Wishing A Blessed Christmas to fam and friends - 2014.

When loss comes... (sorry that the vocals are a bit pitchy, but unfortunately I don't have access to the original tracks to redo them. But i wanted to at least get this tune documented. Definitely a redo project for later)

Um arranjo de uma música natalina com ritmo e acordes de bossa pra os meus amigos brasileiros. Um feliz ano 2012 pra todos. -------- O menino Rei (What child is this) Dm7 Cdim CM7 Am7 A crian…

Wanted to wish all the AloneToners out there a special Christmas - even tho it is a bit late.

This is a remake of Samba do Bonde, now with portuguese lyrics. A loose translation below: Priviledge, the two of us here to sit, converse, to feel the warmth of friendship always too brief just a give and take between immortals (close…

an attempt to evoke the urban Brazilian scene - which has a rhythm all its own.

how do you give a daughter away? I have no clue...

Composition, vocals and guitar by Yahondu Trumpet and Digital production by Alonetoner K.SCot Sparks Lyrics: Ela vem, ela vai, ela tem o que eu quero mais toque de fada conversa que sara esse importar com cada dor, cada flor jeito de…

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…

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

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.

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 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…

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 dates back to my earlier songwriting, back to 1984. To those anxious days before the wedding vows...

The song i wrote the night my daughter was born. there was a special presence, a special grace...

Created back in 1999 with the help of alonetoner K.Scot. I had translated the english lyrics into portuguese - then just decided to record both languages at the same time.

This is another version of the same tune used in Dana's Song. I just changed the lyrics. It was created back in 1999 with the help of Alontoner K.Scot. This is my own way of looking at a beautiful text - Psalm 139.

another half-baked idea

its just there