Latest blog posts
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Classical trombone: Bordogni/Rochut No. 16
This is a “vocalise”, a wordless piece designed to exercise the player’s “singing style”. You know the famous “Trololol” meme? That’s a vocalise — in…
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Playalong of “You Problem (Sounds Like a)” by The Overworked Animals
I saw The Overworked Animals‘ show at the 2025 Purple Clouds event and thought they were great! I had a vision of doing a playalong…
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YAAS (Yet Another Ambient Set)
This came out nicely. I’ll be focusing on more-rhythmic stuff soon. Watch the skies.
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Bit o’ fun looping Airplane Dragons by Passenger Princess!
Original by Passenger Princess is here. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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An AI trap accidentally revealed the future of (human) music to me
Well, it happened: I was fed an AI-generated song on YouTube and didn’t immediately clock it as AI-generated. The thumbnail was clearly not of human…
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Mirror of Tom Lehrer’s music
If you don’t know Tom Lehrer, you should! He was an amazing musical parodist/comic — perhaps the finest who ever lived, although (IMHO) some of…
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1 August 2026: ambient set
Excerpts from a set at a private camping event. Setup:
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Purple Clouds 2026
Photo by Bytefighter I was honoured to be part of the second Purple Clouds, a furry music festival at a swinger campground in Hude, Germany.…
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Appropriate WordPress writing prompt
I already am an animal.
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Introducing DJ Newhorse
Hey, gang. It’s strange that I don’t know who you are, reading this. But you’re here, so you seem to know who I am. Anyway……
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Music video: “I’m Feeling Isolated”
A song for our times, with apologies to The Ramones. And here it is without swearing: Lyrics released as CC-BY: You’re free to make derivative…
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“Rotterdamse Bar”: Song for voice & piano
Written in mixed English and Dutch with a specific singer in mind. (Thanks to friends Rosann and Conner for checking the Dutch.) © 2019 Tom…
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“Nothing and Nowhere”: Song for voice & piano
Written in response to a friend’s post on FetLife — and a lifelong fascination with how our lives are affected by our bodies and how…
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A response to that Horse Cock song: “Butterfly Pussy” song for small ensemble
A response to “No Cock Like Horse Cock”.
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“No Cock Like Horse Cock” for orchestra and chorus
I think Pepper Coyote’s song “No Cock Like Horse Cock” is a goddamn yiffyfur anthem. So I orchestrated it (with Pepper’s permission) for chorus and…
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“Prayer to Persephone”: Song for voice and orchestra
“Demeter rejoiced, for her beloved daughter [Persephone] was by her side”, painting by Walter Crane A short song for voice and orchestra. Text is “Prayer…
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