To balance out my obsession
with business, I have studied music production
since 1986.
Years ago, I spent my free time in and out
of various bands, including San Francisco based
Legato.
However, no music experience I have ever been
involved in has ever provided me the rewards
that writing, recording, and mixing music in
my own home studio does. For a sampling of my
work, pick a style, and click on the play button..
Saturday
(contemporary rock) - 02:46 - The producer of Legato,
Roland Apikelis, assisted with the bass line and strings
on this track. I composed and performed the acoustic
guitar arrangement, and worked out the beats, orchestration,
etc...
Pigs In Space (hip
hop) - 04:49 - For some reason, I get a lot of compliments
on this particular hip hop track. It features samples
of me playing my 1969 Guild Starfire hollow-body guitar.
Cultivation
(drum & bass) - 05:08 - This track is
on FIRE! For reason, this is the only drum 'n bass
track I've ever composed... and it took me months
to work this piece out of my head. Drum 'n Bass is
a very meticulous style of composition, paricularly
the drum programming aspect. I believe this song is
my masterpiece.
Hypnosis (downtempo)
- 09:41 - Starting off with a chant that peace activists
were doing in the streets of San Francisco at the
outset of the Iraq War, this song will take you in
for nearly 10 minutes. The music builds through-out
the song, and has an epic feel to it. I recommend
lighting a candle and listening to your heart.
New Love
(electronica) - 04:11 - This track starts off with
a recording of the New York Bucket players, who I
sampled on the streets one day playing buckets with
their hands, and includes a women playing a beautiful
middle eastern instrument.
