My Music

This is a small collection of music I’ve created over the years. As you listen to these, ignore the lack of technical expertise. I’m not a good technical player, there are occasional bad and missed notes- these recordings were done to record an idea. In the older pieces, Kim is playing rythym, I’m doing the lead. Anyway, here they are, as a way of preserving music I’ve created. Enjoy!

Roaming The Hillside- This song, as you hear it, was recorded back in the early 1980’s. It was “written” on the spot- I ran a $5.00 dictation cassette recorder, and it was recorded live, just as you hear it here. A few years ago, I found the cassette, so I digitized it, cleaned up and equalized as best as I could, and then laid some new tracks over it, now that I have the ability to multitrack. It would have been nice to have this sort of technology back then. roaming_the_hillside.mp3

Firedance- This was “written” somewhere around 2002, and was interesting for these reasons. I have music running through my head most of the time, and I’ve always wanted to try to capture this “head music” in order to share it with others. It was strange to be able to grab my guitar and lay down all these different tracks without ever playing it before. So, to me, this is special song, as it’s one that runs through my head quite often, and I can finally share it with the rest of the world. How cool is that?
firedance.mp3

Hoosier Daddy- This one was recorded back in the early 1980’s, using the same cheesy tape recorder. I sat down with a friend, turned on the tape recorder, and this is the result. This song, every bit of it, was created on the spot as you hear it. Sometimes musicians click, and this is a perfect example.
hoosier_daddy.mp3

Out of Nowhere- This song was recorded originally in the early 1980’s. This was another one where my buddy Kim and I sat down, turned on a cassette deck, and just started inventing songs on the spot. This one is magical to me, since it was invented as you listen to, exactly as it is presented here. Neither of us had played this song, or any of these riffs, before this moment. Yet somehow we knew where it would take us- we’d split off into different directions, and come back together again. We finish, then try another take on it, feeling it out a little more. Lots of missed notes on this one.
out_of_nowhere.mp3

Rain Song- I play by ear, and to me, this sort of thing is normal and natural. At the end of this song, you hear a comment or two, then you hear the second take on it, again, made up on the spot. This one was recorded back in the early 1980’s, during a rain storm, heard in the background. Sadly, this recording still has a lot of noise in it, but you get the idea of where we were going with it, a different take of Out Of Nowhere.
rain_song.mp3

Traveling- This is another song that’s been running through my head for many, many years. I decided to try to record it for others to listen to, and this is pretty close. Oddly, this one plays only when I’m on the road, traveling through the countryside. The only thing missing is the lead riffs done on violin, omitted only because I no longer have a violin. traveling.mp3