this is production music I have recently finished - features brass, drums, bass, cello and an arpegiator. This would be for suspense - perhaps a crime scene unfolding, etc
This is free and available to listen to, but it is not free for any commercial use - if you have commercial intentions please contact me - thanx!

a simple guitar (sent through a noise gate in an interesting fashion) over nylon guitar and electric guitar rhythm, real bass and a drum loop - all played live one takes

this is what I would LOVE feedback on - I am submitting this to a production library and they need a fitting description... wow... i dont even know where to begin! Your thoughts are so helpful and thanx in advance!! Also, they want me to provide "genre" info (which I wish I could just list as "Haven" LOL - what genre is this?? thank you again. I put it here as acoustic - but I dont think thats right??

lead guitar with a delay set to a simple drum loop and playing over a special chord progression (electric guitar rhythm and bass). This is in honor of Tiki, beloved Kitty.

I've been in a bit of a Beatles kick lately (takes me back to my childhood) Anyway - my approach to recording a Beatles song was to not "study" their harmonies or guitar parts - but instead to just lay down 2 electric guitar trax (with old "electric" sounding tones)to a smashin drum loop (added some fills), played a bassline then sang vocals (and some backups) - off the cuff - all first takes - and... more

kinda 60's kinda 11's and its hyptomacritical fluty Leslie rotatating speakers taking a nylon strum to an organ, and tribal and greasy and earthy and chunky and smooth and just playin with sound with the rhythms and the tones and the repetition and the juxtopositons and the drones through the phones and puttin it through the speaks - in quad - like in the old days - well, the 70's anyway with the... more

ok - so i just got a roland gr20 guitar synth - oh man am i having fun! and so heres a one take - just added a little guitar synth to a track i did last wk - and started with mostly straight guit mixed w a little synth signal but increased as the piece went along and just improved some wierd but satisfying stuff LOL - original description: synths synths synths - workin w bubbles and drums and strings... more

messin w the new guitar synth - playing synth sounds through my guitar - one track i'm using a "cello" patch, one a "violin" patch, several "brass" , synth brass, synth bass, rhythm guitar - all over a "chill out" drum groove - and sometimes the "violin" patch starts to sound like a flute - its cuz i dont try to play the guitar in a way to "authentically" sound the "instruments" I choose, instead,... more

updating this track- this a work in progress - just added "sax" (which is actually my guitar through the Roland GR-20 guitar synth!) - oh my God - how much fun!! Also, added some real bass and also some slight variations played live on the percussion. original description: just dreamin on this really nice synth patch - like a dreamy guitar or piano - over a drum loop - this just the start of something... more

sitar (played on guitar via "midi"), 2 nylon guitars, bass, drums, chamber strings (played on keyboard via "garriton orchestra soft synth") and a synth pad.

A new song i recorded tonight (called "Believe") - did something different - since i'm always struggling for lyrics - i went online looking for "collaborator lyrics" - and found this site - a bunch of kids from New York that write lyrics and let you use them for free w the understanding that if you earn money from it they will recieve 50% of the "writers share" of royalties - which is standard. so... more

couldnt resist recording this old buddy holly song tonight

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I heard from an old friend today - havent spoken in almost 30 years - he mentioned a song I wrote back then (I was just out of high school) for a girl named Janet - said the melody was still stuck in his head - that inspired me to re-record it from memory - I cant even find a copy of the original - and yes, it is quite catchy - perhaps one of my better songs. I recorded it tonight - 3 guitar trax,... more

a little pop/rock tune which is about wanting to feel good - "jumping up and down just like I was a kid" - features acoustic and electric guitars,rodes piano, bass, drums, vocals and backing vocals. all trax recorded live.

my own recorded rendition of this very beautiful song - written by Beasly Smith and Haven Gillespie. This one was recorded by Loui Armstrong. All live "one take" tracks - nylon string acoustic rhythm guitar, electric lead guitar, electric bass, organ, vocals, drum loop and manual cymbol and kick drum hits - no backing vocals ... yet

I need some marcian man lyrics here! this is acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums on demand, real bass, alchemy synth, garrison orchestra and string theory synth.

This project is what I deem "audio therapy". It is something I do for myself to help "practice" forming and holding my thoughts consciously in order to create the experiences of personal joy and fulfillment. It could be considered kind of like a musical guided meditation or perhaps a spiritual pep rally! LOL Ya never know - it could change yer life! :) The piece in its entirety is too long to upload... more

Continuing to upload my tracks from "Rainbow in the Sky" - here is track 6: from "Rainbow in the Sky" So - today I read a comment from fellow looperman, Wayne - he really liked my song "Gotta Get Back to Being Me" (which was from an album i did in 2006 ) and said he was playing it on his ipod. That made me smile cuz I havent heard it in awhile and so I took the album with me in the car today and had... more

this is a collaboration. This was an instrumental that I posted a few songs back - and I got an email from our fellow looperman Nuada (from Ireland) who felt inspired to add a vocal - and so after he did that, I re-mixed and re-shaped a bit to be more in line with the pop song he was suggesting through his vocal. Here is my note back to him which will explain some of the work. Cheers to a collaboration... more

from "Rainbow in the Sky" So - today I read a comment from fellow looperman, Wayne - he really liked my song "Gotta Get Back to Being Me" (which was from an album i did in 2006 ) and said he was playing it on his ipod. That made me smile cuz I havent heard it in awhile and so I took the album with me in the car today and had the thought that even though I have been workin on all the electronic stuff... more

Just a simple tune tonight - a "pop tune" - it's about how fast life is these days... how we struggle to keep up... and reach to meet the challenge of staying in the moment... yet find ourselves with our "necks out in the future" LOL This is hopefully not a final mix - I have here drums by Jim McCarty, and then the rest of the trax are my own - 2 vocals, 2 guitars, bass and organ - I used my new Parker... more

Continuing to upload my tracks from "Rainbow in the Sky" - here is track 4: from "Rainbow in the Sky" So - today I read a comment from fellow looperman, Wayne - he really liked my song "Gotta Get Back to Being Me" (which was from an album i did in 2006 ) and said he was playing it on his ipod. That made me smile cuz I havent heard it in awhile and so I took the album with me in the car today and had... more

synth lakota flute, nylon string guitar, synth pad, bass and drums - progression is I, VImajor sus, 3 Major, V, VImajor sus, VIminor, II Major, V, II major, I, VI major sus, 3 Major

electric guitar, nylon string rhythm guitar, bass, brushes, synth pads - doin what I do late at night again - prog is 1,5,2m,6m,51,5,4,6m,5,1,flat7,6m,4,5,1,5 and repeat and end w 2Major (key of G)

nuts - synths and synth guit