https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLkaO91l8iA ^video score created with musescore 3

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…