These songs were completely improvised on 6-9-2024 at the Varuna North studio in York. PA. Groovatine is a loose collection of musicians that congregate periodically to improvise groovy music.

These sessions are captured and posted on SoundCloud and sometimes video is posted on YouTube. The musicians for this session include James Klippel on Keys, Join Godinez on Bass, Louis Woodyard on hand percussion, Rodney Godinez on Drums and Roy Smith on Guitar synthesizer.

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I've played guitar and bass most of my life, in a wide variety of styles and genres, typically as a session producer and/or musician. During the 80's I worked in Philadelphia as a session musician on albums by Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle, Lou Rawls, Pieces of a Dream, The O'Jays, and the Jones Girls. I've recorded and produced hundreds of projects ranging from demos to a top ten charting song co written with Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel.  I tend to favor harmonically complex music that's underpinned by great grooves, and I often hear the comment that my music is reminscent of Steely Dan.   For the past 20 years, I've focused on helping startup high tech companies and on writing, producing and recording music at Varuna Studio, my 24 track automated home studio.

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