"Lodestone" is a funk rock tune with a message about what we're doing to our planet. Lots of lead guitar.

Lodestone (the Deeper Ecology)

Arrythmia

I was told this is like REM crossed with Tom Petty with Santana on guitar. But with a country-ish bass line.

The Cost

Folky alternative rock with acoustic guitar, mandolin, and banjo.

After the Rain

"Fallen and Appalled" is a high-energy funky rock tune with a driving groove (it would be great for a chase scene in a movie). Franklin's Wheel was a jazz-rock fusion jamband with a Latin twist that played in the South Florida area circa 2009 - 2015.

Fallen And Appalled (2023 Franklin's Wheel remix)

Monsoon May

Here's a track from about 1987--I wasn't technically even old enough to drink!  One of my first bands, back in the day.  Hard rock from Miami inspired by Judas Priest and Metallica.

The Fighter

Brooding alternative rock inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes.

The River Is Long

Reflection on love and lasting relationship

Apocrypha

If We Dare

Ambient soundscape, based on a drone at the frequency that activates and helps decalcify the pineal gland, or "third eye".  If nothing else, listening to this will alter your state of mind. 

Eye of Horus (long version)

A long time ago, all the deserts were seas
And the fish swam overhead
Dreaming they were free
From the water

So they swam to the land where the oceans ran dry
And climbed onto the land
But the clouds began to cry
And the waters returned

It was only a dream, but it was real

Sometimes the moon gets pulled down from the sky
By someone who doesn’t know it’s only a dream
And the stars and the planets are lost without the moon
They want to fall down from the sky

It’s only a dream, but it’s real

A long time ago, before the stars lit the sky
There was only the void and the dream of you and I
And all the good and the bad, and the sadness that we bring
And the joy of being alive

So drink up my friends and remember the dream
Of the fish, and the moon, and the deserts turned to sea
And remember the void that dreamt of you and me
And don’t forget to laugh or cry because we are free

It’s only a dream, but it’s real

Fish, the Moon, and Deserts Turned to Sea (2020 Remix)

I'm a guitarist/songwriter from Miami, FL.  I've been playing and writing music for quite a while with various South Florida acts (Sundown Sound, Franklin's Wheel, and Ana Kanpa, to name a few) and as a solo artist.  On this page I'm posting some of my more experimental stuff.  Your feedback is appreciated!

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