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I like prog for its ability to take the listener's imagination on a ride. And I like prog's tendency to skip traditional styles, opting instead to create somewhat unorthodox soundscapes. My track Too Late was born from decades of listening to music from this prog universe. The idea behind the song is basically this: an astronaut is outside his ship when something goes wrong, and the ship must leave him there, suspended in the vastness of space. All he has left is his thoughts, memories and a dwindling supply of oxygen.

Too Late

GOC is a dark wave, electronic prog rock instrumental. The title is a reference to people consumed with greed and power, who devour everything in sight until there is nothing left for them to do but turn on each other.

I love this track, and hope you will too. Thank you so much for listening (and sharing).

Gluttons Omnivores Cannibals

It started simply enough. I was just looking to put down some quick beats and a bass line to improvise over. It turns out the two-part formula (first Dm and G, then Dm and C) is incredibly easy to riff over. And I couldn't stop. I kept adding more and more parts. The result is a completely gratuitous, self-indulgent, vintage synth overload. Of course the first solo is a Jupiter-8, followed by JX-8P, along with some heavy lifting from Junos 60 and 106, and a manic SH-101 riff, not to mention the driving arpeggiations (and quick solo) from a Prophet 6. The track is seven minutes long, but you can believe that the "jam sessions" leading up to recording went for days at a time.

Miles 2 Go

Nebulous began with me just messing around with my TB 03, and loads of reverb - mainly a Space Echo pedal. I wanted to see what sort of sounds I'd get just hitting the same note over and over while manipulating the controls and reverb. Eventually l added (a little) more to the patterns and layered various sounds over the top.

Nebulous

Originally recorded several years ago, Red Light is one of my favorite songs. With some more experience now working in DAWs, I wanted to update the mix a little bit, and remaster the whole thing. I thought the song was about someone getting some warnings, or red flags, about a significant other. But now I wonder if the red light reflected on the glass is a hockey reference....


The window blinks a red light, reflected
Your words are leaking answers, deflected

Red Light XX24

The glorious 1980s -- this is track is like retrowave comfort food. Upbeat energy with signature 1980s Juno sounds. Happy nostalgia vibes with beautiful arpeggiations. $20 to license for an unlimited number of times.

4RM837

Live performance of the song Hidden Alley on the podcast Crunchy Something. The episode of the podcast featuring the performance will begin streaming later in June 2025.

Hidden Alley Live

Elixir

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