BRAND NEW RELEASE! My first, formal, public performance was 32 years ago - to the very day I'm typing this - 4/20/1980. Yeah, I skipped the show too. However, Ma & Pa said it was, "Really... interesting." How, you might ask, does one have a public performance and NOT show up? Tape. That's right. My first compositions (Oh geeze! Not a good sign; he's using posh descriptives!) were recordings utilizing musique concrète (grrr, now he goes all French on us!) and the venerable ElectroComp EML-100 & EML-200 analog, monophonic synthesizers. Wonderful beasts with lots of knobs and cords. The show was at the VCU Music Auditorium in Richmond VA. MP3s from... 'Don't Ask Me Now' Electronic Music: "Stockhausen's Cage"

Now about the new album; nope, this ain't a "Best of" or a "Greatest Hits" album. See, that would infer an arc in my "career" that doesn't exist and would resemble something akin to total delusion on my part (a little delusion goes a long way). Seventeen tracks in no particular order covering 1980 - 2007 that somehow magically work together. No, instead think of this collection as a retrospective; stuff I recorded waaaaay back when that didn't have a home on any prior albums and, some stuff from some albums that no longer fit where they once did. Regardless, I hope this odd jumble of nearly 30 years worth of my music maybe finds some friends in this world. If not, so be it. Best & grins folks! MR More MP3s from... 'Don't Ask Me Now' Rock: "Not Chase What Is Gone" ....... Ambient Music: "Giant Steps" ....... Folk-a-billy Music: "Company Man"