Music was like the feeling a kid gets on Christmas to me in my youth. My presents were discarded records from a local 50's rock radio station, thanks to my mom. She cleaned offices and asked if she could take the old records home that were headed for the dustbin. I swear I must have listened to "Rock Around The Clock" five-hundred times.

Junior high through high school I played violin and in the orchestra met a guy who played the cello and who was deep into music and electronics. His influences were all the 80's new wave music, Kraftwerk, and Yaz. I'd heard him called one of the few people talented enough to both "play AND build a synthesizer". We recorded music and made Super-8 movies that were demented masterpieces of low-budget film-making.

After my years of playing the violin and making it to 'second string', I decided to quit the violin and take up drums as a venue for my frustrations. I had a lot of fun, but I think my father had constant headaches.

About ten years ago, all I could afford was a drum machine and a Tascam four-track, so I referenced the music of Adam & The Ants for inspiration (heavy vocals and drums), but somehow I always ended up sounding ike the Beach Boys. Many tapes later, I bought a Roland synth to add to my growing list of equipment.

I've had the good fortune to play with a variety of strange and wonderful musicians... during art-school, I played drums and sang with a very interesting guy who was always drunk and totally into South African music, and I was one half of a minimalist punk/blues duo, another friend and I jointly invented a sub-genre of music we called "techno-Latino", and I also enjoyed having many philosophical discussions and recording sessions with a semi-famous surf guitarist.

Now, with my iMac, GarageBand, Soundtrack, iPad and iPod touch (and several synths and a 4-track stuck permanently in storage), I'm having fun exploring a universe of sound with all of the fine creative people here on iCompositions.

