It's that time again, to throw a fresh coat of paint on a rusty old CD. :) This time it's time for "Dirty Wings" to have a turn. I went back and gave it a remix job to fix the little buggies that drove me mad. Nothing new was recorded, added or taken away. You can album tracks, or you can download a ZIP file of all of the tracks. 

Download a .ZIP File

The instrumental mixes are also updated. Enjoy!

Admit it. You thought I was hibernating in a cave the past year, cranking out YouTube videos to maintain vague contact with the outside world, taking a break from the grueling process of releasing an album every year. You were only half right. I'm very happy to announce that my next CD, "Ashes" is now available!

Wow, has it really been a year since I finished remixing Crawford Street? Well, I've been at it again, and I'm very happy to announce that by popular demand, I've remixed my Only Whispering CD as well! Here's a link to the album tracks, or you can download a ZIP file of all of the tracks. 

Download a .ZIP File

The instrumental mixes are also updated. Enjoy!

Awhile back, I started off remixing some of my ancient rejected songs to make them less sucky. I have the second installment of 2004-era songs finished:

• Five Minutes
  
• Dark Roads
  
• Parasite
  
• Zero to Phantom
  
• Texas
  

I bent the rules with Zero to Phantom because the lead vocal track on my backup was completely messed up, but everything else on these used the same raw tracks, just remixed. The instrumental mixes are also now available, up on my music page. Enjoy!

I first heard the news of the Haitian earthquake when I woke up this morning. I grabbed my guitar and a song spilled out. Here's what I wrote. This is just a rough guy-and-guitar demo (as is the video), but you get the idea.

If you enjoy it, please take the time to make a donation to Doctors Without Borders. It'd mean a lot to me, and it'd mean way more to those in need.

Motionless Land: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

Seems like there's definitely a lot of interest in a remixed Only Whispering, so I'll probably tackle that soon. In the meantime, I'm working on giving touchups to some of stuff in the reject bin. As much as I'd love most of those songs to die a humane and peaceful death, they're still getting a lot of downloads and use in projects. So I'm tacking them in batches.

The first batch of 2004-era stuff is now online and ready for download:

• Across the Dusty Plains
• Fear is Free
• Gigolo
• Keep in Touch
• Upcoming Downtime
• Wrong Side of the Revolution

All of these will get instrumental mixes as well (one of the main reasons I wanted to do this). I'd say "enjoy", but that might be a little ambitious. How about: "may your ears no longer bleed" instead? :)

I'm extremely happy to announce that my 8th CD, "Breadcrumbs" is now available for free download. It's been a year and a half in the making, which is an epic amount of time for me. I'm insanely happy with how it turned out, and I hope you'll enjoy it, too. :)

Much like I did with "Here Today" last year, I'm happy to announce that my second CD, "Crawford Street", has been remixed. You can download the updated version from here, or grab the ZIP file of the whole album directly.

Wow, I've been slacking on updates here! Sorry about that. As usual, I had a burst of songwriting energy during the long, cold Ohio winter and then suddenly lost my desire to pen myself up in the studio when the sun came back out.

That said, I've got a few more songs in the pipeline that will (hopefully) finish up the next album. They're all very odd, but I think they'll do a good job of the hard task of pulling a bunch of random songs into a semi-coherent album. I probably won't release them until the album comes out, so that there'll at least be few new things to chew on. :)

I always hate to give estimates, but I'm looking at probably September, give or take a month. I'm pretty excited about this one, and I'm even more excited to get working on my next project, which will be a big departure from my previous work. More to come on that later. :)

In the meantime, I have another little project that I'll be unleashing over the next couple weeks. Stay tuned!

Here's another new tune! This one is almost definitely the creepiest song I've ever written. I won't give it away, but I'm guessing after listening to it, nobody will be brave enough to tell me they didn't like it. ;-)

Under the Stairs: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

I seem to be settling into a monthly groove for new songs. Progress is progress, I guess! Hey, that rhymed. Yay, I'm all set for April. :)

Anyway. Here's a new one called "Overthrown". It's been earworming me for weeks, so I guess that's a good sign. Here's hoping it ends up driving you nuts as well. :)

Overthrown: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

I've been wanting to write a song about immigration for years, but I could never figure out how to tackle it. I finally got my thoughts down on paper and said exactly what I wanted to say. Enjoy.

Border Blaster: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

I dusted off the 12-string to record this new tune. It's a bit cheerier than the rest of the new batch of tunes, musically at least. Enjoy!

Stars Collide: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

Here's one that's been gurgling around my head for a couple months now. It took forever to nail down onto tape, and I'm still not quite done, but this is a 2008 song and doesn't want to wait an extra day.

Oh, and this is my 150th song to be released! Granted, one of those songs was "Danger Bus", but I'm still pretty proud. :)

Private Hurricane: (MP3, Lyrics, Share)

I finally have instrumental versions of the songs from "Here Today" available! I originally couldn't do these, but the remix project made it possible to make instrumental versions. You can download them all for free, and use them for free in your projects as you would with any of my other music.

I also have another new song that's about ready to launch. Check back in a day or two!