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Music has always been at the very core of 'who' I am....and I like that in the fact that it's always changing. I'm still working on "Worth The Wait", and it WILL be out this year come hell or high water. You can actually catch an updated version of the instrumental tracks for both 'Nightwind' and "The Color of Light" as recent uploads here. Because work has been so very sparse and sporadic for the last year, I've definitely taken SoundCloud up on the "Artist Support" button. If you have enjoyed my songs, both original and cover music, and are so inclined I'd be honored and humbled and very appreciative. The album itself has a playlist here of the mostly-most current versions of the tunes, with a few taken down for a variety of personal reasons. But it is coming along nicely, with some songs finally being able to BE finished... they still had some growing, and I'm not ashamed of that. And, as I'm doing all the recording, writing, arranging, and re-writing myself with no input o
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Deep Purple (special appearance by Marie Osmond)
The classic song "Deep Purple" is one of those fascinating pieces of music that has lived several completely different lives across generations. Despite the name, it actually has nothing to do with the rock band of the same name—it’s a romantic ballad from the early 20th century. 🎼 Origins…
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Living Inside Myself (a Gino Vannelli cover)
A live (tracked) performance at my weekly show that I've been wanting to sing for 40 years and to catch it live was a great opportunity to snag a recording. I'll definitely keep this one in the rotation - it's such a great song written by the Vannelli's and sung by Gino's magnificent multi…
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Oh Holy Night (Gatlin arrangement/cover) - 2023
By far my favorite Christmas or holiday tune, I have recorded this before and used this same arrangement, but it was at least a decade ago and my style has changed along the way in many ways. This is the Larry Gatlin arrangement which floored me the first time I heard it - seems tailor-made for me!
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Heart Hotels - (a Dan Fogelberg cover) - DEMO
Probably one of Dan Fogelberg's best songs - and there are many of those to choose from. I haven't done much of his stuff over the years although I really really like most everything I've ever heard. I believe he was tremendously talented, and maybe I'm just having a Renaissance moment. This song...
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We Two (Little River Band Cover, 2nd version) - Studio 2023
By far my favorite LRB song, this is patterned after their 2nd recording of the song on "The Hits...Revisited" with a slightly faster tempo than the 1983 recording. I rushed at the chance to record this a few years ago and didn't like the resulting recording, I'm much much happier with this vocal...
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Gypsy Days 2023 (Gino Vannelli cover) - dedicated to Paul Allen
Probably one of the most beautiful tunes I've ever heard, with the original version being stunningly performed by Gino Vanelli. I had actually heard just a piano & vocal version he'd done, and then I heard the studio version and was even more blown away. But there's more about this song than just...
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Alone Again Naturally (a Gilbert O'Sullivan cover)
One of the most popular songs of the entire 70's, this sad tale about life has moments of happy sounding chord progressions.. but it covers the life of a man after being left at the altar, losing his parents, and unsure of what life has to bring. But it's also one of my all time favorite songs…
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CRYING (an Orbison/McLean cover)
This is such a timeless and classic song originally written and performed by the legendary Roy Orbison. Don McLean covered it several years later, taking the song out to a lushly orchestrated ballad arrangement, which happened to be the first version of the song I heard and became familiar with....
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Kenny - What You Won't Do For Love (Go West cover)
In honor of Bobby Caldwell, who recently passed, and was the original artist of this great song. Go West recorded it too many years later, and fortunately stayed true to the original arrangement. I just started doing this song a few months back as it's an all time favorite, and it gets a grear...
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SAILING (A Christopher Cross cover)
This is one of the most iconic songs from the entire late 70's and 80's catalog combined. It is still played on radio and it's just such a great song. You can almost feel yourself out in the wind, on a quiet sailboat, just you and the water, and maybe someone special with you. I had done it live...
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The Power of Love - an Air Supply cover
Air Supply was the first group to release the song "The Power of Love" in the United States, several years before Celine Dion had a mega smash hit with it. It was also recorded and released overseas and then again in the US by Laura Branigan before Celine too. None of the US versions hit, but I...
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I'll Be Over You - (a Toto cover)
This was one of Toto's slightly lesser hits (but only slightly) following their megahits with Toto IV, and a change in the lineup on most lead vocals, but it was strong enough to be the lead single from their "Fahrenheit" album. I loved the song immediately and covered it literally within weeks…
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The Winner Takes It All - an ABBA cover
ABBA was one of the most successful pop groups fro the 70s and 80's before they disbanded for a 10 year period. This has always been one of my favorite songs of theirs, and after finding a piano-only track, decided to make a full blown cover of it with my own choice of instrumentation. Everything...
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ALIBIS (2022 re-recording) - a Sergio Mendes cover
A great 80's pop tune that floated on the airwaves like a nice warm summer breeze. The original version by Sergio Mendes featured the amazingly talented Joe Pizzulo, probably one of the most underrated singers of pop music at the time. In my opinion, he should have been a household name as his...
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My Immortal (an Evanescence cover)
This song stuck with me from the first moment i heard it and Amy Lee's amazing powerful vocal will live on forever past our days. The haunting melody and rock arrangement of the last chorus are things of pop music greatness. I never thought I'd get a chance to record it, but stumbled upon a track...
