February 19
Five Miles From Town
In honor of Clyde Davenport, who passed away this week at the age of 98, one of the fiddle tunes he played, although not particularly in his style. [more inside]
Patchwork Parallel
Acid/Techno/Chillout/Ambient electronic music in the style of Chemical Brothers and Kruder and Dorfmeuster DJ Kicks! era [more inside]
February 18
Letterbox (TMBG cover)
A hushed but nonetheless exuberant take on a very good song from They Might Be Giants' album "Flood," recorded at my kitchen table [more inside]
February 17
Irish Jig Set
Three jigs I've been working on recently - Miller of Glanmire, The Drowning at Bruckless, and Bill Harte's. Two tenor guitars (a recent Nigel Forster, and a 1943 Epiphone archtop), and banjo (Ode Juniper). [more inside]
February 14
Cantabile
February 9
The Story Is Everything - Ma Cher
"Won't shake it at the Mardi Gras, why don'tcha come home and shake it all for me!"
Americana and Second-Line rhythms combine in a character piece about a bayou boy skeptical of the charms of the Big Easy.
The upcoming album, Tales from the Crescent, is a New Orleans-themed song cycle that crosses multiple genre lines in its quest to musically capture the complicated creature that is the Crescent City.
February 7
Received Wisdom
In the spirit of perpetually re-arranging and re-recording our songs, 'Received Wisdom' has now evolved into this rather sleek beast. [more inside]
February 5
touch my hovercraft - tr0n1que
A short ride on some eccentric polyrhythms with some soft-synths and a processed vocalization. [more inside]
February 4
7 Hills Haiku
January 31
Jazz Guy
You're The Reason Why
January 25
Wintry Mix
An ambient/drone piece from my newly released album Float (pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp). I'm breaking a habit of expressing anxiety and foreboding through my music, and aiming to spread some tranquility and wonder instead. [more inside]
January 20
Best Booty on the Farm
January 16
rezdnts
January 14
The Bridges of Amsterdam (Original Soundtrack)
Jacob's Well
A re-recording of this song for an album that I swear is coming out soon (for the four people out there vaguely aware of it). Features acoustic guitar, harmonies from talented friends Ings and Jon David Russell, an instrument like a marimba that I forget the name of, and a flute solo (!) at the end. [more inside]
January 4
Stamps
December 31
And the Sunlight Among the Trees
A short (1:27) original piece of me on solo piano. It's a reworking / different arrangement of a previous tune I posted, which was piano & guitar. This is a slightly different take on rhythm and melody -- more of a contemplative feeling, and still reflective and reassuring (I hope). Happy new year, MetaFilter! [more inside]
December 30
08 - ghostland - vampire deer
December 29
SKA/BAND - Caledonia Mission
December 28
07 - banned from paradise - vampire deer
December 27
06 - trouble in my pocket - vampire deer
December 24
05 - berlin wall - vampire deer
The Best Part of Christmas is You
This year I wrote a Christmas song that I'm rather fond of for my wife, who I'm also rather fond of. [more inside]
December 21
04 - freedom to serve - vampire deer
December 20
This Woman's Work (Kate Bush cover)
Very late to the game on this, but here's a cheeky contribution to the Kate Bush challenge :D
I have toppled all the towers (You have trampled all the flowers)
December 19
03 - factory song - vampire deer
December 17
02 - lakeview square - vampire deer
December 14
Officer? I'm In A Band!
A jaunty (for us) Carbon 7 number from last August. I was making notes on my phone of little snippets of conversation to use as song titles. No clue how we got there, but it seemed hilarious at the time. Utterly improvisational. [more inside]
December 13
01 - magicland - vampire deer
first song of lakeview square, my new album about the rise and fall of a shopping mall [more inside]
The Bridges of Amsterdam (Original Soundtrack)
November 29
Fire Over The Deep
I've posted a few old Hurlo Thrumbo songs here before -- this is an unfinished project from mere weeks before we broke up. Rough mix, rescued from 24 track 2-inch tape, scratch vox. [more inside]
November 17
Unconditional Loop
If humans have unconditional love and computers have conditional loops, what is robot love? [more inside]
November 15
The Last Baseball Game - Part II
Part I of The Last Baseball Game is meant to be the song they play before the game, as an intro. This is meant to be the post-game epilogue 'final farewell' kinda number.
I meant to do a fadeout at the end, but I forgot, so the track just sort of plays out. I figured I might as well just leave it like that.
November 11
Stones/Water/Time/Breath
My partner and I performed Dean Rosenthal’s Stones/Water/Time/Breath yesterday at the The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida. [more inside]
November 9
Magic Show
November 7
nest
November 1
Skeleton Dance
A day late for Halloween, barely in time for Día de Muertos. A composition for classic fingerstyle banjo and piano by Norton Greenop, circa 1900.
October 26
Divisions
Also electronics + piano. A bit more pianistic and melodic; more "pretty" than "driven."
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