Here's a country song cut-up. Anybody who's an actual fan of country music may find this offensive. I was afraid that if I tried to do this straight, it would come out unintentionally silly, so I made it intentionally silly.

If Glass And Metal Wails

A song about my favorite cashier. When I see her, I only get at most five minutes to tai to her when I go through her line, hence the title of the song.

Five Minutes Of Sunshine

A number of composers, most notably Hector Berlioz, have quoted the Dies Irae in their musical compositions, but I'm betting this is the first time anybody ever incorporated it into a dance number.

I usually do my own drums these days, but this was a case where I decided to use a loop because I actually wanted that techno-club sound.

Dancing On The Other Side

A Christmas song. Or maybe I should say it's an "I can't enjoy Christmas because I'm havin' a personal crisis" song. I was just listening to this again and it sounds like I'm channeling Johnnie Ray.

Between Us This Christmas

This was inspired by John and Yoko's "Revolution 9" from The White Album. I consider it a preliminary version because I didn't do anything with stereo separation, and I expect to get feedback. Any comments, positive or negative, would be appreciated.

Doors Are Closing - Preliminary Version

Egypt

I decided to mess around with Siri on my new iPhone, and here is the result/

Fooling With Siri

I wanted to experiment with some "concrete" sounds on this one. I was also playing with Philip Glass's idea of "vertical development." That is, repeating the same material over and over and adding a layer each time.

NOTE: A Newer version of this has been uploaded, in which the telephone voice effect has been improved. The newer version is now available for purchase on Amazon, and is recommended over this one.

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