A cool little track from 2023, came out of nowhere and I love it.

Song by me, title by my then 6 year old son. 

Thew rhythm guitar was the basis for etc rack and appeared while I was messing around with Devin Townsend's Open C tuning.

Every Way We Go Is Forwards

Let's Drive Up Highway 1 (Rhodes & Fretless Bass)

Your Heart Is A Fortress

Closer Now

Back at the Old Hall (Piano Improv)

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Time: The Fire In Which We Burn (Piano Improv)

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A Moon and Some Roses (for Piano)

A Piano In Vienna (Piano Improv)

Face Towards the Sun, with the Shadows Behind You (Piano Improv)

The pressure makes it so dangerous. New is old and old is wasted, and wasted time is a legacy of mine…

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Wasted Under Pressure

Let The Good Fight Begin
Lyrics & Music: Brian James McDonald (ASCAP)

Hold on tight to the pain within, it’s all right, just let the fight begin 

When it begins, there’s no stopping you 
When it’s happening, there’s no way you lose
And when it’s over, I just count my bruisin’, 
I get back up again, I stand back up again

Hold on tight to the pain within, it’s all right, just let the fight begin
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest, you fly, just let the fight begin

And when it’s over, I just count my bruises and I get back up again. I stand back up again.

So let the fight begin, yeah, only then I can begin again 
We can rarely step away - another hell

So here it is — my final plea of need
in a world where I long to be, to be free.
With the weight of silence, I break the chains, calling out the fury — a pouring rain.

Hold on tight, true love, the stars we sail
It’s all right, let the music flail 
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest, you fly, can we just find a life?
She saw the light just like she saw God
Here in jest you fly,
Can we just find a life? 

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Copyright Hoon Toons Publishing (ASCAP)

Let the Good Fight Begin

I make maximally orchestral rock guitar music. 

I've got a background in rock, jazz and prog and have turned that into the music you're listening to right now. 

Want me to write, orchestrate, arrange or play on something? Contact me on the email link below for a discussion of your project.

Every Way We Go Is Forwards

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