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Apr 16, 20235 min read

Autobiographical Playlists and Acoustical Shadows

I’ve been having a good time lately making non-categorical, autobiographical playlists. I often come across songs that are featured in...

Apr 11, 20231 min read

Still Here! New Single: Roadside Souvenirs

I am busy writing and recording a new album under the Heavy Captain name. I have recorded close to half of these songs already. I just...

Aug 18, 20221 min read

New Single: Briefcase of Money

Here it is! The third single from the upcoming, as of now unnamed record. This one is a dream of sorts. A story of a manic skyjacker who...

Aug 17, 20222 min read

Just Hatched: The Styrofoam, The Big Tooth

I present a new song for your listening experience. I'm slowly building an album of lyrical songs. I kind of gave up on the traditional...

Aug 11, 20224 min read

Hammered Dulcimer: The Proto-Piano.

I had the recent good fortune of being gifted a hammered dulcimer. The instrument was crafted by James Hamilton, an instrument maker from...

Jun 3, 202214 min read

Two New Releases

I am pleased to announce two new releases to Bandcamp. On June Friday, June 17th, Bandcamp is donating its proceeds to the NAACP Legal...

Apr 5, 20221 min read

Version 8.2.1 Update

Released a new single entitled Fritz. Now available on Bandcamp. Atmospheric Garland is now streaming on most of the major platforms. OK...

Mar 7, 20222 min read

New Release: OK Corral

OK Corral is a collection of Western themed material I have been working on over the past few months. It was an exercise in creating a...

Feb 19, 20222 min read

Atmospheric Garland Mini-LP/Melancholic Trails/Junk Drawer Bandcamp Releases

The Atmospheric Mini-LP is here. It is an instrumental album spanning seven songs. It departs a collage of messy Americana and arrives in...

Jan 31, 20222 min read

Studio Improvements: Acoustical Treatment Completed

As it turns out it it takes a while to build all your own acoustical panels and bass traps. But...the project is finally complete or at...

Jan 3, 20221 min read

Happy Holidays!

This is the second year that Megan Gouda and I have released some music for the holidays under the name The Megans. Last year we...

Nov 3, 20219 min read

The Trailer Park: Have You Ever Danced with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight?

The Trailer Park is where I discuss a trailer, the people and themes surrounding it, and ultimately make an attempt at composing my own...

Oct 21, 202125 min read

Episode 1 (and only?) of The Little Bangs Podcast: The History of Calypso

Right before the pandemic began, I had planned on producing and hosting a podcast. It would trace the origins of musical genres as far...

Sep 19, 20216 min read

The Trailer Park: The DUNE Preview Re-Imagined

'The Trailer Park' is a new project to practice scoring movie trailers. I have always been one to get to the theatre early to see all the...

Sep 9, 20216 min read

Unknown Sounds | Music before April 9, 1860, Part I: Early American Utopian Music

1877 was the year in which Thomas Edison introduced the phonograph to the world. Its ability to record a sound and play it back, albeit...

Sep 6, 20215 min read

The Crazy Blues of Mamie Smith

I was recently loaned the History of Rock & Roll Volume. This volume covers the years 1920 to 1963. I have just finished reading Chapter...

Sep 3, 20216 min read

NeXtotica Single Release & Thoughts on Exotica

This track is a parody of the Mood Music or ‘Exotica’ of Cold War America and directly inspired by the “Tropical Terror” of Cristobal...

Aug 17, 20212 min read

Heavy Captain | Release of Ride the _________

I have decided to release a collection of music, some of which is probably almost a decade old at this point. It is a compilation...

Aug 15, 20214 min read

Western Music Theory: Waking Up Inside the Framework. Part I: Pythagoras and Interval Ratios

I have spent several months working through 'The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis,' an attempt to expand my musical palette. I had...