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Tragic One	Other	Feb 4, 2012	50
Disappear	Other	Feb 4, 2012	46
All's Fair [The Sammydix Mix]	Other	Jan 12, 2012	103
The Blind King	Other	Jan 1, 2012	87
All's Fair	Other	Dec 31, 2011	97
From The Beginning	Other	Dec 28, 2011	94
Fly Right	Other	Dec 27, 2011	111
Neverlast	Other	Nov 6, 2011	95
All Fall Down	Other	Nov 6, 2011	86
It Ain't Pretty	Other	Oct 13, 2011	105
I Like	Other	Oct 10, 2011	141
Another Piece of Me	Other	Oct 9, 2011	101
Yeah, Right	Rock	Sep 19, 2011	189
Washed Up On Your Shore	Surf	Sep 18, 2011	238
Alive	Other	Sep 18, 2011	126
Cold Slap	Rock	Sep 17, 2011	124
Respect The Rhythm	Other	Sep 17, 2011	97
Don't Take Me For A Fool, Fool	Other	Aug 22, 2011	134
The Blue Rider	Other	Aug 21, 2011	107
The Good Plan The Evil Plot	Other	Aug 21, 2011	117
Happy To Be Here	Other	Aug 21, 2011	119
Bang On	Other	Aug 21, 2011	113
West by Mid-West	Other	Aug 11, 2011	123
Bleak Country	Other	Aug 9, 2011	158
Digging Your Own Grave	Other	Jul 24, 2011	147
The Visitation	Other	Jul 7, 2011	189
Le Chat Noir	Other	Jul 5, 2011	128
Blonde Girls	Other	Jun 2, 2011	150
Take Everything (Take 2)	Other	Jun 2, 2011	142
Damn You	Electronica	May 30, 2011	139
Eyes to Face to Lips to Kiss	Other	Apr 22, 2011	227
Ya Herd (Follow Me)	Other	Apr 12, 2011	185
Unlocked, Unloaded	Rock	Apr 2, 2011	198
Fresh Blood	Rock	Apr 2, 2011	199
RAT Beach	Surf	Apr 1, 2011	305
Flash Mob Drive	Rock	Apr 1, 2011	298
MMOB	Other	Mar 28, 2011	175
The War Against Us	Other	Mar 14, 2011	189
(I Am) Hi-End	Other	Mar 13, 2011	171
Alien Half (Monstrous Mix)	Other	Jan 5, 2011	241
Alien Half-Mirror Mix	Other	Jan 4, 2011	197
Alien Half	Other	Dec 5, 2010	313
Inside The Molehill	Other	Dec 5, 2010	285
Neon Eyes	Other	Nov 30, 2010	326
Ironic Attachments	Other	Aug 1, 2010	273
A-Love (a mere sound sketch)	Other	Jul 1, 2010	249
2x Over	Other	Jul 1, 2010	283
Gettin' Old Fast	Other	May 16, 2010	326
Wild Woman	Rock	May 16, 2010	270
Phantom Feelings	Other	May 16, 2010	300
Pighead	Other	Sep 5, 2009	494
Anarcho-Capitalists	Other	Aug 2, 2009	377
Earth Strikes Back	Other	Jun 15, 2009	448
A Fistful of Euros	Other	May 24, 2009	351
Eternal été	Other	May 21, 2009	312
Glas Tae	Other	May 19, 2009	347
Come Música de Los Angeles	Other	May 18, 2009	338
Tears for the Living	Other	May 9, 2009	315
Oh, Reggae Reggae	Ska/Reggae/Dub	May 9, 2009	396
Intensely Quiet	Other	Apr 18, 2009	475
Light Emitting Fluids	Other	Mar 21, 2009	377
Strange Stranger	Other	Mar 16, 2009	365
Love, Remorse & The Gallows (aka The Story Of Our Children On Their March To Hell)	Other	Mar 15, 2009	334
Hot Soul Stealers Turn On The Dream Drill	Other	Mar 14, 2009	490
Black Gold	Other	Mar 1, 2009	357
Dot Dot Dot	Other	Feb 28, 2009	324
Pimple Pop	Other	Feb 28, 2009	356
On a Bus to Nowhere	Other	Feb 14, 2009	336
Clash	Other	Feb 10, 2009	454
Hand Over Fist	Other	Feb 8, 2009	411
Please Please Please (Hold On)	Other	Dec 21, 2008	537
Vamipires Leeches Politicians	Other	Dec 21, 2008	575
Boom Chick Boom	Other	Dec 14, 2008	465
Body Mod	Other	Nov 30, 2008	422
Day of the Lipids (The War Within Expands to Dr. Yang's Exoskeleton)	Other	Nov 29, 2008	408
The Seams	Other	Oct 22, 2008	551
Sugarneck	Other	Sep 22, 2008	505
F to the G	Other	Sep 22, 2008	388
Tiny Heart Attacks	Other	Sep 12, 2008	489
Melt In Your Mouth	Other	Sep 8, 2008	564
Wiseguy	Other	Aug 29, 2008	400
Soul Transfer	Other	Aug 23, 2008	420
Split the Diff	Other	Aug 22, 2008	394
The Bad, The Good and The Beautiful	Other	Aug 21, 2008	377
Sturm und Drang	Other	Aug 21, 2008	429
