An unusual traditional tune from the first Scartaglen album way back in 1984. Going through stuff the other day and ran across the LP and couldn't even remember the tune or having recorded it. I played guitar on this track

Sometime it’s better to let it go away Sometimes it’s better to never know anything This heart beat’s similar to drum beats only difference is it’s coming from dolls. And all this waiting is killing, we only prepare to fall This is the…

Van Gogh, On the Threshold of Eternity Gary from music by computer suggested a re-master with less drum volume - your choice http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/daily20110125b-17-reasons-I-hate-the-blues.mp3 I've had severe computer trouble…

from "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals from Tess Savigear and solo guitar from Kavin Allenson It’s name is sadly the same as me, without me It cannot follow through doorways, the same way Just saw the rainbow fall over It’s game remembers…

I swore that I would NEVER upload this. Was having a bad day trying to loop "nice" acoustic guitar sounds and got frustrated so grabbed my Taylor and plugged it into a cheesy Effects box and straight into the looper. Started twiddling knobs and…

It was a curious and wondrous thing. One night I was in my studio adding some percussion to the "Quiet Rituals" track by Barry van Oudtshoorn, when my 4 young children (with whom I was long over-due to be tucking into bed and reading a bed…

A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009

Well I am finally learning how to use Logic Pro 10 its a challenge but its got mojo if your willing to sweat the song is for my friend who is at an impasse with his loved one HE has the grit to admit that some things just run…

Just got my system up again after several hardware upgrade conflicts, and a move to California. Been thinking about changing this songs ending for a while, finally getting around to it. Good to post here again! Cheers, Reef

track 1 of last days last days...

Acoustic live looping improv, through the DL4..DADGBD tuning with a banjo capo 3rd fret under the neck.

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…

While I'm certain there are those who may be growing weary of scratching, I couldn't resist posting this great mix by Alister Flint, who is truly a master mixologist extraordinaire - he didn't even have individual tracks to work with! Al was too…

one of those 'it was written even before i started' songs that just rolls out like magic i tried to keep it simple so as not to destroy the vibe first finished (if unmixed) track for RPM 2010

Shaken, not stirred please. Experimenting more with sandbags' Elysium. This time I used it to trigger elephant samples for part of the percussion section.

*Rap/Hip-Hop with electric piano* I start off each morning with my favorite drug Cook it up in the kitchen and take a slug Coffee so black it helps me to wake Prepared to attack the problems I face Maybe it's keeping my blood pressure high…

*Electronic rock* 0 machine, 0 mirror Can you make the picture clearer? And bring me nearer to thee? Make me 1ne, make me (w)h0le Scan my imperfect soul And correct the mistakes that you see You're everything I want You're everything…

Solo acoustic guitar recorded January 2nd 2009. Hope to do a longer more developed version at some point ,but for now just a short version to learn more about using new DAW software.

Another bach chorale in slow motion. This time whipped to stiff peaks with 8 bars of generic trappy beats.  To be continued or not, that's always the question…