When I was in the mountains I heard the most incredible coyote song. It echoed across the mountain valleys I was camped above, and off the canyon walls. Surely the coyotes knew what a wonderful place that was to sing. All...

Solo album featuring the electric bass in an unaccompanied format. credits released June 1, 2016 Recorded 3/17/16 at Overneath Creative Collective, Kalamazoo MI
Recorded/Mixed by Gordon Van Gent
Mastered by Garrett...

My niece Sophia took these photographs. She is a wildlife conservationist who loves Sand Hill Cranes and had just gotten a new 300-500 camera lens. In this era of the war on our environment, I'm posting this just to...

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This is the Donkey Bray part for "Living With My Donkeys, for Horn and Donkey Bray." Contact me if you'd like a copy of the score and accompanying sounds on CD, MP3 or Card. Click here to see how I composed these pieces....

These five little fat pigs were written between 1988 and 1990 when I just had a used Ensoniq EPS sampling keyboard with an onboard sequencer. I recorded a few pizz sounds from an old violin I had, and a few other things--a...

Ponchy's debut album "Force Majeure". ...

Deep archeology into a long buried and previously undocumented chapter in the history of the early '70s loft era brings forth the revelatory Father of Origin, Eremite's box set retrospective of percussionist/bassist Juma...

David's Partial Mix and Mastering Portfolio.

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First I'll tell you about Janelle Pepper Chew (long), then I'll explain how I wrote these little pieces (short). I worked with Pepper in 1990-91 at Central Wyoming College. She was Director of the TRIO Student Support...

Taxation without representation is tyranny. Recorded June 2001 F. Vattel Cherry - Doublebass...

TIKI Man and I just wanted to show everyone in Maui that we are thinking of them. Sometimes the only gift I can give is the gift of music. This song is dedicated to everyone whose lives have been changed by the devastating...

When I am in the mountains, I am very careful to hang my food high and keep a clean camp. Although I’ve never had a bear in my camp (that I know of), I’ve seen my share of them. The animal that most frightens me, however,...

My nephew Stryde loves drifter cars. For a treat, I created a series of songs based on noises of drifter cars. For more on how I created the pieces, please click here. ...

Just a one night Jam! I had this jam track going so I just pressed the record button and let it fly. I was using an early version of the EVH black and white striped guitars that came out and wanted to give it a test...

Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Howie Zowie from Saturday Morning with Howie Zowie on 94.9 CHRW Radio Western; London, Ontario ...

All the sounds you hear are from various pieces of frozen things around the farm during a -40 degree winter....  For notes about this set of pieces, click here.              

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Practice Room Jams III I've been playing more lately, so I thought it would be a good time to start a brand new Practice Room Jams III. Description: I often record my practice jams, and I thought it would be a great idea...

Chamber Music from Hell is a contemporary classical concept album about a posthuman civilization and the music that follows. released July 31, 2020

Composed and arranged by Chris Opperman except where noted
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