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I have a new blog which will supercede this page for the most part. As a parting gift, I'm posting some sketches of buildings in Detroit that my late uncle drew. I think they are pretty cool as a set.

Finally got some clips of the tube amp I build recorded. Listen too them here. It is a Bass amp based on an Ampeg B-18 portaflex. I used the original tubes including 7027a power tubes and an 6SL7 pre tube. I'm just happy it works and yes the sound is very good. It sure shows off the flaws in my playing.

Take a look at Mark, Jessie, and Sophie's Website to see some pictures of my new niece.

Moved in to the new house and things are coming together. Much nicer having a studio for all things musical. Take a listen to a latest mix of Shock the Monkey. I have a new web site I designed for the State Orff Chapter. Also take a look at this bucket drummer who much have been a standout snare drummer before he became a street performer.

I'm finished up my spring break and got a lot of projects done. One thing was working on a Remix of an Afro Celt Soundsystem Song. Please give me some positive votes. My banjo came in handy after sitting in the closet for months. I also did some drum tracking with my friend Mike and got some good tracks for songs I've been working on.

I'm slowly getting the rest of this site transfered over. Because I'm rewriting big sections, this is taking quite awhile. Meanwhile, I'm convincing myself that everything Wilco ever wrote is gold. That may not be so but they do have a few interesting chord progressions. Peter Grimes is also a great opera. I was able to see it in Santa Fe and I can see why it is one of Britten's most popular works

I had to pass along this picture of a fish stick burned by a man in Ontario. He kept it in his freezer a year after his son remarked that it resembled Jesus Christ. I looked at it for awhile and then read that it really looked like Jeff Daniels. Decide for yourself. I must warn you that Mr. Daniels spoke at my college graduation and that is indeed his long nose in the tender breading of the fish stick.

After an eternity without an update, I've revamped the page and hopefully made it more more interesting to look at.

The underrated composers pages have been expanded and because this seems to be the most popular portion of the site. I have finally added new composers.

In additon, My latest group the Bosque Winds,has a nice site and I've put up a little snippet for you to listen to here.

Because Tom Cruise has been taking so much flack lately I thought I'd add my two-and-a-half cents.

Dan and I went Geocaching recently in Los Alamos and I wanted to share a pictoral diary of our successful hunt.