Category Archives: Musical Compositions

Composing music has always been my most passionate endeavor. Here you’ll find (eventually) hundreds of songs, instrumentals, demos, and riffs that I’ve written and recorded over the decades – many under my performance name of Tarnished Karma

Studio Rough Test

Tooled up a quick mix on that new song I published earlier as test of my new studio – just off the cuff harmonies and a little instrumentation – no soundproofing or line input – just out over the air to see how it feels to record in my new creative space.

Notes from the next day:

You know, the more I listen to this, the more it reflects who I really am – my mood, the way my emotions slosh around in my head. It is the substance of my heart and the essence of my soul.

Play this at my funeral. Play me alive again.

Princess Di

An original instrumental song in memoriam for Princess Di. I wrote this during all her memorial services. At the time, I was pretty depressed (not a rare condition for me) and so I sat around in my pajamas for two days, recording one take after another until I got it laid down the way I wanted. I’ve always felt it could use some additional instrumentation, but I squeezed all the interest I had in the piece during that marathon session.