Written in "lockdown" but inspired by youth, fear, joy, et les choses que je manque plus.  Je sais, je parle pas vraiment le francais.  This is my anthem, from 60's to 70's to somewhere near today.

No One Wants To Hear To Us Cry

This is a bare-bones love song, though there are a million little guitars playing, and a lot of vocals. Still, it's bare bones to me.  And simple.

O Candy

This song is a departure from anything I've ever written. It sort of happened off the cuff while wanting to play my Epiphone Century hollowbody. The title, while possibly about a guitar, is also about time, at home, in general, and blah blah blah. Either way, if I ever do a podcast, this'll be my track.

CENTURIES

Tough to describe. Inspired by an old record player and a Kiss record that I listened to when I was in kindergarten. But then, it's always about more. I'm never sure how things come across - trippy, noisy, low-fi, punk-new wave? I don't know. I thought I was a rocker, but I have no idea what others will hear. Really. Listen. Thanks.

NOSTALGIC

47 La Version Originale

This was recently recorded by me for my dear friend Vinnie's birthday. He wrote the song. He calls his band VASLAV. He's a great songwriter, and this one is an upbeat fun one (unlike many of my own). As such, I thought I'd share it. Hope you enjoy! (It's a little noisy and messy, like a sing-along ought to be!)

Stranger Dressed In Burgundy - VASLAV

UPDATE: AS OF AUGUST 14TH 2020, 14 SONGS HAVE BEEN MIXED AND MASTERED AND ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE, ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS, ON MOST MUSIC STREAMING PLATFORMS (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube, etc.) all under the name, DUTNOFF. Check it out, and thanks for listening to these rough tracks here! 

This "album" was made (rapidly, in a few days, during the beginning of the coronafinement - UPDATE: I keep adding tracks as we remain at home! Trying different versions of a couple of the songs) in my basement studio (my apartment, actually) with an Alesis SR18 drum machine that I made the "beats" on, an Izotope Spire Studio recording unit, and an awesome sparkly "Tele" (Okay, I've added in my Gibson SG with P90's, and my boss GT-1). 

There is a Refused song, in which Denis Lyxzen quotes Henry Miller (something to the effect of saying, "basically, if you have a voice and something to say, then you're a singer."  I invoke this, which I'll call the Miller/Lyxzen clause, to excuse my vocals.  I'm a bloody singer, alright.

It was a bizarre and obsessive experience for me to write and record all these tracks.  Two of the songs, Dream and 47, were written by my friend and bandmate, Sameer(Underplugged is our band).  He also wrote the lyrics for Unmade Bed (great work, Sameerio!).  A former bandmate of mine (looooong time ago), Chris Reid and I collaborated on Beached Whale, which is the only track here that's "old." Cheers, be well, rock on, and, in the words of the great Madonna, "Music makes the people get together..."   ; )

Thanks.

PRE-DUTNOFF

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