Birdfingers
"You Are Loved" is the latest Birdfingers single. I wrote it for my wife, Emma, and released it on the winter solstice 2021.
"How to Ride a Wild Bull" is a hot live take of the last song on the first Birdfingers album. It was performed at Hoxeyville 2012 with a host of Michigan ringers.
"Of Mere Being/The Messenger": the first track is a setting of a Wallace Stevens poem. The second is inspired by a carrier pigeon who served in WWII.
"Birdfingers II" is the second Birdfingers album, recorded at Double Phelix in the now-demolished building at 432 E Paterson. It features over a dozen Kalamzoo musicians.
"Birdfingers" is the first Birdfingers album, recorded live to cassette at Double Phelix, in the now-demolished building at 432 E Paterson.
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"Birdfingers III" is the third Birdfingers album, recorded at Studio B in 2023.
"CHRISTMAS PRESENT" is a holiday-themed beat tape featuring samples of classic xmas songs and movies, a couple remixes, and a cover of "Mele Kalikimaka".
"CHRISTMAS PAST" is another holiday-themed beat tape with accompanying video. It is centered around the birth of my son on Christmas Eve in 2017.
"CAASI" is an EP of beats made with all Isaac Hayes samples.
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"winter works" is an hour-long album of soothing ambient tracks, designed as a relaxation aid during the stressful winter of 2016.
"WAVES" is a collection of ambient tape-loop experiments. I released the track "Harbor" in 2019 then left the rest of the project unfinished.