Claypots

Desert at Night Desert at Night

Another moody instrumental. I just discovered open Cm tuning for slide guitar and that is the main sound featured here. Works perfectly for my style.

4/27/2010 Beats with Hooks

Opening Up Opening Up

I like the "space" in this arrangement. I also like the mix of acoustic and electric sounds.

3/10/2010 Beats with Hooks

power trip power trip

Another faster one. Has a bit of an 80s feel in the chorus sections.

2/18/2010 Beats with Hooks

The Raunch The Raunch

Another fast and aggressive one. This was written with an fight film sequence in mind.

2/18/2010 Beats with Hooks

tension 1 tension 1

Another Ry Cooder inspired piece. Suitable for a "tension"scene in a movie or documentary.

2/11/2010 Beats General

nocturnal pulse nocturnal pulse

A much heavier song than I normally write - I must have been eating my Wheaties.

2/8/2010 Beats with Hooks

Sawgrass Swamp Sawgrass Swamp

A dark little number, inspired by the swamps of the Everglades.

12/6/2009 Beats with Hooks

Canuk TriconeDemo Canuk TriconeDemo

11/1/2009 Beats with Hooks

Claypots - Crystal Cave Claypots - Crystal Cave

Another instrumental - had a kind of 'cave' feeling to it while I was recording. Features more lap steel as I continue to get more comfortable on that instrument. Also features a small section of mandolin, which I continue to not be comfortable on.

7/13/2009 Beats with Hooks

Comfort Object Comfort Object

First song with my recently acquired Lap Steel. Title comes from the novel, The Giver.

5/31/2009 Beats with Hooks

Big Red Gretsch Big Red Gretsch

Tone demo of my Gretsch Electromatic G5129

4/30/2009 Beats with Hooks

Cattails Cattails

Another slow song. Features fake-Baritone guitar and mandolin. And Ebow - lots of Ebow.

3/9/2010 Beats with Hooks

The Cold Descent The Cold Descent

Inspired by the brutal cold of Ontario in January. A dark brooding piece featuring judicious use of the Ebow.

3/9/2010 Beats with Hooks

Caged Bird Caged Bird

While recording, my daughter was messing around with the microphone. We recorded her talking, making noises etc and were playing around with reversing her voice. I decided to use her processed voice to add some ambience to the song.

1/25/2009 Instrumental Rock

Gumshoe Gumshoe

Tremolo! Can you ever get enough tremolo? Probably one of the earliest guitar effects and still one of my favourites. This is crying out for a sax solo, but I cant play sax, so .. too bad.

3/9/2010 Instrumental Rock

Clear Glass Clear Glass

First tune recorded with slide guitar. Slide is played on a Les Paul.

12/27/2007 Instrumental Rock

Cadillac Fins Cadillac Fins

The intro and the tremolo guitar gives this a kind of 50s feel. Hence the name. The solo is double tracked with a slight offset to make it sound 'thicker'.

12/1/2007 Instrumental Rock