Virtual LP

Like a lot of kids, I grew up dreaming that one day I’d write a song about “accretion” (defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “increase by external addition or accumulation, as by adhesion of external parts or particles”). No, I was told. No, that wouldn’t happen. Couldn’t happen. They didn’t say it shouldn’t happen. Or bloudn’t happen. … Read more

Over the last few weeks I’ve begun tripping and cursing and toe-stubbing my way around the magical world of midi recording. The neatest thing so far has been seeing how easy it is go from playing a piece to printing out the score of what you just played. Crazy neat, in fact. Much less neat … Read more

It’s been about three months since I posted a new song to the ole Virtual LP — the last number being Welcome to Your (Doom of Clowns). Happily, I found a little time this past weekend to record a tune I’d written a year or three back. The song’s called Styrofoam and it features lead … Read more

Earlier in the month I promised to deliver this here clown song, based on a line gifted to me by my son. “Welcome to your doom of clowns,” he said. Really. Until a few days ago I thought this was an acoustic number — a vaguely Robert-Frippy 2/3 (or is it 4/6?) song about clowns. … Read more

It’s been a little while since I’ve written a new song, but I’ve been playing a bit more of late and — hey presto — two ditties appear. Fun to get back to recording after a little break. Today’s tune is A Thing I Like to Do, the musical version of a post from a … Read more

Here’s a tune and a time capsule, written on a rare day when my daughter Shonny woke up in a so-so mood. Fortunately, it didn’t last. -Cecil time: 50 seconds; specs: 779K Press Play to play.

A few days ago, So-Called Bill posted a comment saying “I’ll pay you five dollars to write a song called ‘Starfish Sucking on My Nose.’” Well. Never let it be said that I won’t write a song called “Starfish Sucking on My Nose” for five dollars. -Cecil time: 24 seconds; specs: 378K Press Play” to … Read more

It’s been a while since

Here’s another track on the Virtual LP. If you’ve played a few of these before, you might recall that I have a bit of a thing for piano/vocal standards like (to name two…) The Best Things in Life Are Free and For Every Man There’s a Woman. This time out, it’s an update of a … Read more

Just when you thought all the Cauliflower had been eaten, The Challenge returns! From the mysterious guitar-plucking fingers of a man called “xourmas” comes today’s shimmering turn of the Melon wheel. It takes Jake’s sax piece which took eb’s vocal piece which took the original piano piece…and it spreads a groovy guitar line across the … Read more