Circus Maximus

It had been three weeks since our last session and we were all itching for some action, so it was great that we managed to get together for a session on June 30. Pat couldn’t make it but the rest of us made the most of our time and got ...

11 June 2018

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Rain

Rain was the first tune we wrote together as a band back in 2012 or so. Valentine started out with the lyrics, which in usual fashion I then mangled beyond recognition (just kidding), built the chord progression and melody, and added a chorus. We have taken this song off the ...

30 March 2018

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Wildflower

Here’s another jam from our 3/25/18 session. A bit slower and more melodic and certainly a change of pace from the likes of Zaragoza and Afterburner.

30 March 2018

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Afterburner

Our 3/25/18 session was really productive and some of our jams came out really well. Personally I liked Zaragoza the most, but Valentine also really liked this one, so I wanted to share it with you. We had just come off a pretty slow jam (Wildflower–maybe I’ll post that one ...

28 March 2018

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Zaragoza

We had a great time during our last session and recorded some cool stuff. Several tunes were pretty good, but in my humble opinion this one came out the best. This was just our “warm up” session, totally unscripted and random but I really like it. Named after an ancient ...

17 March 2018

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El Quijote

As our 3/11/18 session was coming to a close, we got a wild hair and decided to play around with a flamenco-styled tune. We had a blast and it didn’t even sound all that bad for a first attempt, so we decided to share with the world. Hope you enjoy ...

05 March 2018

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Gárgola

This is a little instrumental number that we recorded during a free jam in one of our most recent sessions. To me it sounded like a cross between gothic and spanish styles, so I gave it the working title Gárgola (Spanish for Gargoyle). Seemed fitting somehow. Hope you like it.

01 March 2018

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Winds of Change

Valentine came in to our last session with a few musical ideas he wanted to explore. Dave and I were game and we spent a couple hours working out a basic song structure and adding a few flourishes of our own to fill it in. Eventually we’ll probably add some ...

11 February 2018

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Oracle of Delphi

In our last session we did one Mediterranean themed jam that we wanted to share with you here. Hope you enjoy it!

07 January 2018

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(Don’t Look for the) Black Cat

(Don't Look for the) Black Cat by Dream Riders Valentine wrote a poem in 2015 and when he showed it to me I saw some great potential to make a song out of it. After making a few adaptations to the words and phrasing, I built the chord progression and ...