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Here’s some info about my three albums and some other projects I’ve worked on. I’m planning to add a detailed page for each of the albums in the near future, but as we know, men make plans and the gods laugh. So, for the time being, here’s the essential stuff.

If you’d like to download the albums, please do! If you choose to pay something for them, all the better. Your support helps me to be able to make more music. But if you’d rather download them for free, that’s fine too — I’d rather you hear the music than skip it because of cost. If you like the music, please share it or tell a friend. Every bit of word-of-mouth helps! Thanks.

Astral Law

My third album, released in 2011. A further exploration of the methods and musical language found on Java Street Bagatelles and Fresh Twigs, Astral Law may be the most diverse album of the three. Tracks range from a solo acoustic guitar improvisation played with an E-bow ("Quiver") to an experimental rock-like collage ("Astral Law") to a couple of classical etudes ("Easy Pieces No4" and "Stellar Rushes"). Available in a CDR edition in a handmade card sleeve for $5, or as a pay-what-you-want download.

Fresh Twigs

My second album, released in a CDR edition in 2008. A more eclectic collection than Java Street Bagatelles. Fresh Twigs contains some short free improvisations, but the heart of the album is the multi-layered, collage-like constructions ("Rowing/Haint," "Gold Coast," etc.). Available as a pay-what-you-want download. (Note that the final 2 tracks of the original release are not currently available -- they're being remixed in 2011).

Java Street Bagatelles

My first solo album: 24 brief, lo-fi guitar improvisations (except for a few compositions), released on Workbench Recordings in May 2006. Mostly played on an old Yamaha six-string acoustic with an extra hole in it. Available on CD for $5 or pay-what-you-want download.

Some of my other projects include a one-off single release called “The Devil is a Sad Spirit,” which came out on Workbench Recordings in late 2010.

I used the name Marvelry Skimmer for a two song single which was also released on Workbench Recordings in 2010. You can read about the making of these pieces here.

Three is a Green Crown was a one-off (so far) side project I did with singer / actor Anne DeAcetis. Our version of “All the Pretty Horses” was also released in 2010 on Workbench Recordings. You can listen here via the Free Music Archive. (Player will not work on iPads, unfortunately.)

Another project I’m involved in is producing an album for Philip Lynch. We’ve been working on it for a long time — at least three years (!) — sporadically as we have matching openings in our schedules. We’re increasing our commitment to it in 2011, though, and plan to finish it before the year is out. The tunes have been released one-at-a-time so far on Workbench Recordings.

Below is a collaboration I did with author Jim Hanas in 2009. I set a (very) short story of his (“Nose”) to music, and also created a separate instrumental mix. (The Free Music Archive player won’t work on iPads, alas.)