“Fell” from my first album.
Initially, this piece started as a variation of “Moonlight in Vermont” but quickly took on a new life. I wrote it during that one week in which central Indiana is on fire with bright orange, yellow, and red leaves. I’d drive through Brown Country and look across the hills at a scene the most creative artist couldn’t depict. And then a week later, heavy winds known it all down. There’s beauty in brevity.
“Introduce Me” from my first album.
I’m not exactly why I recorded this track and put in on my first album. It’s not really a song. It was an open vamp with some horn backgrounds and a bridge at the end we used as background music to introduce the band. Never the less, it’s short, to the point, and still kind of funky. And I have to post it since I decided to gradually post all my music on my Tumble log over the course of a few months.
“Dr. Rhinocerasaurus” from my first album.
originally by Doctopus.
“Farfallone Amoroso” from my first album.
One of the first ballads I ever wrote. Ballads aren’t something I write often, but they’re starting to creep back into my repertoire. This one is intended to sound especially forlorn for the first 16 bars, but then abruptly changes to the major key for a brief glimpse of hopefullness before returning to the minor theme.
The title comes from an aria in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”, Act 1, K492.
“Maintenance Man” from my first album.
This song is based on a true story about a roommate of a girl I knew that slept with the maintenance man that came to fix the air conditioning in their apartment. We thought he music be pretty slick, so we wrote this song before a gig she was coming to. She was not entirely amused.
The original performance had a Isaac Hayes-esque sweet talking vocal improv during the slow section. This is just the instrumental version.
Life Is Loud
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
Cameron Mizell
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
Sounds Like Snow
Be Still
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
Pour A Little
Everything Else
Erika Lloyd
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
On Your Back Porch
Lauren Zettler
iTunes / LZ's Store
(listen)
Simpler Times
Dunham Van Durham
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
Follow Through
w/ Matt Ketteman
iTunes / CD Baby
(listen)
audio // All audio posts.
video // Video from live shows or other types of performances.
my recordings // Recordings on which I was somehow involved in the making.
cover songs // All cover songs posted on this blog, by various artists.
jazz // All the jazz tracks posted to this blog.
christmas music // That's right, I've even recorded some holiday music.
