Seven Guitar Solos (instrumental, 1994)

Here, for your dining and dancing pleasure are seven improvised electric guitar solos (no overdubs, no second takes), seamlessly joined into one big slab of sound. These were all recorded in one night in an effort to find out what I could do with just one guitar and one block of time. Although there are a few moments of "traditional" playing here and there, it would be more appropriate to think of the guitar as simply a sound source in these pieces. I "prepared" the instrument with various things I found kicking around the house--bicycle spokes, silverware, shish-kebab skewers, old guitar strings, etc. Since my earliest days of playing the guitar I have always had a fascination with coaxing sounds out of the instrument that are not immediately (or ever) recognizable as guitar sounds. In these seven bits I give full vent to that fascination.

The titles of the seven pieces are:
1) Billy Is A Thief
2) Donkey Noodles
3) A Lie Nation
4) Sorry I Wrote This
5) God Licked My Brain (Ho Ha!)
6) Skullhead, Where Are You?
7) Splang!

Titles 1-6 were graffiti I saw in various places over the years. Number seven is onomatopoeia.

Equipment: G&L F-100 electric guitar. Recorded on a Fostex Model 160 4-track.



Bunch o' gall-dang noise! 20.2MB

Whose Skin Am I In? (vocal, 1987)

You've heard of easy listening? This is uneasy listening.

Equipment: G&L F-100 electric guitar, Yamaha PSR170 keyboard (cost less than $100 at the local shopping mall), cheap, "no-name" bass borrowed from my friend, Brandon Caraway.. Recorded on a Fostex X-15 4-track recorder.



I took an acid bath... 4.6MB

Rainy day music (instrumental, 1998/99)

Here in Oregon we have a lot of gray, rainy days. As an artist (artist?) I can't hep but be influenced by this. Here are two songs inspired by the dreary beauty of a typical autumn day in this place that I love and hope to live for the rest of my life. Both are from 1998/99 and both were recorded on a Kurzweil K2000 synth, using the onboard sequencer.

Blabbermouth




Rain, rain, go away. 4.6MB


Mountain Over Earth



Rain, rain, come back. 4.2MB