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

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 a preliminary mix.

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.

Preliminary rough 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?

The vocal track was recorded in a very bad quality. It will (hopefully) be redone.

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 in need of 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.

Anybody for bass and/or real percussion? :)

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.

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. 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!

Angela's vocals were recorded with a cheap headset. The seps were full of humming and other noise, and to make things worse I received them as a low-quality MP3. They were never meant to be more than a demo, but I like the way she interprets the song, so I used her seps anyway. TSV did a different version, and I though it's a good idea to combine the two. :)

If anybody wants to have a shot at the vocals, drop me an e-mail!

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.

For the synthetic vocals in this song I used Vocaloid. I will try to find a suitable singer to replace them with real vocals. Anybody interested?

I will work some more on the rhythm section. Thinking about an electric guitar too ...