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This one was written just after Sanguinuity and in an incredibly short period of time. It features a grand total of five instruments (trumpet clip and tambourine from samplenet, bass drum from Leus, and the dijeridoo I recorded, and a tubular bell from I don't know where), and six channels. Still, it has that mid-eastern flare that made its first listener start belly-dancing in her office chair at work. Still one of my favorites despite its simplicity.

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This is the backing track for a crossover song I wrote lyrics for. I can't sing, and I don't have good recording equipment, so the lyrics are omitted here for the listener's sake. My favorite part is the way the dijeridoo glissando at the end sounds just like a lawnmower powering down. . .and then backfires. This was completely good fortune, and nothing special was required to make it do that. Well, now I know the reason lawnmowers backfire when you turn them off: it's part of the engine's natural waveform.

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This is simply a variation on a theme I wrote for the piano. Anthony calls it "frantic piano" and notes that it sounds uncoincidentally like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Very simple (only five instruments, four channels, and 12 patterns), but still somewhat engaging.

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Written for Christmas 2003. An uptempo Frosty with a very unusual drumbeat and a lot of tempo changes. I love the way the tambourine, guitar, and bass mix on the "thumpity-thump-thump." Leus thinks it sounds better with any instrument but the guitar, but this is simple drum-n-bass, so I left it simple.

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Very simple ambient noise. This is the kind of sound that puts me to sleep. Features a repetitive six-note riff on the marimba (an ostinato), and three other channels of various random nonsense. All of it is in the key of Bb, though, so it's not like it isn't harmonic. I don't consider this "ambient music" but like it anyway.

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This is a note-for-note translation of Joplin onto the computer. It's one of my favorite piano pieces, and the piano sample I have is perfect for it. I have panned the higher notes to the right and the lower notes to the left, such that you are standing directly in front of a piano. I did not include dynamics, because they only take away from the flavor of the piece. Interestingly enough, despite the size of the mp3, the track file is tiny, as I reused patterns whenever they repeated, and there is, after all, only one instrument.

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The title is in answer to The Who's question, because I think certain parts of this sound somewhat like something The Who would write. Other parts sound like The Polyphonic Spree. I can't say much more about this except that it's really long, really pretty, and Leus hates the distortion guitar. It is a bit much at times, but that's the way I wanted it, so deal with it. The basslines are very nice.

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This is video game music. The major drumline is credited to Leus, and the beeps are inspired by him. Most people who hear this one hate the samples but love the tune. Odd, because I love everything about it. Don't listen to it too much, though, it might get old.

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This is my first song written in ModPlug Tracker. It is based on a recording I made of myself banging on the walls in my shower. It is incredibly simple, and extremely lo-fi, but it's fun. It's all organic. The drums are samples from the mentioned recording. The pop is an M+M Mini's canister. The bass is my bass. The whistle is me whistling. The "what!" is me saying "what!" The dijeridoo is my dijeridoo. This is the same dijeridoo recording resampled in Sanguinuity, Suzan Gets Crunk, End of the World, 'Al Quintopiaeda, and Leus's Characters with Lyrics. Thus, you could say work on this one led directly to the finished product of most of my other work.

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This one's for Suzan, the girl who put the "lust" in "illustrious," from the guy who put the "ill" in "skill," the "pi" in "pirate," and the "peyote" in "Hey, that's dope, yo! Teach me how to rave like that!" It is the first trance tune I ever wrote, and could be considered more a parody of trance than true trance. It's a bit too simple in some aspects, and it's a bit too complicated in some aspects. Overall, it would be a great song if my samples were cleaner. It was a good first try anyway.

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This one's for Arwen. For her birthday. It's really an agglomeration of effects with panning all over the place and a few notes on occasion. It has its high points though. Really, I've never written anything like this, so I don't know what to say about it. If anyone can think of a few more things to throw in before the end, I'd like it to be longer, so you have my permission to add it and send it to me.