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I 've been writing songs since I was a little kid.  I used to live on a farm where it was one of my chores to take care of the chickens.  Thousands of chickens were subjected over the years to the songs I would compose as I fed and watered them.  They were a good audience, especially considering I couldn't carry much of a tune.

I learned to play the drums when I was 13 or so, and when I was 17 I picked up the guitar.  I've tried to learn a little keyboard over the last few years and hope to be able to say I can play piano one day.  Most of my pieces are written on the guitar but I have a few that are written on keys.

My style is what some would call Country Folk, although I have written a rock song or two.  I have been involved in bands before, but not anymore.  These days I record my stuff at home using a Pentium 3 computer, Cakewalk Sonar and Cool Edit Pro, BIAB 9, a Samson CO1 Condenser Mic, a Norman Six-String, a Fender Standard Telecaster, a Korg 01/W FD keyboard, a Roland GP-8 Effects Processor, and a Fender Twin Reverb amp.  I tend to recruit others to sing and fill in on various instruments for me.  My brother-in-law, Ted Alger, has done a lot of work with me and deserves to be singled out for all of his help.  My friend, Neil Reade, often helps me out with vocals.

Here's the lyrics to one of my songs:

So It Goes Tonight

blankets hug me again tonight
my body heat warms up my bed &
the only voice beside my head
is the dj on the oldie station

all i want is your arms around me
the rhythm of your breath against my neck &
until that happens i’ll try to forget
& let my loneliness give way to sleep

& so it goes
i’ll be dreaming of a touch so much i can feel it
now i know
i’ll never find love unless i’m willing to lose it
& so it goes tonight

we shared an evening & a bottle of wine
i kept some thoughts to myself &
i’ve been wondering ever since that time
why i can’t think of something other than
what it is we both might miss
if i choose to kiss this chance goodbye

& so it goes
i’ll dream of a touch so much i can feel it
now i know
i’ll never find love unless i’m willing to lose it
& so it goes tonight

i don’t know how i’m supposed to feel
i just know that i need to touch
the face of the one who
moves me who touches me

my blankets hold me again tonight
my body craves your company &
my heart is happy just to be
content with what you made it feel tonight