No Time to Delay

Piano and vocal.

Framed Essence

I remember working the lyrics on this while getting fired from putting up fences.

One Shasta (demo)

The middle part was too high for my range, and there was a cute girl in school.  I didn’t hesitate to ask her over to my house while the parents were out.  Good excuse, huh?  She put the vocal part on and slyly said “so what do we do now?”.  Serious as all get out, I told her she had to leave cuz I had to mix.  I think she walked home.

Shortening Bread

I didn’t do many ‘covers’ as it were, but this one appealed to me.

Chopsticks etc.

Beethoven’s variations had a big impact on me in the early days.

Circus

Alain Z. and I were both ELP fans and this was my Pictures at an Exhibition.

Magic

Mysterious song in the great key of D minor

Epic in Eb

More Beethoven flavors

Starguide (demo)

Another epic, but more focused.  The girl from cable TV was recommended to me as a great singer – and she was.  She very kindly agreed to duet the song live at a Coffeehouse with me, and did a fabulous job, and I lost the tape.

Epic #5

Weasel

My first ‘pop’ song (no pun intended)

Epic #3, rocker in C

You Are

One of my first ballads.  I like to think the girl’s name in this tune inspired Larry and Lynda on their first child.

Imagination

Camp Borden

Straight from Grade 8, title and all.

Study in Cb

Another from Grade 8

Study in Ab

Another from Grade 8

‘a simple song’

‘home town’

POB Charlie

Working a possible middle to POB, likely done after POB recording

Wandering Eyes

This used to be called “the Milk Song”, based on the popular TV commercials.