It was 90 in December, we had no place to go
Fires burned from Memphis all the way to San Diego
A hurricane was coming to wash Miami clean
And lightning split the sky, the biggest crack you ever seen
Oh, look away - another summer day

They had tornadoes in Toronto that blew the whole thing down
A heatwave in Helsinki that drove them underground
We had nothing to eat, no water fit to drink
Aurora borealis came through the kitchen sink
Oh, don't you say - another summer day

After all the partying
We needed somewhere to stay for a while
We made a mess of the house
So we drove and we drove for miles and miles

The grid went down last Tuesday, it couldn't take the load
We cooked just like a worm out on the burning road
The telephone was ringing, and who was on the line?
Mother Nature called, she said, "I've come to take what's mine"
Oh, here to stay - another summer day

Another Summer Day

My impression of Egyptian music, I think.

Somewhere

A riff inspired by Frank Zappa's "King Kong" and thus given a monster theme of its own.

I’ve read all the reports
There’s clear skies ahead
It’s safe to come out now
He’s believed to be dead
I know that you’ve seen him
‘Round this time of year
But stick it with me
You’ll have nothing to fear

I’d like to take you out
For some dinner and wine
Down at the pier
There’s a live band tonight
And if that grim shadow
Flies in from the east
We’ll grab a to-go box
And reheat the feast

I’m sorry about all the
Damage to your car
Just take this next turn
I don’t live very far
Now that we’ve lost him
You can stay here the night
We don’t want him to see us
Better keep off the lights


Rodan

A song loosely about Socrates, just some words cobbled together because I needed something to go over the progression I had written and I thought I had enough instrumentals already.

Walking down to the square one day
I spied a man and I heard him say
We were all born in peace
And he would like it if it stayed that way

And I was told this man was very wise
Always did his best to seek the truth
They told him to get out
“The youth don’t need to hear your crazy lies”

They brought him to the jail and locked him up tight
Said, “Old man you know this serves you right”
But he quietly proved them wrong
Even though he knew that he didn’t have long

I still miss him every now and then
Wish I had his words to hear again
He’d never steer me wrong
He was a prophet, a sage and a friend

He stood in court and he testified
That he never consciously told a lie
And I would dare you to find one dry eye
When they told this man he had to die


Eikasia

An instrumental with the same tuning as "Somewhere".  But where I tried to go to Egypt with that one, I tried to go elsewhere in Africa with this one - it was my impression of the mbira.  

Naima

Here you'll find some of my classical guitar arrangements.

Ob La Di Ob La Da

Allegretto

A Day In The Life Of A Fool

Just uploading a new song, to remind myself how to do this as much as anything.  A nice lady in my apartment complex told me that hearing me play this song was the first bit of sunshine she's had in her life in awhile.  And I had only "written" about ten seconds of it!  Sound could be better, and will be once I record a better version of it.  Like, one where I bother to adjust my recording settings and mic the guitar instead of plugging it in which always sounds like shit.


Cloud

An updated version of the same track with the outro guitar solo turned up a bit.

Kyle Schmidlin

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