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That's It, I'm Goin' Gay! 
*Added March 15/04*
For those of you who have traveled here in the past, you might recognize this title, but believe me, this ain't some cassette demo like you heard once before!  This is the full-blown version, recorded recently. Lyrically, I have to thank "Carl West" for giving me the inspiration for the title and the lyric. It is a phrase he actually used in reference to a frustrating dating scenario he had played out, and well... the rest is history!!

Always True
*Added March 7/04*
From the guy who says he hates cheesy romance lyrics comes a song full of pathetic neediness!!  This was written a few years ago while I was on tour, and I was missing my girlfriend. I left the song un-recorded because I was never sure that it was that great of a song. But almost two years later, I suddenly found myself humming the melody, and I figured I might as well do a quick recording and see if it grows on me or not!
It's nothing fancy, just a short and sweet pop song about finding "true" love, even though I feel dirty just typing that!!

Rest In Peace
*Recorded December 4,5/03*
Here is what is SUPPOSED to be the final song for my New Alignment project, a summation if you will, of my journey from a misplaced married guy to a grounded individual...something like that!  (Dr. Phil can make better sense of it than I can!)        I wrote it back in 2001 on the day where I really knew in my heart that it was time to leave the legacy behind and start making a path of my own. It was the beginning of the best period of my whole life. After this point, I still wrote the odd song that had something to do with my ex-wife, but not so much in the "heart on your sleeve" variety. I started writing more poignant songs like "Blow Me Kisses," and "That's It I'm Goin' Gay!!"   I hope you enjoy this recording.
Oh, speaking of which... the recording:  This song has always been just me on my guitar, singing. Production and orchestration were always up for grabs. When I decided to get working on this, I decided to make it into a full-blown orchestral number (albeit cheap beyond belief!), with strings, pizz strings, orchestral percussion, French accordions and even mandolins. Hearing this as it is right now, I could see this being WAY over the top in the orchestration department... but for that to happen, someone is going to have to fit the bill!!

Me Away From You - *Added Nov7/03*
This is a most depressing song, sorry to say. It's basically about waking up and realizing everything you've hoped for is not to be. In a sense, and you won't like hearing this from me, hope is a form of rape, especially when you are unrealistically hoping for things that can never be, at least in any rational state of reality. Hmm... should I be a philosophying-ish type of guy?!!!  Anyway... it's a nice recording, very basic and honest, but it really is a major bummer!!

Jade
Here is a song from that "New Alignment" thing... a song about healing... well, bizarre, unhealthy ways of healing, I guess!  The reference to Zumpano is in reference to the band of the same name. When these words were written, Zumpano was playing in the background. Musically, this is the biggest production I've attempted on my humble ProTools setup at home... strings, pads, layered guitars, drum loops, programming, and cascading harmonies... this was a bit of a chore.

Ten Cartwheels
This is one of my favorite songs of the last couple of years. Written after I had finished all of the writing for The New Alignment, I was in the mood to write stuff that was just happy. I was in a state of being "just happy" when I wrote this (and many other songs of this period)!  I'm really proud of this on a compositional level, and as of this writing (November 2003), it has a perfect 5/5 rating at www.garageband.com!!
LYRICS HERE

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OLDER TUNES:

Shabby Doll - A great Elvis Costello tune. This is a live recording from one of my pub dates here in town. It was a boring gig, so I grabbed some Costello lyrics and just improvised through this one. I had never played it before, so that explains my screw ups at the first chorus. Great tune, and I have to say, until I sang it this night, I forgot how amazing these lyrics are!

As If That Weren't Enough!!

I'm Only Sleeping: A never-before-heard demo by One Hundred Days, recorded in 1993-94, before we had a record deal. This is a classic Lennon/McCartney tune from the Revolver album, which Andrew Horrocks, Gord Stevenson and myself ripped to shreds!  Hope you enjoy this rare little gem!

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