Tag Archives: Demonstrations

1) Provisionally called “Third-Eye Blind” because it’s about the third eye. I wrote this after hearing Amy Winehouse “rockify” basic soul stuff, and I decided to write something in that vein for a female singer. Here’s the e-mail I sent to a frien… Continue reading →

The sun and my recent jamming has reminded me of the fact that music trumps all in my heart and mind. Even the sonnets that give a title to this website have their origin in my fundamental love of rhytmic order that is marr(i)ed to lyrical languag… Continue reading →

Two more numbers to throw at my pile of demonstration material. The first–a cover of the very arguable N.E.R.D. classic “She Wants to Move”–was actually recorded last; while the second, a little ditty that reminds me (however incorrectly) of ski… Continue reading →

Ladies and Gentleman: Miss Helen Adilia Arceyut-Frixione (http://thehaafofit.com/) on the vocal.AndSal Esposito as the subject: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO133130/ Continue reading →

This started out as a sort of tribute to Sun Ra’s Atlantis album, where it’s basically just Sun Ra on clavinet (or “Solar Sound Instrument”) and somebody playing congas. I got the idea to do something Sun Ra-ish due to some crazy, celestial effect… Continue reading →

About walking in the snow with bad gloves… Continue reading →

What follows is the first piece of music to make it to the pages of http://www.urbansonnets.com. As per usual (lately), it’s something of a genre exercise, though I am not sure what the genre is. Those who notice that there is a large gap in the middle o… Continue reading →