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NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (Rick Astley cover)
Just having some nostalgic fix, Rick rollin' with this classic...
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The Prayer (Bocelli/Dion cover)
The classic song originally recorded by Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli, convered here by a vocal coach from Australia and myself, two people who have never met, talked, or know each other. I found her version online where she had just recorded the female verse, and i am in the process of learning...
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I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (MercyMe cover)
MercyMe made history with this amazing song by having the most successful contemporary Christian song on the charts, ever. The song has a great history and story behind it which is chronicled in the movie, "I Can Only Imagine". One for all the feels, for sure. While I knew if the song itself, I…
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O COME TO THE ALTAR (cover)
I only became aware of this song a few weeks ago when asked to lead it at church, and learned it pretty quickly. However it reallly touched a chord within me and I decided to record it at home and experiment with it a little. Will make some other changes to it at some point, but I love this one.…
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Todo Me Recuerda a Ti - duet with Sheena Easton (2022 re-recording)
In the mid-80s Sheena Easton, while riding a huge wave of commercial success, took time out of her busy schedule to learn Spanish - phonetically - and re-record several of her biggest English-language hits for the Latin America market on EMI. As most were only familiar with hearing her awesome...
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ALL THINGS NEW (demo)
one of two new songs I am getting to do at church, both of which knocked me out with the lyric content at this particular time of my life. This is just a demo, my first take vocal recording. I'll definitely be working this one up
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Youll Never Walk Alone (from "Carousel" & inspired by David Phelps)
The beautiful "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel", with this version being inspired from David Phelps incredibly moving arrangement. Modified a bit as I did not want to do a note for note recreation but definitely wanted to put a nod to his version, which is probably one of the best I've…
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Love & Affection (a Joan Armatrading/Sheena Easton cover)
Probably one of the most unique love songs I've ever heard, it was written by and originally performed by Joan Armatrading in 1976, and then covered by Sheena Easton in 1984 on her amazingly successful "A Private Heaven" album. It was not a single release, but an album cut with a unique vocal...
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Ave Maria (2021)
My updated and second recording of this song, one which I consider a Hallmark for any singer to attempt. I'm not sure how successful some will consider this - for me, I'm satisfied for the moment as I started trying to learn this classic tune earlier in the year, and made a "first attempt" video....
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The Water - 2022
I should sing more often when I'm depressed.. as this really helped me today. Could be the song, but I've been pretty down and out lately, and this contemporary Christian song by Amy Grant is not only one of her best written songs, but it's an eternal favorite of mine. I've wanted to record it...
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A Little More Love (calmPop Version)- a reimagined ONJ Cover
This is an alternate mix of a recreated version of Olivia's "A Little More Love". The other version is a bit more on the grunge/pop/rock side. I love this song and love that I took the time to try & record it, but more happy that I spent the time getting the chord chart and recreating it from the...
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A Little More Love (GrungyPop Version)- a reimagined ONJ cover (demo in progress)
**Updated Mix 11.28.2021* **This is a first- take vocal and not a rehearsed song as the arrangement was just created and this is a work in progress, hence the word demo. Please keep that in mind as it changes and improves!) *** I have always loved this song originally as performed by Olivia...
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Garage Service Today - version 2_2mixed.mp3
demo jingle written this year for a client!
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Believe (a Cher/Adam Lambert cover) - demo only
I was blown away when I heard Adam Lambert choose this song to honor Cher with at the Kennedy Center Honors concert, and I think Cher was too. The song is totally different done as a ballad, and even though it is over 20 years old there is still a huge age range of folks who know and appreciate…
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Prologue. - (Mastered)
Every story, every song, every movie, everything in our lives has a beginning... and this is the intro song presented for my upcoming album "Worth The Wait", arriving soon! There are no lyrics, just sounds and if you close your eyes, you'll experience the beginning of... well, everything. We…
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CRY A RIVER (an Amy Grant cover) (corrected file)
***The power went out when I was uploading and corrupted the file, which I didn't realize until a few hours after posting. This is the corrected version. If you're on a mobile device, and you get a glitchy version of the song, you just need to empty your cache. In the SoundCloud app, go to your...
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I Can Dream About You (a Dan Hartman cover) - updated mix
posted the first mix of this a couple of days ago, but have now added an enhanced crowd clapping beat, a few other things. I simply cannot help but bounce my feet when I hear this song. I hope you enjoy the added production
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I Can Dream About You (a Dan Hartman cover)
One of the best songs to come out of the '80s in my opinion, and I've always wanted to record it. However, the track was slightly lackluster and I had the idea this past week to add in a supplemented piano/bass line to mimic the original riff, and to add a little enhanced drum. I also got super...
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What Hurts The Most (2021 Updated / A Rascall Flatts cover)
I have recorded this before and my resulting mixes have been done prior to not only going to school for audio production, but also during the "hands on" learning phases that took place even after graduation, and trial and error with what works and what doesn't. So first, I apologize for all the…
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Speechless (clip)(a Dan & Shay cover)
I'm working on this one currently and will have video in the next few days along with the completed mastered track, but I wanted to give this clip specifically for my friend Tracy M who suggested this track to me over a year ago.... I'm so slow! After I got used to the song I found that I really...
