Night Mix

Imani Winds
     Julietta Curenton, flute
     Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
     Mark Dover, clarinet
     Monica Ellis, bassoon
     Jeffrey Scott, horn
Kenari Quartet
     Bob Eason, soprano saxophone
     Kyle Baldwin, alto saxophone
     Corey Dundee, tenor saxophone
     Steven Banks, baritone saxophone
Fred Sherry, conductor

Recorded live at Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University on July 3, 2018 as part of the Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival.

I. Apprehensive, yet bold – Più mosso, rushed
II. Carefree, yet uneasy
III. Stretched, restless
IV. Wild, possessed
V. Timeless
VI. Revisitation of a wild and possessed state
VII. Strained, unwinding
VIII. Nervous, yet composed
IX. Frantic – With relentless energy

9x9: Nine Pieces for Nonet was commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest for Imani Winds and the Kenari Quartet. Faced with the challenge of writing for the quirky yet exciting combination of wind quintet and saxophone quartet, I decided to structure the piece in the form of nine short movements to mirror the number of instruments in the ensemble. The movements run attacca into one another, and each movement is thematically akin to at least one of the others. The piece is structured in an arch form, with the first four movements culminating in a more expansive fifth, and the last four movements mirroring the first four in reverse order.

9x9: Nine Pieces For Nonet (2018) - Imani Winds/Kenari Quartet

Alien Summer Jam (Instrumental)

Message From the Future

The Man Behind the Mask

Collaboration made in Garageband iOS

Glen Matthews - words and vocal
Mark Bether - music

Lyrics:
Young voice 
So loud 
Wanting everything 
Right now 
With a pocketful 
On a pedestal 
Careful it’s a long way to fall 

Young voice 
So proud 
And you gotta gotta 
Get a grip on your 
Emotions 
Instant everything 
With a grain of salt 
You gotta live to learn 

Patience 
Persistence 
Reason 
And set backs 
Stay strong
Resilience 
The prize is sweeter when you bleed it out to win 

Old-voice-stands-proud
Fought-side-by-side
Fight-for-what’s-right
Not for you to lay your arse down and cry 

(Polish) 
Build with what you’ve got 
Live with what you get 
Only then can you grow 

Build live and grow 
Prize is sweeter when you bleed it out to win 
Build live and grow 
takes time I know 
Build live and grow

BuildLiveAndGrow-collab-song 2019

Make a Difference

We wrote this song for the Song Spark Songwriting Group monthly challenge, which involved writing a song that referenced the seasons.  Ry did much of the production work: fleshing out the chord progression; playing harmonica, guitar, and organ; singing harmony vocals, and sequencing the drums.  Johnny wrote the words and melody and played bass and the first guitar solo.

The lyrics reflect on Johnny's homeless alcoholic father.

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This August Age
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Toy Organ Company

Seasons (aka The Therapy Song)

A collaboration with John Thomas Hall.
Words & Music: Jude Capanna
Lead & Backing Vocals + Programming & Production: John Thomas Hall

DIG YOU DEEPLY by CAPITAL HALL

Sleepwalking

My March Song Spark song.

Unmastered and possibly slightly unfinished but hopefully worth sharing.

Wasting My Time (Demo)

Toy Organ Company is a recording project between friends that spans multiple states and decades.

Seasons (aka The Therapy Song)

Toy Organ Company

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