Keep me close and afraid Keep me wandering for days Keep me exactly the same Keep me docile and tired Keep me angsty and wired Keep me faking the pain Keep me loose and contained Keep me close and afraid Keep me wandering for days…

Another one from the archives! Collab with glu from 2009 - I took his original guitar track and added vocals, then he remixed and made about four more versions, but this is my fave.

Inspired by Dillon Bastan's "Inspired by Nature" Ableton Live Pack.

There are too many battles to fight in life, sometimes it's best to just walk away. Written & recorded Aug 2021 as part of the RPM Challenge: Record Every Month Challenge Remixed: Sept 25, 2021

Reflective indigo groove with some summer strings & sensual sax. Written with John French https://edenshard.bandcamp.com/album/the-cobblepot-engine

This was an attempt to tame the Lyra. I just set it to some nice tuning and ended up with the notes for the intro to Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 by accident, so I played with that motif

When I was young we lived opposite a big play area - lots of grass and trees and bushes to rampage around - and in the middle a tarmac playground with the "amusements" - a witches hat (aka umbrella), a long rocking horse with saddles along its…

2009, having fun with Johnny Stone's awesome music.

Another one where the riff came first, on the last day of RPM 2020 actually. Before all the craziness struck. I thought to myself "Oh self! That's a good riff! I will need to revisit it next year for RPM 2021." So I did. It also has a call-back…

Never forget the simple pleasure of just listening to music. I wrote a whole album about it a few years ago called The Lost Art Of Listening. This one's about how a song can simultaneously take you away from the concerns of life, yet make you…

This is a simple song Here stands a simple issue You right or wrong The hurricane will beat you This isn’t long The shortness will acquit you The end it comes Give all there is no redo

2021 RPM Challenge

CloudTravel ---------------------- Now you can travel anywhere from the comfort of your own home you may never want to leave your house again all in virtual reality in the highest resolution with binaural sound and optional smells…

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

John wrote this in 1972. 9 years earlier, as an 8th grader living in West Virginia, he knew the day would come when he would "set sail" to other parts of the country/world. That day came in 1975 with a journey that ultimately landed him in New…