces that surround them.

V. The bug-like creatures celebrate their victory over the alien invaders (formerly known as space pioneers).

1, Intro to the arduous task of facing one's personal wall.

2. "This Wall Within Me" exposes the struggle to overcome one's own limitations during the RPM challenge. Story (and struggle) by Mick, music by Alan Hall

5. The 'Hidden" track, appears after a lengthy pause on the CD version. The little artsy trick that all prog albums must have at the end.