#7 Metal Fences - In your Absence. ive been feeling folkie: here is some more metal fences. 2006/7 davidmack/davidkurutz, 2 acoustic guitars, a macbook, and jugs of free beer.

#6 One Hundred Words For Snow - Closure at Terminal Fourteen

Once upon a time, I sang and played guitar in a group called One Hundred Words For Snow. Late 90’s emo band, but in retrospect, we were more DIY, or post hardcore, or indie-core, or “post core”.. possibly “post-post”. Anyhow, this was the last song that we recorded before our demise in 1998. The lyrics are about smoking pot in dave mack’s back yard during one of his summers home from USF.. I miss being young.
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#5 Demander - Conversations

Ladies and ladies, I present to you:: Conversations, by Demander, from our new album, Future Brite.

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#4 Run Dash Sprint - I am Floating Here.

You know, the more i listen to it, i really liked this song, and I miss being in this band. Its a total shame that Paul’s hallucinations made made him increasingly hard to collaborate with.

I dig my juicy verbed out slide playing, check out how I tastefully double the vox in the chorus, but then trail off on my own luscious and emotive melody. Paul’s voice always reminded me of Damien Jurado here.

I wish we could just clip the ending off though.. i am way out of tune. can anyone tell? is it just me going crazy here?

#3 Cappricho Arabe - Francisco Tarrega

This is a classical guitar standard, one of the first pieces I ever heard, and certainly a great motivator. I never thought i would ever be able to play this, and then, one day, it was easy.

I recorded this in Mike Simmons’ home studio with Robbie Rist on the board some time in 2001. Enjoy

#2 - Metal Fences - This Design

I have one regret about moving to New York, one regret only.   This song and several others were forged from gallon jugs of russian imperial stout, and a collaboration that should have started 10 years earlier, and lasted many more. recorded on macbook with garageband in my old apartment, Fullerton, CA

#1 Catching Up (Dance ReMix) by One Hundred Words For Snow

This is what i do with my spare time… I reunite my old band from 13 years ago even though we live on opposite coasts.  Then I make transcriptions of the songs, so that we can relearn them in time for our reunion.  Then I do a mid export, throw it into garage band and lay down some fat beats..

I have this set as my ring tone.  A few weeks ago my phone rang while at a client’s office: she says “oh i know its a shame about michael jackson”

enjoy: