music

I am a lone artist that occassionally collaborates with others but for the most part I produce my own flavors late at night, fueled by Java Chip ice cream. Here are the pieces that best represent my musical vision. For the whole catalog go here.


501   

A last minute entry for songfight 12/03/07, written and recorded in 4 hours...start to finish.

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My Love Is Forever   

First entry for the Purple Reign project, borrowing song titles from the pained rain man for new original works.

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I'd Be Scared If I Believed   

This was written for Katya at Oddio Overplay for the 2006 Halloween compilation, Calling All Fiends. You'll find this at track 27.

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Hold On   

Written years ago under very different circumstances and festering ever since.

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Had It Up To Here   

My first Song Fight win in a long while :)

With only 4 hours in all spent to get this done by deadline, perhaps I can return to clean this up a bit, but listening through my SONY 7506s, our iMac speackers [lyrics and more]

Don't Think I Don't Miss You   

Another Songfight entry, my first in months!

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Save New Orleans   

Written for Songfight! in response to hurricane Katrina's attack on New Orleans. I can't put myself in the situation that so many people now find themselves in. I can only dwell on the prospects of rebuilding a community that is now entirely homel [lyrics and more]

Rocket Through It   

This is for Erik's teachers and therapists, to thank them for the great work they've done over the years. It uses lots of "Erik-isms" and tries to highlight the role these people have played in his (and our) life. He's moving on to PS8 next year a [lyrics and more]

Honeymoon In Polynesia   

Another winning entry for Songfight!. Sort of a fantasy of amnesia. I know that doesn't help any but you'll have to run with it. Tonamel provides vocal [lyrics and more]

Run Faster   

Guest rap appearance by: Abominominous
With french runway announcer: Monica

Transit officials have acknowledged that Ne [lyrics and more]

Cheer Up Shelley   

Shelley is impatient for the answer and unsteady without one. Her quest for knowledge has led her to religion and science alike. Faith fills the gaps, but she now rests assured that that's all faith can do. Written for the 12/13/04 [lyrics and more]

Hey Ruth   

Hey Ruth -- by roymond, featuring Sudharshan Krishnamachary

Written in May 2004 for songfight! I mixed some solo vocal melodies sung in Tamil by my friend Sudhar with what I hoped to be an atmospheric [lyrics and more]

Zombie Son   

Written in April 2004, I was putting down some simple observations about Bush using the same condescending tone that he often uses when he refuses to see very basic issues clearly. [lyrics and more]

Lavender Splendor   

Written for Songfight in March, 2004.

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Twenty One   

Based on a real story in the Torronto Star which may not be live any more, but its [lyrics and more]

Feathers   

Based on this site and discussions with my friend Ted about his ornothological friends. While the song is specifically about birds that have gone extinct, it applies to our world at large, and [lyrics and more]

Thunderstorm   

I loved watching storms from my hammock in my skylight. This includes excerpts from "5 Cuban Landscapes" by Leo Brower, a fabulous cuban composer/guitarist with whom I took a master class with back in '84. [lyrics and more]

Sunny Again   

Written in June 2003, I was tying together Bush's difficulty making informed, intellegent decisions about world affairs, and peripheral items like the Dixie Chicks' speaking out against him and getting accused of being anti-American or somehow unp [lyrics and more]

Level Best   

My second songfight! entry. Much of the final mix was done in the sheep meadow of Central Park during lunch. I love being mobile!

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