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psychological addiction / I need help psychological addiction / I need help
featuring David Novak on bass and backing vocals on part 1 (Psychological Addiction)
happy new year! (then and now) happy new year! (then and now)
victoria (the evil doll) / mahavishnu death wish 2 victoria (the evil doll) / mahavishnu death wish 2
samothracian waltz in a minor samothracian waltz in a minor
"Samothrace? Where is Samothrace?" "There is no such place as Samothrace?" "So then, why write a song about it?" "Because Samothrace does exist. Only in my mind between the Third Eye, the Fourth Plane and the Second Wind."
the sultan's piano lesson the sultan's piano lesson
my piano playing is flawed in spots, but I had to record this Middle Eastern - Ennio Morricone hybrid piano theme immediately after writing it so that I wouldn't forget....
short piano waltz in C major/E minor short piano waltz in C major/E minor
laziest son of a gun laziest son of a gun
starts off as garage rockabilly (or sludgabilly as some might say), then becomes much more doom-laden and sinister....
my diminishing powers (O God, where art thou?) my diminishing powers (O God, where art thou?)
my piano playing has a ways to go (even with the help of liberal use of post production editing) and don't ask me to play this piece live. And hopefully I did not plagiarize a certain notable Romantic German composer. But close to what I envisioned
the snake's lament (version 2) the snake's lament (version 2)
a second version of "snake's lament" with some added vocal harmony parts
the snake's lament the snake's lament
an acoustic song influenced by late 60s English pastoral folk/rock.
pink panther, blue puma (and cuckoo-burra) pink panther, blue puma (and cuckoo-burra)
prog blues?
sinister ethereal sinister ethereal
a minimalist atonal piano piece that is both sinister and ethereal.
full moon full moon
I didn't think I was much of a fan of late 50s - early 60s music, but perhaps I'm wrong because this tune is reminiscent of pop tunes from the late 50s - early 60s period. Ideally it would be sung by Windsor/Detroit rock pioneer Jack Scott (who sang
dark star dark star
self-immolation self-immolation
rain, toronto, june 25, 2014, 10.40 - 10.45pm (X3) rain, toronto, june 25, 2014, 10.40 - 10.45pm (X3)
this is a soundscape, both comedic and disturbing, based on a recording I did of 15 minutes of heavy rainfall in East Toronto, June 25, 2014, 10:30-34 PM.
C (STSTSTST) C (STSTSTST)
a quirky bossa nova influenced instrumental, so named because it's in a C mode that's constructed as follows: semi-tone, tone, semi-tone, tone, semi-tone, tone, semi-tone, tone; or C - C# - D# - E - F# - G - A - A# - C.
melancholic in g minor melancholic in g minor
This is a classical influenced piano instrumental in the key of G minor. Even though my piano playing is so-so, this may be my most complex piece so far (I would say it's at the grade 4 or 5 RCM level). Hopefully I'll be able to write more like this,
we're so fed up we're so f*** ed up
all signs point to the imminent breakdown of human society (mind you, that wasn't an uncommon feeling at other times in history and yet we're still here and besides, one can still appreciate the beauty of a spring day).
