A setting of a sonnet by Walter Lowenfels to music.

Strung Out

Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad Instrumental. It was hot outside and I needed a title.

Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad Instrumental with one guitar.

a song done by many folk/country performers ,chokes me up every time. there are much better renditions of it out there in music land,buy those!. this I just wanted to add to my list of occupy songs. to drive home the point.

Someone's forgot to turn the seance off again. From the album LIFE IS HARSH IN THE LAND OF GHOSTS THEME PARK

Played on an O'Riordan D-whistle

Not really Irish ... a Scottish ballad ... An earthly nourris sits and sings And aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean (and) no ken I, my bairns father Far less the land that he dwells in." And up come he to her bed fit A grumly guest I'm sure…

come away, come away away from trouble away from care come away, come away away from sorrow away from fear may the cool wind find you through a thousand thoughts unsaid gather you in weary day behind you and you can lay your head…

This piece was played entirely on the Fairlight CMI iPad app, and mixed in Ableton Live. Jean Michel Jarre eat your heart out!

Out from the lethargy

I've always liked the word "wireless" instead of "radio". There is something wonderfully archaic about it.

A silly song about an amorous one-eyed monster.

A song about people drifting apart.

God pity the poor sailer out in a night like this

A old hymn with a good thought

While I don't feel at all worthy of being considered a devout man. I intend to keep asking God to get me where he wants me to go.

A quick tune for the late poet Wilmer Mills, who recently passed away at 41 from liver cancer. He was an active musician, woodworker, and baker. The title from this track comes from the name he gave his wood-fired oven, "Companis," which translates…