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NIGHTWIND - MASTER (instrumental only)
I've been working on this tune for about 2 years and am hoping to get vocals recorded tonight. The song will be on the upcoming album in its fully finalized form, but here is "Nightwind". Until I record the lyrics with it, I'll let you decide what it's about, but I will say that I think this is…
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Chloe - (an Elton John cover)
"Chloe" is a beautifully haunting tune written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin for Elton's "The Fox" album from the early 80's. It has long been one of my favorite songs for it's beautifully written melody, one that just sticks with you upon hearing it. I stumbled upon a track for it and then put…
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AMAZED - Pop Mix - Lonestar Cover
This is such a great classic track from Lonestar and wayback before they were huge; I think it's their first big hit. Anyway, there was a huge country hit with it and then a poppish mix was also done and I greatly enjoyed that. it's been hard to find a backing track for that version, but I did…
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The Color of Light (instrumental track only)
This song has been through a myriad of changes over the years and again, like several other songs on the album, just wasn't "ready" to finish writing itself. The lyrics are being tweaked right now, but it is reflective of both current times and historical challenges, and getting to a "better…
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The Color of Light - 1 minute clip
Finished the music finally to this song, one I consider to be a cornerstone of the album. It's been such a long journey and this song has gone through some amazing changes, but like the others, there were things that weren't "ready" yet in terms of the context of the song itself.... it had to…
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Sara Smile (Hall & Oates cover)
The amazing radio-staple of "Sara Smile" - originally by Hall & Oates - with my vocal replacing here. Such a great song, and always instantly recognizable. I hope you enjoy it!
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It's Alright 2020-fully revised track w/ backgrounds (no lead vocal here)
Well, as promised for quite a while now, here's the updated version of It's Alright as of 2020. The only things I kept from the original were the piano, sweep pad and background vocals. I will be recording the new lead vocal in the next few weeks. There had been an update on the previous version...
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Everything But My Pride (Cutting Crew cover 6/2020)
I have wanted to record this song since I first heard it a few decades ago when it was released by Cutting Crew. It was their 3rd and unfortunately last hit in the US but the impact of the song on me was huge - one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. I have looked for a track forever but one...
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HEART TO HEART (Kenny Loggins Cover)
A direct cover of Kenny Loggins' "Heart To Heart", which in my opinion is one of his best songs ever written and one I've always wanted to take a stab at. I was in good voice today prepping for an audition and thought "Why Not?".
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Danny's Song (2020 Mix, Loggins & Messina Cover)
This has long been a favorite of mine and i always intended to go back and remix and/or rerecord it. Since I have been expanding my library with so many "updates" now, I decided to upload this version new instead of just replacing the old file.
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Eye In The Sky 2020mix.mp3
A complete remake of Alan Parson's excellent "Eye In The Sky", attempting to lock on to the original vibe as close as possible for engineering purposes. I have worked on this off and on for about 3 years, finally finishing my mix in May 2020.
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It's Alright - 2020 - Final Version
My original from 2000, which has been through multiple versions and demos, all of which I've enjoyed greatly - finally finds a spot in 2020 with all updated vocals and instrumentation. The only thing that is from the original version s the background vocals. While I had a guitarist who was...
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A Song For You (Updated 2020 Mix)
UPDATED MIX 2.9.2020 (uploaded incorrect file before) A classic song, and a very favorite of mine - the Leon-Russell penned ballad about love and an appeal to a heart.... I altered just the opening line by adding an acapella open. It seems to work well.... I've been wanting to get this finished...
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Nightwind (instrumental track demo)
**Updated file on 4/8/2019 with further drum/rhythmic and volume changes. If you have listened to this before you will need to empty your cache on your mobile devices (under settings on your main page of SoundCloud) or refresh the page on a computer when on the song page itself to hear the…
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Grace (Vocal, 2017) - [2019 Mix]
One of the first projects I got to work on in Logic Pro X while in my theory class in this degree program was this song - I was thrilled because the song was already planned for the album, and it was a great opportunity to use what I'd just learned and put it in action. This was he first time I'd...
About this show
Music has always been at the very core of 'who' I am....and I like that in the fact that it's always changing. I'm still working on "Worth The Wait", and it WILL be out this year come hell or high water. You can actually catch an updated version of the instrumental tracks for both 'Nightwind' and "The Color of Light" as recent uploads here. Because work has been so very sparse and sporadic for the last year, I've definitely taken SoundCloud up on the "Artist Support" button. If you have enjoyed my songs, both original and cover music, and are so inclined I'd be honored and humbled and very appreciative. The album itself has a playlist here of the mostly-most current versions of the tunes, with a few taken down for a variety of personal reasons. But it is coming along nicely, with some songs finally being able to BE finished... they still had some growing, and I'm not ashamed of that. And, as I'm doing all the recording, writing, arranging, and re-writing myself with no input o
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