"Dragon's Droppings" is a work-in-progress started in 2023, with new tracks added to the digital album as each is completed. This adventure fuses rock, jazz, prog, funk, world, and other genres while delivering a few surprises. All tracks are written (or co-written where noted), performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by T. W. Tobin, but also feature the contributions of talented friends on many of the tracks. Album artwork by TWT.

Dragon's Droppings

The next track released for my collection, "Dragon's Droppings," is another fun adventure. As a tribute to creativity, it features an unusual time signature, evolving musical elements, and other twists and turns. Fun fact: listen for the Morse code, which spells out a few words from the lyric (see below).
T. W. Tobin: drums, keys, vocal, programming, mix, master
Pete Nielsen: acoustic rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Words and music by T. W. Tobin. ©2023 T. W. Tobin

PLATFORM 5

Up here on Platform 5,
so good to have arrived 
On air that’s elevated*,
we sail above the tide

Up here on Platform 5,
senses come alive
Vision unrestricted,
music amplified

Up here on Platform 5,
spirits are revived
Vital force electric
Weightless souls inspired

Up here on Platform 5,
the stage is energized
Each actor activated*
by a drama forged in fire

Up here on Platform 5,
each step is improvised
Create* with every movement,
open every door

Up here on Platform 5,
life is harmonized
Every note we animate*
within an endless score

Platform 5

Another track released for my collection "Dragon's Droppings". This jazzy, funny little number describes a difficult relationship from the woman's perspective. Lyrics are below. Thanks to my amazing cousin Nancy for her wonderful vocals on this one, and to my friends Pete and Marco for doing great guitar and bass work.
Nancy Ruth - lead and backing vocals
Pete Nielsen - rhythm guitar
Marco Meniconi - bass
T. W. Tobin - drums, keys, all instrument programming, b.vocals, engineering, mastering
Words and music by TWT. Ⓒ2023 T. W. Tobin

[THE] BUBBLING PRESSURIZATION EFFECT SOUND
T. W. Tobin

Things are getting hotter 
and talk is getting tough
This crazy thing ain’t working 
and I think I’ve had enough
He’s working all the angles 
and he’s bending all the rules
He’s got me in a corner
like he’s done with other fools

The bubbling pressurization effect sound

It used to be a good love
It was always eye-to-eye
There wasn’t any reason 
for the daring do-or-die
But now he’s changed his story
He’s impossible to please 
The fatal blow is building
and my head can feel the squeeze

It’s a matter of contention
It’s a question of degree
How many women have lived
to tell this mortal misery
When all is looking hopeless
and you’re about to lose your thread
There’ll be a blurring of your vision
and a pounding in your head.

Bubbling Pressurization Effect Sound

This next track released for my collection, "Dragon's Droppings," is my tribute to the exotic sounds of the Middle East. Imagine the stories of Scheherazade and the 1001 Nights with the adventures of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad. Thanks to my friend Phil for the wonderfully mysterious guitar solo.
T. W. Tobin: drum kit; instrument programming (percussion, fretless bass, Eastern instruments, orchestral instruments); mix and master
Phil Rossner: electric 'e-bow' guitar
Music by T. W. Tobin. ©2023 T. W. Tobin

A Swirl Of Smoke, A Splash Of Blood

The eighth song completed for my album "Dragon's Droppings". This one is a strangely optimistic little tune about death and dying. See below for lyrics.
T. W. Tobin - all vocals, drums, keys, instrument programming, mix, mastering.
©2025 T. W. Tobin Music and words by TWT. Album art by TWT.

DISINTEGRATING MAN
©2025 T. W. Tobin

Shuffle up my dying deck and deal out all my cards
Sell off all my rusting parts to the cosmic junkyard
Break me down and rake me down into this mother earth
Let the microbes do their dirty work to weed out any worth

But before all I was is gone and escapes this mortal coil
Before my bones disintegrate and my fibres turn to soil
Before my dust departs this sphere and starts to transit space
I only want to know one thing before my crumbs vacate this place

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I retrace history’s road?
Will Confucius share his truths and Hammurabi quote his code?
Where will my soul go, as I rot to smithereens?
Will I argue with Aristotle and drink coffee with James Dean?

Dissolve me and devolve me, disassemble every bit
Ship my particles on ether trails after every atom splits
Send my segments into orbits 'round the endless galaxies
Fling my fragments into motion 'round a billion star axes

But before my molecules dismember and my dentistry decays
Before my last good suit dishevels and my fashion fades away
Before my wiry framework withers and wanders ‘cross the universe
I only want to know one thing before my flecks and specks disperse

[chorus]
Where will my soul go? Will I still have more to say?
Will I share a joke with Wilde and a drink with Hemingway?
Where will my soul go when my giblets turn to jam?
Will I doodle with Lautrec or riff a rhyme with old Khayyam?

Where will my soul go, will I join with a giant’s voice?
Will I recount heroes with Homer, jaw for hours with James Joyce?
Where will my soul go? Are there revelations to receive?
Will I get “I told you so” from H.G. Wells and even from Nietzsche?

