Summer/Fall 2013

8 years ago i sat on my bed in Atco and just played this, exactly as it still is, it was already done. Thanks to Jesse Labow for bringing this one back to life a few years ago in Vermont, and to Sarah Ripley for really 'getting' this song.

Shadow Of A Pen

Chinese folk song taught to me by my good friend Jesse Labow, from the erhu, a traditional instrument similar to a violin.  I added a harmony to the melody, I like it.

Lady Meng Jiang

wrote this today after thinking a lot about a friend's loss, and the mysterious and sometimes painful beauty that life makes us feel, and to remember to love this life you have, and to love each other.

Eye the Clouds

this was originally a very different song, but things change... for the better

Sahar Chasm

named after a town in Northern Ireland and played a lot at conra dances in New England, I learned it from Margaret McCandless playing the concertina one night on the back porch in MA, thanks Margaret!

Coleraine Jig

I had this bass line in my head all morning, so I played it on the keyboard, figured out the other keyboard part on the mandolin and put it together... fun groove to jam on, or is it a fun jam to groove on... ?

Electric Feel (MGMT)

Midnight On The Water/ Ashokan Farewell

for my extra-ordinary cat James, aka Big James Whitefoot, aka BIg James Longtooth.  The slidey note part of the riff sounds like his meow, and when he struts by, this song plays, and all the birds and mice know what's up...

Big James Strut

written in Vermont after Hurricane Irene stranded my girlfriend and I in a town of 400 for 4 days.  this is the second demo version recorded, kinda sloppy, this one will get a little more help soon...

I Rain

mandolin riff played over itself one beat syncopated, little beatbox for good measure, keys added a few weeks later

Helping Forward Dimensions

for sitting in the desert and smiling at the birds soaring above, squinting at this bright beautiful Earth

Walls Of Sun

Erased.

Tenfold

Reflected

States United

beautiful song plucked from an international song book, a very well known tune from Sweden

Ack Värmeland, Du Sköna

written in 1955, this tune has been played every 30 minutes since 1964 on the Mayak Music and News Station in Moscow as the time signal.  AKA Midnight in Moscow, AKA Leningrad Nights.

Moscow Nights

Rubblebucket is one of my favorite bands, no doubt about it, listen to  their albums, see them live, they are amazing.

November (Rubblebucket)

I found a soprano Ukulele from the 1970's at a thrift store for $15, wrote this on it the next day.  that's value.

The Stalk

playing with my new DigiTech Loop pedal and a little drum kit my friend lent me, so fun to jam with yourself!

Under a Full Moon

Instrumental mandolin/guitar/piano based loop music, all original, from the heart~

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Thanks~
 


Summer/Fall 2013

Mike McGinn