Just some fun. Name that riff halfway through! I looked for a little gogo- style bump on this- the song sorta asks for it....

Oye Como Va

This was open- string practice: I play bass in D and this was all things hard to get right. The irony is that it's all pretty easy in E.
It should've been called "every note for itself"!
And who plays in 10/4 anymore?

Pabla Retornanda

A song written for and about an old band- the same one I wrote "Todd's song" for- Subterfuge. And just like Todd's song, I won't be trying to copy our singer's (real) English accent! But the "oi" parts are up for grabs... 
I really don't like to sing, and my voice tried to walk out of the room many times. But somebody had to do it, and I'm the only one in the room. The verses are tongue- in- cheek, the rest less so. We're all still in touch and I'm sure to catch a little hell!

Jonglio

Warts and all. The original musical idea was a Who- type verse and a Paul Weller- style chorus. I broke all sorts of gear and vocal chords on this one. It came out pretty close to what I originally intended. Indeed....

Helvet

Frend, bandmate, Rock Star and co- conspiritor Todd Sampson passed unexpectantly in the summer of 2010. I wrote this in response.......
Todd and Jon Bush were bass guitarists in our band Subterfuge, and this song is written for that band. I would not attempt to copy Marky's british accent.
Every track is a first or second take- slick was not the point.
If you were there back then, you were there.
And this is for us.


Todd's song(MIA)

A song for my aunt Norma. The last family matriarch, she passed just prior to Christmas 2016.

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soft hurricane

This one is fun..... Just an excersize turned into a song. I have 11 tracks, all played by 
me on real instruments. 
There's more than one mistake but it's almost all first take with the exception of the trombone parts, which took some time. I've only been playing the 'bone for a few 
months so I get a pass...... I also get a pass for openly ripping off Trombone Shorty- 
if your gonna do it, it might as well come from a master!

It ain't funny

A blues riff that turned into a harmonic exercize that turned into some ambient/ house/ downbeat kinda song. Six tracks, 10 takes, lotsa reverb. There you go........ bg

The train

This one put it to me.... I wanted to work on an actual song- so I wrote one- and I wanted to work on engineering it as well. What really happened was that I wrote a song with trombones all over it, and I haven't been playing the trombone very long and with the exception of some great lessons (by Mr. Stan Jeffs), playing by myself. The trumpet parts were on a borrowed horn and had to be done by ear. 
For any horn players coming across this: I grew up as a rock drummer and have more respect for brass players than I know what to do with. Please bear with me- I will get better (and be able to play what I hear).
BTW, this song is not about boots. Really. Enjoy, bg

Boots

I was messing with the electronic drums and went into this. It's just a vehicle for the fat over- bearing acoustic drum track, which I really like.
Turn it on and sing like Bjork!

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