I had a million dreams and hopes for this song and suddenly, they were shattered. Much as my life is right now. So I'll make it about nothing. Except: A long time ago, I was listening exclusively to stuff like Ain Soph, Art Bears, Cranioclast…

Experimenting with Melodyne this week. Made some voice chords for the first section. Probably could have used a sampler, but it's a new skill.

[insert endless stories about being harassed by cops for various "driving a beater in a nice neighborhood" offenses, always ending with, "Your tail light is out. You'd better get that fixed."]

I had a long story prepared about how my girlfriend and I were ordered out of a paddle boat in Golden Gate Park by a dozen cops pointing guns at us, about how disappointed they were when I was not "The Punk Rock Bank Robber" but some schmuck with…

I'll Tell Me Ma is a folk song in the Irish tradition. I recorded it with acoustic instruments, multiple vocal tracks, and spoons for the main percussion, to give it that kitchen party feel! I did it in the key of C. Not exactly normal, but…

electric guitar and Live effects (an a tad of ebow)

Solo, unaltered dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) in a slightly reverberant location. Submitted to Sound-In "Foggy" for 3-10/11/2022.

The Promise of Heaven This material feels very religious, but I am not. It's all a bit more ambiguous than you might think. This and my last group of songs are also not a part of my memory, rather a part of the here and now. This is a second…

the desire the desperation the destruction You get what you bring. Bring nothing, expect nothing. I have nothing left to bring. And if I brought it, I'd have less than nothing. This is a second suite of songs, a companion to the last…

The hardest thing to find is what's been next to you all along. And the hardest thing to let go of is what you never wanted. This is a second suite of songs, a companion to the last group of five. #1/3. Recorded November 2nd & 3rd.

The result of misapplied noise reduction to Dada Is Nothing. I didn't notice that the app was set to "residue", so what was left is what would normally be removed. It sounded so good that I decided to keep it (after normalizing). Submitted to…

Using the words of the phrase, chopped into individual segments of different length and each one repeated, giving different combinations. Submitted to Sound-In "Dada" for 27/10 - 4/11/2022.

Two Uneasy Pieces: A Song Cycle. #5/5.

Two Uneasy Pieces: A Song Cycle. #4/5.

Two Uneasy Pieces: A Song Cycle. #3/5.

Two Uneasy Pieces: A Song Cycle. #2/5.