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The Vault |
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Here is the vault. I decided to have a place where I may introduce my best music to the world. Past and present. Ultimately, I consider myself first and foremost a composer. At everything else you see on this website, I am mediocre at best. Just a pretender. So the vault is meant to showcase my music, the original recordings with all their flaws...pure and sincere. With each composition I will give a brief introduction and analysis, explaining why I feel it has any particular import. No guessing here. I am revealing what I consider to be the best that I have...I only hope you can find some pleasure in listening. |
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SO MANY PEOPLE |
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OCEAN'S BLUE |
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DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU |
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Written and recorded in 1992. Released on the album "Big Modern Days". With an early Neil Diamond approach, I wrote about the malaise of being an average person in an average world. Just feeling sad and detached about myself and the people around me at the time. Very observational. |
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The third track on an album of instrumentals called "A Place In The Sun", this sublime piece has a little New Age, a little jazz and a lot of of sensuality. I pretty much "built" this tune from a feeling I had, starting with the keyboards and fleshing it out from there. I was trying to create an exotic picture of a far-away dream-place. |
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"Don't You Know I Love You" is a meduim-tempo soft rock love song that was sincerely written to my first wife at a critical time in our marriage. I felt my real feelings just weren't being heard or understood. What I particularly like about this piece is the chorus...a quaint, engaging melody that accurately conveys the lyric without too much emotion. From the album "Bad Attitude". |
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BEING IS BELIEVING |
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OWN UP |
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ETERNITY |
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This title track to a 1998 release is inspired by GENESIS circa 1979-80. The intensely personal lyric reveals my more philosophical and brooding side. |
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Great dance/pop tune from 1999. One of my favorites. From "TWO SIDES TO A STORY". |
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Early ballad that shows a young composer learning his craft. Nice R&B song with a good verse melody. From "AN ITCH IN MY WINDPIPE"--1990. |
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DON'T DENY MY HEART |
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CLOSE OUR EYES BE DONE |
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Here, the Bowie in me comes out pretty strongly. One night of unsuccessful woman-hunting led to this song of yearning and exotica. From "BEING IS BELIEVING". |
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From the 1999 "TWO SIDES TO A STORY". This Paula Cole inspired piece is reminiscent of some of my earlier, more Industrial type music. Very intense. |
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