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Areté Notes: about 1987, layered composition with guitars, overhand bass, programmed rhythm machine
A Flat Swirl Notes: about 1990, swirl of fast flute riffs over determined bass and drums
call of the wild Notes: about 1988, aggressive bass, sonic guitar, vocals. Guitar by Steve Harshbarger.
cat named z Notes: soft, bittersweet love song. IMHO, one of the best solos I've captured (keyboard).
darkness Notes: about 1996, short dark, thick composition, with eastern like melodies
does it really matter? Notes: about 1986, different styles of guitar soloing over guitars, bass, drums.
juju air express Notes: about 1987, 10/8 composition with in-your-face bass and spacey keyboards
key drive Notes: about 1994, driving bass, drums, and guitar overlayed with thick synth sounds
king for a day Notes: about 1989, 7/8 composition, royal sounding keyboard solo over thick groove
lavender mist Notes: about 1990, named after a Jackson Pollock painting. Improvised guitar, bass, keyboards, drums in the style of a Pollock painting. She also "she wolf" on this page
loose paris Notes: about 1996, drum loop composition, all keyboards
masquerade reprise Notes: about 1994, short, active reprise, all keyboards.
newcastle morning Notes: Complex layers of guitars, bass, keyboards, trumpet. Incredible drums by Bruce Guttridge. (This was recorded in 1993. Everything else on this page was mixed in 2002).
ouija momma Notes: 2003. This song will be on the new album. This is an instrumental version with tremolo guitar soloing throughout.
piano one Notes: about 1994. For a while I experaminted with purely improvisational piano playing. This is a sample of that work. See also "piano two".
piano two about 1994. For a while I experaminted with purely improvisational piano playing. This is a sample of that work. See also "piano two".
radioactive man Notes: 1996, zany big band composition. Someday I'd love to record a real band performing it. I might create a more modern version and have Sean Peck and some live drums over it.
she wolf Notes: about 1990, named after a Jackson Pollock painting. Improvised guitar, bass, keyboards in the style of a Pollock painting. Drum machine improvisationaly alternating between patterns and fills. She also "lavender mist" on this page.
space gel Notes: about 1988, much softer than most of my recordings. Flowing bass overlayed with extrememly spacious keyboard sounds.
tenderloin Notes: about 1995, one of my first experiments with staff composition.
thousand mile dream Notes: about 1985, a jazz guitar solos over rhythms and keyboards. Earlist recording on this site.
uno allegro concerto Notes: about 1995, a concerto for piano, violin, cello.
world of the stepping stones Notes: about 1991. Hard funk rock with vocals and crazy wah guitar soloing.