Archive for the ‘Colin’ Category

Greg’s Internet Trumpet Debut

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

After a ripe hiatus, I just finished another song with Colin Gordon-Farleigh. Though I was mainly a trombone player in high school, I learned just enough trumpet and tuba to make myself dangerous. You can experience the danger in this rough demo of Dreaming. If you don’t have the guts to experience the raw trumpet power, you can take the easy route and simply look at the music: PDF.

Colin Goes Country

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Colin Gordon-Farleigh has his fingers in many musical pies. His latest venture is a country project with my old friend Charlotte Kerce. And what’s a country project without country songs? Nothing! So, my faithful RSS feed friend, Colin wrote a four new lyrics and I set them to music and recorded them. You can download the MP3 demos or PDF leadsheets below:

Pavements of Gold: mp3, pdf

Sometimes Dreams Come True: mp3, pdf

Love Away the Hate: mp3, pdf

You Are My Rock: mp3, pdf

A Plus Student

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Colin Gordon-Farleigh has been working with a new singer, Lisa Winwood, who needs a new batch of songs that will fit her soulful voice. Here’s the first. I took a little different approach this time. Instead of writing a piano score and having Finale play it back, I wrote a lead sheet and recorded a rough demo of the song.

A Little Lenten Honky Tonk

Friday, March 20th, 2009

What could be a more appropriate soundtrack for a quiet Friday in Lent than a rollicking country song about leaving it all behind? Actually, this song has nothing at all to do with Lent, it’s just that the incongruity between the song and the season struck me as humorous. But I digress.

Colin and I are back in business, and “Shake the Dust” is the latest in our catalog. “Shake the Dust” is the kind of song you want playing in the background after you’ve pistol whipped the bad guy, kissed the girl goodbye, tossed back a shot of whiskey and thrown the glass against the wall with a hearty laugh. And haven’t we all had days like that?

Take a gander at the MP3 or PDF.

Candle in the Window

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

This thing is a hit waiting to happen. Am I right or am I right? (You know the answer in your heart of hearts.) Check out the PDF or listen to the MP3.

If Only I Had Wings

Friday, November 14th, 2008

I was feeling a little droopy this morning, so I decided to write a little music. After all, nothing cheers the soul like notes. Right? So here’s a new song in collaboration with Colin Gordon-Farleigh called “I Only I Had Wings.” You can view the PDF or listen to the cheesomatic-computer-automated MP3. By the way, if anyone wants to record their own rendition of this–or any song posted here–rest assured that I’ll gladly listen to it and most likely post it to my music blog.

Your Forever Friend

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Poor Colin. I told him over a month ago that I had a draft of a new song and that I’d get him the completed song soon. Well, lately “soon” for me can take months. But soon has finally arrived! Listen to an MP3 of “Your Forever Friend” or play it yourself using this handy-dandy PDF.

What Did You Mean?

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

At this point I’ve written over 30 songs with Colin Gordon-Farleigh. This latest is a ballad called “What Do You Mean?” I decided to do something different with this post. Usually I just make an MP3 of Finale playing back the score, but this song doesn’t sound right with a machine’s rigid playback. So here is a recording of yours truly singing “What Do You Mean?” in one take into the built in mics on my Mac. Not enough for you? Here’s the music for you to play at the piano.

This Is the Way

Monday, May 26th, 2008

I just finished my 34th song with lyricist Colin Gordon-Farleigh. It’s a ballad called “This Is the Way.” If you know any Broadway musical producers, call them and tell them I’ve got their next hit. Listen to the MP3 or download the PDF file.

Travelling

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Last night I finished the first of three new songs with Colin Gordon-Farleigh that will be part of a new country CD. The song is called “Travelling (It’s Been a Long, Long Trail)” and you are hereby invited to listen or look. Willie Nelson, look out!