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hallowed eve hallowed eve
piano instrumental with lots of chromaticism and exotic harmonization.
taking it easy (walking bass in d) taking it easy (walking bass in d)
accidents accidents
This is a purposely shambolic recording with so-so lyrics. I made some of it up as I was recording, and even if I could practise my playing to make it better, I like the spontaneity of this original "play as you go" "lo-fi" recording.
mystic parade mystic parade
Otherwise known as: "Mystic Parade of Amoebas Slowly Floating By in the Murky Depths of the Mariana Trench, While the Starfish Wistfully Sigh, Knowing That They'll Never Reach the Surface, No Matter How Hard They Try".
volume control exercise in E volume control exercise in E
Recorded on a boom box in 1989 at Postom's warehouse in Windsor Ontario. Somehow I did this all in one take. Ask me to play it again, but forget it.
second hand/baglady (prehistoric cavestrokers) second hand/baglady (prehistoric cavestrokers)
Prehistoric Cavestrokers 28th anniversary reunion show, July 13, 2013, FM Lounge, Windsor Ontario. Mistakes and all.
fatman (prehistoric cavestrokers) fatman (prehistoric cavestrokers)
Prehistoric Cavestrokers transform a familiar riff into a sludgy dirge about a fictitious character that could only come from Dan Moriarty's mind: Fatman.
let's id (prehistoric cavestrokers) let's id (prehistoric cavestrokers)
Prehistoric Cavestroker tribute to Sigmund Freud, his tripartite psychological schema and challenge to the Age of Enlightenment and its overestimation of Reason. Lyrics by Jono Fiddler, music by me.
theme in g minor theme in g minor
a classical influenced instrumental, ideally for piano (with slight echo) and cello.
don't you know your abc's? (cavestrokers live) don't you know your abc's? (cavestrokers live)
table dancing for nato (prehistoric cavestrokers) table dancing for nato (prehistoric cavestrokers)
Prehistoric Cavestrokers 28th anniversary reunion show, July 13, 2013, FM Lounge, Windsor Ontario.
therapy 1 therapy 1
no rudeboy no rudeboy
This song features David Novak on bass and backing vocals. It all started with a bass line we'd sometimes jam to that was influenced by the bass line of a mid 70s reggae instrumental he has called "Rudeboy".
devoured by the spores devoured by the spores
aka "Space Incident #42: Top Secret Coroner's Report" aka "In Space.... They Can't Hear You Scream" garageband file name "Two Chord Psychedelika" (put out on the world famous Yugoton label)
a minor in may a minor in may
a melancholic classical influenced piano instrumental written on a beautiful spring day (here in Toronto Canada).
centipede centipede
This dirge like song explores how centipedes evoke feelings of fear, disgust and revulsion that far exceed their size and harmless nature. The photo was taken by my sister Lori.
don't you know your ABCs? don't you know your ABCs?
d minor jump d minor jump
I'm not sure what genre this is, though it's influenced by reggae/ska, 50s piano boogie and jump, Pink Floyd and 60s cool jazz.
optimism in these troubled times optimism in these troubled times
