A rock song written for my amazing girlfriend by me!

The Day We Spent Together

Inspired by Pink Floyd and the "Free Metal" guy. Dedicated to Tim.

Free Blues

Written by: Alex McGuiness
Performed by: Alex McGuiness (Sandor Jake) and Ryan Davis (Electric guitar, left channel)

Written for and dedicated to my Uncle Skip, who passed away in 2017. The intro and outro were played on his guitar, which my Aunt Harriet gave to me.


Some guitar, some chakras, some family
I loved you, you renaissance manly
I don’t even know if you can hear me
But I’ll sing for you, I’ll sing for you

Skip, Skip, Skip you taught me more than you even know
Skip, Skip, Skip, oh why, oh why did you have to go?

You taught me the value of patience
Were cultured and valued your nation
You gave me an autographed bible
So I’ll sing for you, I’ll sing for you

A wee scar on your lip that I never saw
Though Aunt Harriet might have when she was kissing Santa Claus

I’ll sing for you, sing for you, ‘cause I loved you
I’ll sing sing sing, sing for you, because I cared

You gave me an autographed bible
Jesus’ words in red and his revival
You spoke for him, so I’ll speak for you
No, I’ll sing for you, and I’ll sing for him too

I’ll sing, I’ll sing, I’ll sing…

(Skip) I'll Sing For You

An instrumental funk tune inspired by Vulfpeck, particularly the song "Cory Wong". On Cory Wong, Cory Wong himself plays a low theme on his strat while Jack Stratton plays another interlocking higher funk riff on his strat. My tune has two guitars as well (both my own Fender Stratocaster). I attempted to arrange it in a similar way. Enjoy!

Chicken Egg

I always used to feel weird playing a song from my repertoire and spoiling my material when asked to play a bit by the sound-guy. I wrote this song so I always have something to play. A pseudo-song of sorts. Enjoy!

The main theme is a development of my tune "Don't Ask For Me Tomorrow".

Sound Check

This version is old and was recorded FIRST, then I made the acoustic version and eventually developed the theme into Sound Check. I think it's finally time to make this public!

Don't Ask For Me Tomorrow -  Electric

An old blues tune that I wrote a while back. Enjoy!

Picture Frame

A guitar heavy rock tune that I composed and recorded a while back. My band The Troubled Clefs also recorded this tune, but this is my solo version.

Clean Slate

A short medley of two piano tunes I composed the fall/winter of 2019.

Gorgeous Sonata-Chicken Egg (Reprise)

My first song with real horns! Many thanks to two cousins and a friend who contributed.

Dennis Frank: Baritone Horn
Justin Denninger: Alto Saxophone
Ingram Tam: Trumpet

Artwork is a series of Dampits (Guitar case humidifiers) arranged into a big ol' 45%

Pray for a long autumn and spring full of middle-of-the-road humidity days.

45% Humidity (feat. Dennis Frank and Ingram Tam)

The vibe of this song is a desert of water.

The main acoustic guitar was played with a unique percussive style and is the main rhythmic drive for the song. Let me know what you think!

Mirage: Five Of Him

A unique song that features the Little Westchester Girl herself on some yipping vocals. This song was written in Chicago in November 2019 and released to the world exactly one year later on 11/2/2020.

Little Westchester Girl (feat. Dennis Frank)

Light musically, dark lyrically, this song tells a bit of my story from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is my first time featuring myself on saxophone. I played everything except drums, which I recorded with my friend Gerard Fischer. Enjoy!

Could This Get Worse? (feat. Gerard Fischer)

Sandor Jake (Born Alexander Jake McGuiness) is a guitarist-singer-songwriter. He is also a founding member of the original hard rock band The Troubled Clefs. He currently attends the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine and writes/records in his "free time".

Sandor Jake

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