Reward Music

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...

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....

All the sounds you hear are from recordings I made of varioius toy cymbals and bells, with just the attacks in most cases.  Thinking my pieces were beginning to sound all the same, I decided to do a piece of just rhythms.  I...

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...

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....

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

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.  ...

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....

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

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.  ...

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....