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"... That which "looks over" the various factors which arise in
meditation is 'sati', mindfulness. Sati is life. Whenever we
don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead...
This sati is simply presence of mind. It's cause for the arising
of self-awareness and wisdom... Even when we are no longer in
samadhi, sati should be present throughout..."
Midi
These MIDI files
were composed and recorded about 8 years ago, using a Roland GR-1 Guitar
Synthesizer and sequencing software. Although crude, I think it's
good to remember where you got started.
Ground Zero* |
...standing
moments away from impact, everything goes silent, then a noise from
down the alley starts to grow... |
Into The Void* |
Most of us
have been sucked into something painful, against our will. This track
is an attempt to capture that feeling in sound |
Rumble Fish* |
This is the
title track of this Web
page. It was composed and recorded on a Saturday in 1998, and
that same evening used in an extensive jam with the obscure,
rarely-mentioned rock group: Swim Test |
CDR63* |
This was to be
a theme song for a project with friend, Curt West of West
Research |
Illicit Plutonium* |
I don't
remember where the name for this song came from, but it won an
award once... |
Kiss My Butt Rap* |
Title says it
all |
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MP3
More
recently I started transferring much of my old 4-track recordings to
digital, and then publishing them in .mp3 format. Since I'm more of
an "analog" guitarist, than a "digital" midi composer
- it's likely that my future contributions will be coming here.
After Funk* |
This is an
after-show jam that I played with a group in college. A live
version was never recorded, and I don't think it was ever given a
name. After college I programmed the basic
structure into the Roland GR-1 and put it to 4-track with some jammin'
guitar; and named it After Funk. Credits to Matt, Carl and Brad wherever you are! |
| Sea-Side*
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Sea-Side
was originally composed on 12-string while at college in Laramie, WY -
jammin' with my friend Vince at the Ground Zero record store. On
this 1993 recording I played a 6-string Sigma (cheap Martin) using 2
little Sony condenser microphones; to stereo 4-track. The
original 4-track had sounds of ocean waves and seagulls on track 3
& 4...ahhhhh! |
| Road
Trip*
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This
jam was written in summer of 1993, again using the Roland GR-1
sequencer for the
rhythm section and then going to 4-track to add lead
guitar. I was given words for the "up-beat middle
section" of the chorus: "I'm on a road trip baby, road
trip goin' nooooo where, I'm on a road trip goin' all the
way...down" |
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