Astronomical Tunes

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Meinl egg shaker, seed rattle

The Moon Above The Marsh

A tune that came about while watching the full beaver moon.

Instruments:
Hora octave mandolin, Burke tin whistles

Beaver Moon

Instruments:
Wildwood dulcitar, Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar, ghungroo bells, tingsha bells, triangle

Winter Sky

Instruments:
dulcitar, tin whistle, tingsha bells, sleigh bells, triangle, egg shaker

Moon Glowing On The River Flowing

A tune written while playing a tin whistle during this month's full moon.

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Gardner mountain dulcimer, Doug Tipple flute, shruti box, ipad synthesizer, sleigh bells, tambourine, tingsha bells, triangle

Strawberry Moon

A tune written back on the full moon of May.
The tune's played on a Galeón whistle.
And this tune was recording while looking at a photo of Anandamayi Ma.

Flower Moon

This tune was written while playing a low whistle and looking at a Huichol art depiction of a sun. 

Instruments:
Burke low D whistle, Free Notes wing, Meinl tongue drum

Huichol Sun

Written a couple years back, during the full moon of July.
Instruments:
mandolin, tenor guitar, whistles, jaw harp, glockenspiel

Guru Poornima Moon (version 2)

A tune written after purchasing some apples while the moon was shining brightly.
 Instruments:
Killarney tin whistle, shruti box

Apples In The Moonlight

An original tune that came about while playing a tin whistle and watching the sun shining on an icy pine tree.

Hilary Dirlam:
melodica

Zach Schneider:
tenor guitar, Killarney D tin whistle, karatala, ghungroo bells, frame drum

Sunshine On An Icy Pine (with Hilary Dirlam)

A tune that arose in the bright sunshine after a snow squall.

Instruments:
tenor guitar, Kentucky mandolin, Killarney D tin whistle, clapping

The Sun Beyond The Squall

An original tune that I suddenly found myself humming when I saw Venus shining brightly above a chicken coop at the farm I work at.

Instruments:
Doug Tipple flute, Burke whistle, tenor guitar, ghungroo bells, tingsha bells

Venus Above The Chicken Coop

An original tune titled in appreciation of the giant hexagon at the top of Saturn.

Instruments:
Parks tin whistle, bongos, karatala, egg shaker, tambourine, frame drum, tongue snaps, tingsha bells

The Great Blue Hexagon

A tune titled in appreciation of the giant hexagon that sits at the top of Saturn.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Burke A whistle

The Great Blue Hexagon (version 2)

Instruments:
Seagull Merlin stick dulcimer, Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone Irish bouzouki, sleigh bells, tambourine

Full Moon Reflecting on the Ice of a Frozen Flooded Meadow

Instruments:
WuYou tongue drum, Doug Tipple flute, Burke tin whistle, glockenspiel, bongos, egg shaker

Bright Sun Shining On Singing Chickadees In A Snowy Marsh (version 2)

Written during the night of the snow moon.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Burke D & G tin whistles

Snow Moon

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279