Virtual LP

Back in high school I was lucky enough to have two excellent friends who were also great musicians — Heroic Imp and SKP. They’d jam, and I’d make up some words — insta-tunes, written and recorded in one night. And … Read on Macduff...

There was music there. Musicality, I like to think. And there was a little guitar. And enthusiasm. “Say! Say! Say!”
And there was that kid, that funky funky kid — and that unusual groove. What was her deal? It like … Read on Macduff...

For this week’s tune, I sent bass and a pair of keyboard tracks to Yaniv Soha — my frequent co-conspirator and the recently ousted former CFO of yanivsoha.com. Yaniv added vocals and atmospheric guitar and, hey presto — here … Read on Macduff...

Here’s a wee thing (voice talents: eb and xian) — 26 seconds of sound, a 415K mp3. It’s a scrap. A found object. A thin slice of terror. And, as an added bonus, it’s also an almost entirely misleading trailer … Read on Macduff...

As we ramp up production here at the house of Vortex, I’ll be aiming to post a tune every week or two. Today’s is a collaborative effort recorded a few months back and written in the key of Leon Russell. … Read on Macduff...

I think most of us have been there at one time or another. I know I have. And I don’t mean that metaphorically either.
Here’s a piano/vocal song about those times, and what we were thinking. And maybe even a … Read on Macduff...

Here’s an instrumental thang that I’ve been noodling around with for the last week or so.
It goes kinda like this: da da da da, da da da — blinnngggg, da da da. Oh, ya know, it’s a wee thing. … Read on Macduff...

I’ll be posting a few (usually fairly short) tunes up as we go. Some solo multitrack homebrew this and that. Some long-distance musica-collabarativo. And the occasional piano/vocal jazz standard from 1926.
Here’s the first tune out the gate, a piano/vocal … Read on Macduff...