the river

short rough... click here to listen/download the river.



everyone's calling you a hero.

'cuz you pulled that boy
from the river.

you'll get Christmas cards
from his mother.

for as long as she
can write.

and I heard the mayor say,
that they'll put a plaque that day...

where you stood and
saved his life.

米塚山と Komezuka to

this one has been mulling around for a bit, but i'd like to start getting it tighter, maybe more concise? it's got a cheezy computer string section in it now, i'll have to enlist the help of friends for that one.

it's long, but i enjoy it.

but i have four blogs about myself... of course i enjoy it.

info: 6/8 90


that's right, i said 6/8, deal with it.

any takers for the drum-track? please??

Click here to listen to/download Komezuka to 米塚山と.

day seventeen 三番週の十七番日

a very short rough on acoustic... click here to play.

The regime's leader, General Than Shwe, rebuffed repeated attempts by the United Nations' secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, to speak to him by telephone. Admiral Timothy Keating, the head of America's Pacific Command, and Thailand's prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, both visited Yangon to try to persuade the regime to let in a big international rescue mission like the one assembled after the 2004 tsunami. Neither succeeded.
- the economist 2008/05

day sixteen 三番週の十六番日

a little guitar line, that seems to say something like the end of summer, or end of something dear...
i'd like to expand on this one quite a bit... probably going to ruin it by making it too heavy.

4/4 84


the end of something dear from _explosions on Vimeo.

day nine 二番週の九番日

here's この電車 (This Train).

the earlier sketches are here and here.

i'd like to hear it with a drum track... ahem...
maybe another horn in there?

Click to download or play この電車 (This Train).
[kono denshya]

day four 一番週の四番日

... and here is "一番キスとコーヒー", (First Kiss and Coffee).

i was going to call it タル　ラッテ, (tall latte) off the sample at the end, but i like this more. i referred to it earlier here and here as "小さいうた" (small song).

John Ngo was kind enough to play drums for me on this one.

We had a line in our japanese skit "でも、レテュムがないんです。" (But he doesn't have any rhythm.) Every time that line came up, i thought of the face Gaelan makes when i try to play drums.


man, i just want to have an army of people playing that toy glockenspiel. think of the album artwork! "The Glockenspiel Army".


Click to download or play 一番キスとコーヒー (First Kiss and Coffee).
[ichiban kisu to ko-hi-]

day three 一番週の三番日

day three from _explosions on Vimeo.

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