Reward Music

All the sounds you hear are from recordings I made from my farm.  To see how I did that, plus see some fantastic pictures of my dear animals, click here....

This little piece is made totally from clicking two rocks together and then a little toy cymbal.  For more on the wonderful goat Egon and how I wrote this, click here.  It was selected for the National Association of...

CHRISTMAS NIGHT The songs Christmas Night was Julia’s third release in 2020. “I had this song for so long sitting on my computer…  First I wrote the song to sell to tv shows and movies, but then I started to feel attached...

My friend Mark sent me some great sounds of trees rubbing against each other.  All the sounds you hear are created from what he sent me.  For more on how I wrote these, click here....

These three little pieces were written back in 1990 on my Ensoniq sampling keyboard with it's tiny 3 x 6 cm screen for the onboard recording sequencer.  (In other words--this was before my computer, Cubase, sound effect...

All of the sounds  you hear are from my banging away on various irrigation pipes--mostly out of irrigation frustration!  Click here for more on how I did that, in addition to seeing some pictures of my little goat farm.  ...

Small Bites is a collection of little experimental bits which I'm hoarding for use in longer pieces.   For my notes on how and why I wrote this strange little Pretzel Focaccia, click here....

My greatest fear when I’m packing in wilderness areas is encountering a mountain lion.  I know how to avoid lightning, and am good at hanging my food to avoid bear encounters.  I don’t travel in highly populated grizzly...

Repository of all the original sounds I recorded for sounds used in my music....

For a description of how and why I wrote this, please click on the three dots to the right of the title, Elk, then View Details....

Soon after my first two dogs died of old age, my father died.  A thoughtful theologian, I doubt if he believed in a heaven, but somehow the title seemed ok....   I remastered this piece I wrote way back in 1994.  This used a...

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.  ...

These early (1990) pieces were composed on my EPS Ensoniq sampling keyboard, using only the sounds of Sprite pop cans jangling together, a small drum and a small tubular bell.  I used a small 4-track cassette tape recorder to...

Dirty Dishes This is a tune my producer Larson Ghormley wrote and asked me to sing on a new version he was producing (he has an original version, but figured he’d make another one). Interestingly enough, the morning he had...

All the sounds you hear are from a meadowlark I recorded.  For more information on how I did that, click here....

All the sounds you hear are from a meadowlark call I recorded.  For more information on how I did that, click here....