13. The Invocation

12. I Know What You Are

11. Brilliant Red

This song was created entirely from samples of birdsong that I had recorded. Most prominent in the samples was a brilliant red cardinal and some crows. I put it all together to create an ambient drone. I added unaltered birdsong to it as well. To top it off, I slightly manipulated the song of the cardinal and the crows and added that in as well.

10. Blister

9. Buddha Machine 2:3 (Mistakes Remix)

I made this song from the Buddha Machine 2. I’ve altered the third track on there and also included some accidental noise.

I created this song to test out my new computer. I finished it all up and was just listening to it and typing at the same time. My computer apparently has a mic on it somewhere that picked up the sound of my typing, my chair creaking and other ambient noises.

I thought that this added a nice touch to what I had already worked up. I messed around with the new noise to add it in.

8. One

This song was originally a short piece for piano. Then it morphed into a piece for orchestra. From there it became a shimmering piece of ambient drone with a nice bit of orchestral ‘noise’ in the background.

About two weeks later, I decided to rework it to include the original piano music I had written. Yes, there is actual straightforward, melodic piano in one of my songs.