Guitars/Mandolin: Doug Sparling Composer: Traditional Recorded: 2005 A couple of nice reels played on guitar, the first is The Cup of Tea, can't remember the name of the second one. Unfortunately my midi flute scratch track got added in the mix…

Guitars/Keyboards/Low Whistle: Doug Sparling Composer: Traditional Recorded: 2005 Irish song, also know by its English title, "For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name."

Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling Fiddle: Brent Hoad Bodhran: David Shaughnnessy Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 Set of three tunes I wrote in 2005. Well, I guess they're hornpipes of sorts...

Guitars/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling Bodhran: David Shaughnessy Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 A couple of jigs I wrote after spending time on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.

Guitars/Keyboards/Shaker: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 I believe there's a demo version of this tune that I've already uploaded to alonetone. Originally written as a piano piece.

Here we go again over to you Vais.

Guitar/Mandolin: Doug Sparling Fiddle: Brent Hoad Composer: Turlough O'Carolan Arrangement: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 A couple of Planxties by O'Carolan. For the life of me I don't remember the names of them...one may be Charles O'Conor…

Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling Composer: Doug Sparling Recorded: 2005 This was my "signature" track several years ago. I wrote this on guitar in the mid-90s while I was getting divorced, but later renamed it and recorded it…

More stuff from the ancient archives rescued from the same cassette tape as Last Nights Fun. This time a set of 3 Irish reels Live at a concert back around 1992

Rumba Columbia is a traditional Cuban pattern in 6: the "go-to" pattern for 12/8 - if you have only heard one Afro-Cuban rhythm in 12/8, this is probably it. As an energetic Afro-Cuban dance, Rumba was often suppressed and restricted because it…

WARNING! ADULT CONTENT or goofy great........ After a week of computer crashes, I finally got my gear all back to normal. I got my drum kit hooked up yesterday and did a test run which led to this bit of Saturday morning fun that only proves…

i had the idea of having a strong drum track through something...a drum track that built up through the track...but then i started to mess with the track and ended up with three different versions that i am rather attached to...other versions…

Over at improvFriday Bruce Hamilton took my piece and mashed it up, also featuring Shane Cadman.

Uploaded this one yesterday but it was a bit scrappy. So I've fine tuned it a bit. Left it a bit basic in case anyone wants to add bongos or zephyr. ( Is that the right word?).

i made this song wen i was......

I wrote this one about this guy I worked with in a two man show. Do I feel guilty? Meh.

I wrote this song for the first person I ever fell in love with to tell her that I loved her. I figured that if she didn't feel the same way, it would be less awkward. Win!

For the indignant lover who won't walk away in all of us...

I had some lyrics describing a late nite cake baking experience kicking around. If I have a lot on my mind, dirtying every dish in the house seems like the right thing to do. I stole some cool percussion from Norm and went to work. I also…