Hi There,

        i’ve been making records for about 35 years, but never put one out     under my own name. never had that desire, and still don’t. i like to collaborate, to exchange energy with musical pals , to start with nothing and leave hrs later with something.

 Over the years  i've been blessed to get to play on some wonderful music, with some special  friends,  for earnest fans  . . and place it here to share. Almost everything i do, at least in my musical journeys, is basically research and development, a chance to explore and learn and take away something  that might be useful to apply later  - and these recordings are no exception. 

To try and make this a bit more manageable  i separated this project into two themes: 'Traps' & 'Buttons'. 

Traps  (as in contraptions- the origins of the modern drum kit comes from drummers assembling many  percussive sound making devices into a contraption) and Buttons (my nod to all the drumming I do without using a real drum kit, like when  i make or manipulate sounds  into samples or loops, use a sequencer, software,  a beat box, or laptop to get the rhythms I hear in my head but might not be able to play). i've laid out these two discs with this in mind. .  one disc is more played and the other more programmed. .  but neither is completely one or the other. . art and life is seldom that simple,  it’s always a mix of colors and attitudes.  most of these tracks i edited down--how the hell else to get 40 tunes in two disc? (well maybe The Ramones could do it- but in my sprawling prog world its seldom possible). i am hoping you might like some of the music enough to go seek out the full versions.   my buddies devote their energies making music at a time when making a living as a musician is heading the medieval way,  of needing benefactors to finance, most the time these days the musician is the financier, and trust me it ain't easy- but its what we musicians do--we make music. Rarely, at least in my circles, is the music made for money--the cats I know mostly want to make enough mooola to buy the next spiffy instrument and make the next record because we musicians love sharing music . Often when civilian folks stop by my house or wander into my studio,  i play bits and bobs  of what im working on and tells them stories about the whats and whys ,    and thats what i've tried to do here , if you click the traps   and button links you'll  get to read some explanations that share a bit of the behind the scenes info on how  these songs came together.  

 p@