Rainshine (instrumental, 2005)

For several years I maintained a site at Download.Com. This was one of the songs posted there. One day I got an email from a woman in India wanting to use this song in a video she was producing. I gave permission, asking only that I get a copy of the video. Some months later the DVD arrived. The video in question was an instructional video for opthamological surgeons. Apparently this song was the perfect accompaniment for shots of human eyes being sliced open. Grizzly stuff. Still, India!



The eyes have it! 4.7 MB

Never Got Warm Again (vocal, 1984, 1989)

Two different versions of the same song.

One morning in 1984 I woke up with a complete song, music and lyrics, already in my head. I'm not sure how this happened--maybe a dream, maybe I was an "antenna" for some outside consciousness, maybe... In any case, I jumped out of bed, powered up my 4-track, got out my guitar and recorded the entire song in about an hour, sitting on the edge of my bed. The 1984 version is that very recording, in all its imperfect glory. The 1989 version is, perhaps, slightly less imperfect, but I've always been partial to the '84 version myself. And you?

Equipment:

1984: Hagstrom III electric guitar, Fostex X-15 4-track.

1989: G&L F-100 Electric guitar, E-Bow, Fostex Model 160 4-track.


1984


Before the killing frost... 4.8MB

1989


...killed everything we know 4.8 MB

Up The Chimney Down (instrumental, 2003)

Pretty straightforward bit of instrumental rock, with a hint of jazz (fake, of course) here and there.

Equipment: Yamaha APX-4 acoustic/electric guitar, G&L F-100 electric guitar, E-bow, Kurzweil K2000 synth, Boss BR-8 digital recorder.



...but it won't go down the chimney up. 8.7 MB

Elsewhen (instrumental 2003)

A bouncy little pop song. Nice and melodic, just the way kids like it.


Equipment: G&L F-100 electric guitar w/ Roland GK2 hex pickup, Roland GI-10 guitar-to-midi converter, E-bow, Kurzweil K2000 synth. Recorded on the K2000 sequencer and a Boss BR-8 digital reorder.



HappyHappyHappy! 5.6 MB

A Long Way From Anywhere (instrumental 2001)

This one came into being one cold, dreary, lonely afternoon in 2001. It starts off rather melodic and soft, but at 1:32 is a little warning of where the song is headed. If you don't turn back at this point, I can't be held accountable for what might happen to you.

Equipment: Kurzweil K-2000 synth. Recorded using the K-2000 built-in seqencer, then mixed directly to an Apple iMac computer running Felt Tip Sound Studio software.



Turn back now, before it's too late! 5.3 MB

Cloud Walking (instrumental, 2003)

My father left this world in 2003. I was right in the middle of recording this piece at the time, so it is dedicated to his memory. He was the greatest man I ever knew and there is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him and all he taught me. Thanks, Dad.

Equipment: G&L F-100 electric guitar, fitted with Roland G2K hex pickup, Roland GI-10 guitar-to-midi converter, Kurzweil K-2000 synth. Recorded on a Boss BR-8 digital recorder.



For my father 4.4 MB

The One That Turns Inside (vocal, 1994)

Growing up in the '60s and '70s, finding out what's important in the '90s.

Equipment: G&L F-100 guitar, E-bow, Korg Poly-800 synth, Casio CZ-101 synth, Sequential Circuits Pro-1 synth. Recorded on a Fostex Model 160 cassette 4-track.



The most important revolution 5.8 MB

Air And Ink (vocal, 1995)

The limitations of language.

Equipment: Yamaha APX-4 acoustic/electric guitar, G&L F-100 electric guitar, E-bow, Sequential Circuits Pro-1 synth. Recorded on a Fostex Model 160 cassette 4-track.



And your anchor is nothing more than air and ink 6.9 MB