[outro]
Where will it go?
Is that you Frank? … Allan? … Bonzo? … Gustav?
Where will it go?
Odyssée

Disintegrating Man

I’m very proud to release this next track for my album ‘Dragon’s Droppings’. This song is dedicated to my very good friend and past musical collaborator - Kelly Holmquist - or “Kel” for short, who sadly passed away this year. Written by me with the hope it would feature Kel’s great guitar playing, the song has instead gathered a few friends to pay tribute to him in the best way we can. The song features Kel’s actual voice repeating the song’s title, extracted from a distant past crazy conversation that also inspired the other nonsensical spoken-word lyrics. The tune ends abruptly, as was Kel's passing.
Kel - voice in choruses
Ben Denslow - second voice in verses
Pete Nielsen - rhythm guitar, guitar solo in pre-chorus
Nat Martin - guitar solo in outro
Marco Meniconi - bass
T. W. Tobin - first voice in verses, gang vocals, drums, percussion, keys, horns programming
Produced, mixed, and mastered by T. W. Tobin  ©2025 T. W. Tobin

O, SPINKLY FETTLE CHIMNEY WHISK
Music and lyrics by T. W. Tobin

The Vikings Man left deposits on my apartment door
Grogon’s freaked and can’t take it anymore.

Peter lives on the perimeter and keeps his camera on. 
Capturing others enjoying the Stimulawn. 

Developed by technologists who really care about YOU
But regarding Shangri-La, what does this all have to do?

I’m a quadratic mathematician - power of two is as far as I’ll go.
Gotta draw the line somewhere, ya know.

I’ve lost myself. I don’t know who I am, bro’s. 
My cuffs are half a foot and I have twinkling toes.

I am the phallic symbol of my own world, dad.
Is that like being a godhead gone bad?

Their insurrection healed the wounds of a dying religion.
Disrespectful of society’s icons, but just a smidgen.

I’m sitting in the happy chair. So what’s the risk?
You’re in the romantic chair. O, spinkly fettle chimney whisk.

O, Spinkly Fettle Chimney Whisk

This is a fun new track for my album ‘Dragon’s Droppings’. It's a very different kind of breakup song, with a Cuban salsa flavour. Written in collaboration with my friend and guitarist Grant Lucas. Thanks again to our other friends for contributing their exceptional talents to this one. See below for lyrics.

Dave Preston - lead and harmony vocals
Grant Lucas - guitars
Marco Meniconi - bass
T. W. Tobin - drums, percussion, piano, organ, strings, and horns and Spanish spoken word programming

Produced, mixed, and mastered by TWT.  ©2025 T. W. Tobin & Grant Lucas

YOUR RESIDUE
Music by G. Lucas & T. W. Tobin. Lyrics by T. W. Tobin.

It all started sliding the day you slithered in
With a girl like you, a guy just can’t win
I had to end the misery, settle up the score
But can’t rid my life of you after booting you out the door
	
Your residue. Had to scrub out all the closets
Your residue. Had to wipe off all the faucets
Your residue. Had to cleanse the Cuisinart
Your residue. Had to Hoover out my heart

Thought you were a soul mate, someone I could trust
Got a two-faced tart with a caustic crust
Sucked in by a siren singing out of tune
To see your ass leaving couldn’t come too soon

Your residue. Had to sanitize the sofa
Your residue. Held last rites for your Loofah
Your residue. Had to pour out all your beers
Your residue. Had to mop up all my tears


[Interlude - Spanish spoken word]

Thought that finding you was too good to be true
But that turned to terror as you twisted in the screw
With love down the toilet I finally broke free
Tried to flush your face, but the dregs of you are still with me

Your residue. I used a microscope to find
Your residue. Every speck you’d left behind 
Your residue. Had to fumigate the bed
Your residue. Contaminates my head

Your residue. The sticky spills of latte
Your residue. The hairy hills of pâté 
Your residue. Greasy globs of makeup
Your residue. Sad remnants of this breakup

Had to scour around the sink while I mixed another drink
Took a full-on bug spray blitz to give your nasty bits a spritz.

Your Residue

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WHO IS T. W. TOBIN?  
I'm a musician, songwriter, and producer-engineer-owner of Frog Song Studio based on the west coast of Canada. I've recorded, mixed, and mastered projects for many bands and artists (see samples at https://soundcloud.com/t-w-tobin/sets/frog-song-studio) in a variety of genres as well as my own original material (see https://soundcloud.com/t-w-tobin/albums), the latest of which is a collection called "Dragon's Droppings", my first new material since my album "Bark, Tuna, Bark!".

Some other history: 
FINE SPIRITS - From 2009 to 2021, I was the drummer for this Victoria, BC cover band, as well as producing and engineering our demos (see http://soundcloud.com/fine-spirits/sets). 
MOLD COLONY - I was the drummer, co-writer, and producer-engineer for two albums released by this indie alternative band (see https://soundcloud.com/mold-colony/albums). 
HOP 'N' BARLEYS - From the late 1990s through the early 2000s, I was the drummer for this Victoria-based band, producing-engineering our last tracks of original 'Secret Unreleased Material' (see https://soundcloud.com/hopnbarleys/albums).