This is a collection of improvised, vocally-driven, low-commitment recordings mostly made on my phone– for the purpose of self-teaching and... fun!

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Award winning science/comedy chat with Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests. Witty, irreverent look at the world according to science with physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince.

Solitare was Born Isaac Samuel Richards on that glorious August Morning Thirty two years ago. The Skies Opened Up, and Sprinkled Drops of Sunshine on all of the inhabitants of Earth. It was rumored that the baby smelled of rich mahogany and fresh apple pie. But enough of this scented yute. After a five year vacation from worry, Solitaire began battling the Screaming Demon Entities of Hell on a regular basis, while traveling the hood in his pimp big wheel truck. Part of his adolescence was spent on the desert island of Bahrain, tracking scorpions and corralling stray cats by day and spending his nights in dimly lit tents, inhaling various flavors of hookah smoke while socializing with  groups of  other transient children. Then came the dawn of the new millennium, at which point, he had already migrated back to the Philadelphia area, to twist blunts while often avoiding school and the fuzz. What he did not avoid was the daily scribing of elaborate text whence translated would be found to have the encoded knowledge that would lead to the Salvation of Mankind after the Zombie Apocalypse. He enjoys pink sunsets and Chunky Monkey ice cream.

“‘Built for Love’, the debut album from Fort Worth songstress Rachel Gollay, is one of the best albums to materialize this year, from not only Fort Worth but North Texas. Exhibiting a preternatural control of not only her whip-smart lyrics but the dense, lustrous compositions in which she places them, it’s a deeply intoxicating listen from first track to last. With a novelist’s flair for detail — ‘Receptionist’ is an achingly beautiful short story — and a musical omnivore’s willingness to absorb influence from anywhere, Built for Love spills out of the speakers fully formed, an incredibly polished first showing (produced by Russell Jack and Joshua Jones) catapulting Gollay to the front ranks of essential Texas artists.” - Preston Jones, DFW.com / Fort Worth Star-Telegram

THE INSPIRATION
KARTER JAYMES WAS STUCK IN THE ROUTINE OF LIFE...ONE
NIGHT AT A TRACY CHAPMAN CONCERT THAT CHANGED.
THE OPENER,JEFFREY GAINES,WALKED OUT ON STAGE...KARTER
WAS BOTH INTRIGUED & INSPIRED BY THE SOLO ACOUSTIC
SINGER/SONGWRITER.HE KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE HIS
NEXT MUSICAL CHALLENGE.KARTER DIDN'T SING...DIDN'T
PLAY GUITAR,BUT THAT DIDN'T DETER HIM.HE QUIT HIS JOB
AS AN ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR,WENT TO THE MUSIC STORE
& GOT A GUITAR.HE TOLD HIMSELF,”OKAY,LET'S GET STARTED,
I'LL GET GOOD LATER”.AS DESTINY HAS SHOWN,KARTER DID
JUST THAT.KARTER HAD A HISTORY OF WRITING SONGS FOR &
WITH OTHERS...TEDDY PENDERGRASS,THE WHATNAUTS,DE LA
SOUL,& JAHEIM AMONG THEM.NOW HE PUT PEN TO PAPER TO
WRITE FOR HIMSELF & THE CREATIVE ENERGY FLOWED.KARTER
TOOK SIX OF HIS SONGS INTO THE STUDIO & PRODUCED HIS
FIRST EP,”BORN IN NOVEMBER”.KARTER WAS CREATING THE
MUSIC & LYRICS,NOW HE NEEDED AN OUTLET...SO STARTED
THE ROUNDS OF OPEN MIKES & SINGER/SONGWRITING
CONTESTS NATIONWIDE.IN PHILLY,AT THE WORLD CAFE',HE
WON FOR OUTSTANDING STAND-UP PERFORMER.HE NOW
WENT BACK INTO THE STUDIO & PRODUCED HIS FIRST LP,”IN
THE IMAGE OF SOUL”,WHICH INCLUDED A COVER OF ”TRY A
LITTLE TENDERNESS”,A NOD TO ONE OF HIS IDOLS,OTIS
REDDING.NOW,AS AN ESTABLISHED SINGER/SONGWRITER
(VOTED BALTIMORE'S BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER BY RAMS
HEAD LIVE) WITH A SOULFUL VOICE THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL
SOMETHING,KARTER JAYMES CONTINUES TO WRITE,RECORD,
& TOUR...THE REST IS MUSIC TO OUR EARS...


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