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This song is dedicated to Marc and his wife Dany.

This was the first time for James to sing something non-country. I think he did a great job, didn't he?

This one was tough to mix.

A freeform poem by Grant D. McLeman turned into music by me.

This song was composed and performed by Yolandé Strauss. I added cello, flute, organ and choir, and I mixed the song.

This is another song with a long history. It started in 2007 and was finished in 2010.

I had just finished reading a novel by Terry Pratchett (Equal Rites) and imagined an animated cartoon with Granny Weatherwax riding slowly on her decrepit broom. This song describes that impression.

This song is based on a poem by Grant D. McLeman from Scotland that originally appeared in Revival 7, 2008.

Preliminary mix.

Bobby Clohessy plays the lead guitar on this smooth instrumental song.

This is the first rough version of the 2010 remix of Time. The original version was composed in 2007.

One of my favorite ballads, but it still needs real instruments (drums, bass, guitar). Anybody interested?

New mix with new vocals.

When the night comes, everything gets quiet. Bad mix.

Tricia composed the vocal melody for this song after she had heard my original bedtrack, and she and Stephen Kerry also wrote the lyrics for it.

This Christmas ballad needs real drums. Maybe Santa will bring it this year. :)

Another ballad needing real drums and bass.

A pop ballad with synthetic drums and bass. New version (October 2009).

Yet another ballad sung by Mimmo.

This started as an instrumental folk tune. Todd added lyrics and vocals, and it became a (sort-of) shanty. Andreas Diewald doubled the synth accordion with a real one, Paul D. May replaced the synth guitars, and Mara Shea contributed a nice fiddle track.

Paul wrote this very personal lyric for his late sister when she was very ill, and AJ put it to music. I added strings, flute and organ and did the mix for this version. Paul's sister was able to listen to the song before she passed away, and I am very happy that I could contribute a little part to it.

I was told this ballad sounds like a show tune which is true mostly because of Michael's awesome voice. The mix is work in progress, and the arrangement may change too.

Nomen est omen - this song was composed in 2006, and it still is not completely done. What it definitely needs IMO is real percussion and a real bass (and a good mix). But I like it anyway, so I decided to put it up the way it is.

Donna wrote this lyric, then bought a keyboard and came up with an idea for a melody. She wrote down the names of the keys she had played and sent them to me along with the lyrics. I recognized a structure and rhythm in it and made a draft with a synthetic guitar and a flute playing the revised and extended melody. Finally Donna asked Billy to help us complete the song. He replaced the synthetic guitar with an equivalent real guitar picking and also contributed vocals to it.

There will be a female version soon as this is what Donna had originally wanted for the song. But the male version, although meant to be a demo for the female singer, is so nice IMO that I want to share it with you.

A pop song version (work in progress) of Grant's poem. There will be a couple more versions with different drums and/or a different singer. The drums in this version were played by Daniele Silvestri. Thanks, Daniele!

One day on my way home from work the street was blocked by a herd of sheep. They trotted from a meadow on one side of the street to the one on the other side. And they seemed to have all the time in the world. ;) That event inspired me to write this instrumental song.

The original version was composed in 2007. This is the New Year's Eve 2009 remix. Still not the final version though. The drums must be replaced.

I used a lot of freeware soft-synths on this song. I think it proves that free software needs not necessarily be bad software. :)

A nice (IMO) pop song with a 70s touch. At least that was the goal.

An old instrumental song about the little creatures that live on the ground and in the trees of the jungle. ;)

This song was composed by Bobby Clohessy. I contributed synthesizers and arranged and mixed the song. The singer, Gerry Casey, is Bobby's cousin.

This cover of Sadie is sung by Bobby's 13(!) year old daugther, Hannah. She also plays the piano in this version and did the drum programming. Bobby programmed the bass and played the little guitar solo. All other parts were done by myself, and I also arranged and mixed the song.

This is a fun song. Paul composed the vocal melody on top of my existing music using a lyric he had written earlier. It's a pretty good match IMO.