Updated January 15, 2007

Other projects I'm involved with:

The Silk Demise
(Trip-hop/downtempo based in Toronto, Canada. Currently, we have one collaboration ("Being") featured on an internet only album release which you can download for free from the site, as well as another one ("Heroin Chic") featured on his myspace site, and we will have several collaborations coming out on an official album in 2007.)

Planet Reach / Voice Over Talent
(Official voice of the AVODA IP PBX telephone system, plus I'm available for freelance voice over projects. Write to me if you need someone to speak for you.)

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Downloadable MP3's of Non-Sleeper's Opera-ish Songs o' Mine (mostly unfinished pieces in one form or another):

(if you want to hear the actual songs from the album,
click here instead...)

The Linen Closet
This is where all the misfit cover songs I do - all live versions recorded on my home computer - get stored and gather dust. Usually my goal is to Edie-ize whatever song is stuck in my head, and do it as quickly and effortlessly as possible.
Currently being stored in the closet:
The Beatles - Yesterday
Leonard Cohen - One of Us Cannot be Wrong
Talking Heads - Radio Head

Argument for a Keyless Entry System
This was an experiment to see if I could write a full guitar-based rock song. All of the instruments were played by me, and the drums I put together with Reason. I was highly influenced by The Strokes and Pixies when it came to figuring out rock structure. I wanted to add a little bit of Franz Ferdinand, but I don't think I'm quite debonair enough to pull it off. The vocals desperately need to be re-recorded, but probably never will be.

(recycle your waste)
Just a little quirky synth pop number. This song is missing a guitar line, but you get the point. I used Reason for the drums and bassline, and my Yamaha XK-6 for the synth.

The Graverobber
This was the first complete song I ever wrote and recorded on my own back in 2002. I still think it is the best song I've ever done on my own when it comes to quality of recording, even if stylistically, I don't really care much for it. Fruity loops was used for the drums (my first and only time using that program, I prefer Reason) and almost everything else was done through MIDI, Cakewalk Sonar, soundfonts and my Casio.

Here Comes the Rain Again
This is a drum n' bass cover version of the Eurythmics song as produced by the Philly-based trip-hop band Beauty's Confusion back in 2001 when I was their singer (and we lived in Florida.) We never finished it, the break in the middle was supposed to have synth added on top, but it's still a fun time for the whole family.

Wavs
This entire song was written using the program Reason. It was my first time really using the program, and I wanted to see what I could accomplish with it. I've never been happy with the lyrics for this song, though, and have never been able to come up with a good way to re-write them.


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Albums that lit my ears on fire:

Tom Waits
Blood Money; Alice; Nighthawks at the Diner; Real Gone; Mule Variations; Bone Machine; Rain Dogs

Leonard Cohen
Songs of Leonard Cohen; Songs of Love and Hate

Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Bob Dylan
Bringing it all Back Home

The Decemberists
Her Majesty; Picaresque; Castaways and Cutouts

Belle & Sebastian
If You're Feeling Sinister; Tigermilk; The Boy with the Arab Strap; The Life Pursuit

Interpol
Turn on the Bright Lights

Songs:Ohia
Magnolia Electric Co.; Didn't it Rain

Portishead
Dummy

Castanets
Cathedral

Sigur Ros
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Iron & Wine
The Creek that Drank the Cradle

Joanna Newsom
Milk-Eyed Mender

Bjork
Vespertine

13 & God
13 & God
(although, in general, I am inspired by anything Doseone is a part of...I love his experimental nature with vocals...)


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Albums that I've found inspiring/enjoyable for various reasons:

The Strokes: Is This It?, Room on Fire
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Pixies: Doolittle, Trompe le Monde, Surfer Rosa
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Matt Suggs: Golden Days Before They End
Low: Trust
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have it So Much Better
The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
British Sea Power: Open Season, Decline of the British Sea Power
The Rapture: Echoes
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead: Source Tags & Codes
Cursive: The Ugly Organ
The Arcade Fire: Funeral
Catherine Wheel: Ferment, Chrome
TV on the Radio: Young Liars; Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
The Raveonettes: Whip It On
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
Paul Anka: Rock Swings


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Other artists that I appreciate:

Tindersticks
Antony & the Johnsons
Richard Swift
Artichoke
Jesca Hoop
Gregor Samsa
Scissor Sisters
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Wolf Eyes
Elliott Smith
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Blonde Redhead
The Hold Steady
The Shins
The White Stripes
Hey Willpower!
Rogue Wave
The Fire Theft
Tom Vek
Sufjan Stevens
Goldfrapp
Shellito