Arranged: 2004 Arranger: Doug Sparling I believe this is a traditional tune, but I'm not sure. I learned it from uilleann piper Seamus Ennis or Liam O'Flynn (or both). Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command…

Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

Written: 2004 Composer: Doug Sparling Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop. Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop. These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…

A track that I had chalked up as a "throw-away" until a PAL convinced me otherwise. I believe this is an alonetone debut for this one.

On this beach made of sand and shells and broken hearts as with so many things in this life it ends where it starts And like the waves that will roll over me you take away everything that I see So I walk to the place where the sand and sky…

'... ... ...and the door will be opened... -ULTIMATELY...'

Made a little song which ended up being about the veteran German footballer Torsten Frings (holding midfielder, can break forward). Did it in an accent that started off being a bit Willy Mason, ended up a bit weirdyank.

'...to the supposedly low ones; to the myriad, invisible precious...'

It seems a lot of you record with open mics and can relate. I record 1 track at a time with usually 4 or 5 tracks. So, Im only asking for about 15 minutes of Silence...IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK??? Anyway, my house is so loud, I get a lot of bloopers…

I’ll make my exit on the wind Nevermore to pretend That I’m fine Yeah, I’m good, so good At doin’ everything I should To convince you That I’m okay for today An’ I won’t crawl out of my skin I’ll just pretend Some days…