My friend Mary pointed me at a movie a few weeks ago. It was called "Empire of the Ants", and it was well-described by her as "an amazing piece of crap". I watched every second of it. I brought it…

So...

...after being essentially shut down for 6 months due to the need to relocate for a new job, I am finally back at it. I forgot how much I enjoy this hobby. I know I'm not great, but its…

I have been on a bit of a sabbatical for the past few months. Those of you who know me know that I changed jobs around the new year, requiring me to relocate from Chicago to Los Angeles. Three months…

MechaniCrash is a bit of a one-man-band, but more by circumstance than by design. I was fortunate enough to have a couple of talented musicians contribute tracks to my latest recording.

Krister and I played in a band together for…

This site has been up for about a year now. I've freshened the appearance up a bit, and I've changed out the songs that automatically play to ones that have less 'listens". For the record, the top three are "Oil Can"…

I travel overseas quite often for my job. The frequency of this, and general workload have kept me out of the studio. I haven't posted a new song in 6 months. The dichotomy is that I often find myself up…

So... It's March... and it is time to get back at it. I took a two-and-a-half month sabbatical from writing and recording music. I chose this time period to take a break because I had a heavy travel schedule for…

...in the midst of a bout of jet-lag... It's 3:00 am on Sunday night/Monday morning.

I am in the middle of a musical sabbatical. I recorded 20 songs in the past year. I'm pretty sure I haven't recorded 20 songs…

So, here is the fourth song of four written and recorded while on Christmas break, appropriately coming out on my birthday. The four new songs join 6 more recorded since April to become an "album" I am calling "Sun". Sun…

This is a very dreamy surreal spooky song... a bit of a departure from some of the more upbeat funky tunes... Enjoy, and check out the other two new ones from this week, "Snatched from our hands" and "Can we…

This is the second of four songs I intend to finish before returning to the real world on the 5th. The first was "Can we go out?", which featured samples from an old Mattel talking doll commercial. This is called…

So... I have a week off and intend to take advantage of the time and finish and publish 3 or 4 songs. The first is this one: "Can we go out?"...

...stay tuned... more to come this week!