Ditty #9 for the RPMC album "Bones". I'd had this rolling around in my head for about a year now, and even played it live with the SD&Q trio. Didn't quite turn out as planned, which is not unusual.

Ditty #10 for RPMC. I really had a hard time trying to come up with the final track, so I fell back on the old loop/delay/ebow improv formula, which I had hoped to avoid on this album. Kind of acoustic Breaking Light. Well it crossed the finish…

A traditional Scottish song sung by Amber on the 'Celtic Shores 2' album accompanied by Dr. Mark Funk on Bagpipes and Samantha Moffatt on Hammered Dulcimer. The Rowan Tree was believed to be magical and wishes might be granted if the person…

Soon to be released on Amber's CD Album "Forever" "When daylight stills to grey and all the world is silent, we listen to the stillness sounds..." Written just for Amber by Susan Evans McCloud and Richard W. Smith this paints a picture of a family…

This song seemed to fit so nicely with this year's RPM feel that I decided to re-record it during February.

Written for a friend from days long past working in special needs summer camps... Now she's raising an autistic son, and doing an amazing job of it. Still, none of it's fair.

Another "oldie but goodie" that had never really gotten the love it deserved... The original version came in at over six minutes (and even I recognize in looking back that it was WAY too long).

Hey, it's good to let people know you miss 'em.

2010 RPM Challenge Track. Lyrics below: Here we are, waiting under grey lights Waiting for...authority's call What are we waiting for... We're Watching for nothing at all Taking turns, drinking from the faucet Just to Fill up the time…