Sam was a very articulate and kind friend; he spend way too much of his life in a wheel chair and yet demonstrated a lot of grace. We lost him just over a year ago. Among many other unexpected, Christ-like kindnesses, he realized at one point…

I wrote the middle of this song in Bali, Indonesia when traveling with my wife (fiance at the time) and her family. The other parts are inspired from traditional Hawaiian music. Maganda Isla means beautiful island in Tagalog, one of the main…

I wrote the middle of this song in Bali, Indonesia when traveling with my wife (fiance at the time) and her family. The other parts are inspired from traditional Hawaiian music. Maganda Isla means beautiful island in Tagalog, one of the main…

wrote this song while i was all alone in the middle of a nameless creek in the amazon jungle - beautiful spot! This is from 2006 - the only song in this album that is more recent. Here I tried to use bossa chords and a modified bossa beat to…

This is a total remake of an earlier posting. Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana. In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond - something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…

The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune. Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece. And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…

this was an attempt at making a tune where the vocal melody was nonredundant with the chords (or never found in any of the notes of any of the chords). Almost succeeded - but it was fun trying.

decided to do a minimalistic chord progression of the Choro de Berimbau tune.

Musa means "the muse" in Portuguese. Trumpet improv and digital production provided by AloneToner K. Scot Sparks. Lyrics for the bilingual version: Ela vem, ela vai ela tem o que eu quero mais toque de fada conversa que sara esse…

Musa means "the muse" in Portuguese. Trumpet improv and digital production provided by AloneToner K. Scot Sparks. Lyrics for the bilingual version: Ela vem, ela vai ela tem o que eu quero mais toque de fada conversa que sara esse…