Book III

 MMi's Voices http://alonetone.com/mmi/tracks/voices-3 MMi wrote the song. I programmed percussion, recorded tabla and vocals.

A quick transitional piece - sort of a hybrid of ambient drone and louder rock.

I don't know if even I can tell, but this is inspired by Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. Ok, maybe its not so well hidden. Katie Lawrence can be heard on this track, recording this having never seen the lyrics prior to.

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…

Autumn in D minor (Instrumental)

Inspired by RFK's Mindless Menace of Violence Speech Lyrics Perhaps we can remember if only for a time that violence stops for no man being rich and poor,and black or white we share the same old dreams a captive moment in our lives…

An Instrumental featuring the Harmonica

late night, impromptu, its like emotional diarrhea.

My D & D days coming out to play. Lyrics Gather round a fairy tale of waiting ladies a Prince's vail First real love for the King and Queen pass this day where the wizards play by the castle walls casting spells for the…

Another instrumental intended for Bethan..

all the pounding waves drowning out the sound the sound is poison diving down below sinking very slow drown away the sound if I, can't make it stop your soliloquy I feel the death inside me in this succession the still and quiet I will succumb…

Modern classical piano piece

Another ol' Irish song about drinkin' and smokin'. Who knew?

"Tell Me Ma", was featured on National Public Radio's Second Stage. As NPR put it: "Beatnik Turtle is a remarkably prolific and fiercely independent rock group based in Chicago. The eight-piece band includes a full horn section and has been making…

Down low dirty blues with a big nod to ZZ Top

it is winter. there is breath. it flows in the forest. the white fur is hidden in the trees. it moves slowly toward the heart. the heart beats fast. it runs. the white fur moves slowly. it will always catch the heart, no matter how fast the heart…

Fantasia Fireworks Festival, NY

Lyric: SHE She, Shes never far away from me. She always gives me what I need. So that I never want. She, She never strays too far from home. She rarely leaves me all alone. She's my whole world. She, She watches over me. She…