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A Boat Made Of Ocean 5:300:00/5:30
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Electrovibeosphere 4:400:00/4:40
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Sunflower 5:050:00/5:05
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The Low Road 6:330:00/6:33
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0:00/6:43
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Success? 5:520:00/5:52
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Concerta For Certain 4:090:00/4:09
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Zealots 7:240:00/7:24
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Running Out Of Time 3:490:00/3:49
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Half Full Duplex 5:390:00/5:39
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0:00/11:56
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Swell Flag Waving 5:110:00/5:11
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False Dawn 3:510:00/3:51
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Cloud Banks 6:370:00/6:37
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Sugar 3:320:00/3:32
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Paper Friends 6:230:00/6:23
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0:00/5:36
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0:00/5:02
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Oblique Strategies 3:380:00/3:38
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0:00/5:15
Atmospheric, quirky indie-music............ check
Moody, blissed-out rock songs............... check
Pop melancholy....................................... check
Triumphantly sad 'alt rock'...................... check
Lush, layered soundscapes.................... check
Sad songs for happy people................... check
Happy songs for sad people................... check
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO
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I’ve been writing and recording songs since 1985, between my junior and senior years in high school. This is the ultimate hobby, and I’m always making efforts to improve my songs, my lyrics, my playing, and my engineering/mixing skills.
My songs - written in locations such as Helsinki, Seattle, Brisbane, Calgary, Bangalore, Moscow, Austin, and Boise - run the gamut from electric folk to psychedelic rock to acoustic pop. They often make use of lush, heavily-layered soundscapes with lots of sonic 'ambiance'. In this regard, I've been heavily influenced by artists such as Daniel Lanois, Radiohead, Talk Talk, Sigur Ros, and The Flaming Lips. I play guitars, bass, drums, percussion, and keyboards on my songs - and I do all the singing. But more importantly, I tend to use the studio as an 'instrument' in and of itself (my Beatles influence showing through). I actually enjoy producing, mixing, and manipulating sound as much as songwriting itself - probably more.
Lyrically, my songs tend to be introspective, from personal experience, with generally bittersweet themes. Nature has also been a common topic, though I never know what I'm going to write about next. Of course, there’s also the occasional bizarre experiment - I rather like using the studio as a 'sound laboratory', and I listen to a wide variety of stuff - everything from Sun Ra to Neil Diamond to Black Moth Super Rainbow.
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This site is a bold one. Rather than putting up only my most polished music, I'm archiving well... most everything. Starting all the way back during my childhood in Canada during the 80's, it's all represented here: GOOD, BAD, and OTHER. I hope you find something here that catches your ear. And, if you have the luxury of time to invest, you are invited to listen to my musical progression chronologically through the many years I've been doing this... After all, what is life without progression?
THERE'S 6 HOURS OF MUSIC ON THIS SITE. Enjoy!
JSR