Standards & Measures	Other	Aug 11, 2008	447
Touchy-Feely	Other	Jun 23, 2008	609
Wide Open Spaces	Other	May 31, 2008	587
Sun's Burnin' Up	Other	Apr 13, 2008	687
Cage	Rock	Mar 13, 2008	470
Articulate	Other	Jan 27, 2008	491
Santo Shaitan	Latin	Nov 25, 2007	602
Bizazzy	Other	Nov 11, 2007	624
Swamp Thang	Other	Nov 5, 2007	594
Funktangle	Funk	Nov 4, 2007	666
Behind Sorrow (Neumuzik Mix)	Other	Aug 30, 2007	1803
Deep End Edit	Other	Jun 21, 2007	515
back at the pad	Other	Jun 6, 2007	482
Half-Truths and Heartache	Other	May 6, 2007	561
Cuz I'm Dedicated	Electronica	Apr 9, 2007	567
Sobering	Other	Apr 8, 2007	547
Vulnerable	Electronica	Jan 28, 2007	890
All I Think About Is You (Again) - by borris	Rock	Dec 24, 2006	880
Fast Approach	Rock	Dec 10, 2006	790
Riding	Jazz	Nov 30, 2006	685
The Queen Is Coming (Remix)	Folk	Nov 16, 2006	974
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Other	Sep 25, 2006	1145
Presto	Electronica	Sep 1, 2006	660
Fangs	Other	Aug 22, 2006	696
Urban Fashion Customer-Slight Remix	Rock	Jul 29, 2006	1129
Down The Path by Illuminator (Neumuzik Mix)	Alternative	Jul 17, 2006	869
Baby of Mine Music Video	Music Videos	Jul 16, 2006	1131
Baby of Mine (with solos) for Geechi by oldblueday-less noise	Folk	Jul 15, 2006	1045
Head For The Shed Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 28, 2006	1390
Waxxx Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 17, 2006	834
Bee The One Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 15, 2006	2133
For Real	Electronica	May 28, 2006	797
My Bad	Rock	May 6, 2006	854
Back To The Front	Rock	Apr 19, 2006	863
The Best Song I Never Wrote	Rock	Apr 18, 2006	1022
Torn	Other	Apr 12, 2006	822
Knockoff	Other	Feb 18, 2006	898
Thick	Rock	Jan 16, 2006	904
A Close Shave	Other	Nov 20, 2005	923
The Dead Sea	Other	Oct 24, 2005	1076
Petrified	Other	Oct 23, 2005	1020
Orbiting Denver	Other	Oct 22, 2005	893
Skin Games	Other	Oct 11, 2005	1073
Go Girl	Other	Aug 21, 2005	1092
Brass Knuckles and Goldtooth	Other	Aug 13, 2005	934
Sick Waves	Other	Aug 8, 2005	893
Nightbirds	Other	Aug 6, 2005	957
Touch	Other	Jul 25, 2005	920
Deep Down Delta Blues	Other	Jul 24, 2005	886
Sad Day	Other	Jul 8, 2005	1158
Ain't Half Bad	Other	Jul 4, 2005	914
Deep, Deep, Deep Undercover	Other	Jun 27, 2005	2985
Ready Steady Bump	Other	Jun 19, 2005	934
Celestial	Other	Jun 19, 2005	851
Louis Antoine de Bougainville	Other	Jun 19, 2005	990
Roman Candle Afterglow	Electronica	Jun 18, 2005	1078
Destroy All Supermarkets	Other	Jun 11, 2005	999
Shamalamabang	Other	Jun 3, 2005	928
Lipsmacka	Other	May 28, 2005	888
Tasty Pudding	Other	Apr 10, 2005	874
Miss Badness	Other	Feb 27, 2005	1050
Floor 13	Other	Feb 16, 2005	1095
Psychic Detective	Other	Feb 1, 2005	1111
Scrape	Other	Jan 22, 2005	1087
Counting Quarters	Other	Jan 11, 2005	1650
Dead End Street	Other	Jan 1, 2005	1142
Trash Trove	Other	Dec 2, 2004	1230
Doctor M	Other	Nov 30, 2004	1161
Mirror House	Other	Nov 7, 2004	1094
Eastworld	Other	Oct 18, 2004	1062
The Killers (the song, not the band)	Other	Oct 3, 2004	8250
Descent	Other	Sep 21, 2004	1502
We Gotta Keep Movin'	Other	Sep 18, 2004	1638
Go-Go Zombie Distortion!	Other	Sep 13, 2004	1719
Rockfish	Other	Sep 10, 2004	2082
Wack Daddy	Other	Sep 9, 2004	1323
The Ghost Effect	Other	Sep 7, 2004	1949
Abandon Starship! redux	Other	Sep 6, 2004	1375
Thinkbox (Mechatronic Mix)	Other	Aug 29, 2004	1853
Inverter	Other	Aug 15, 2004	1283
Salt	Other	Jul 25, 2004	1514
In A Pig's Eye	Other	Jul 22, 2004	1411
Phatnasty	Other	Jun 27, 2004	1406
Venus Goes To Mars	Other	Jun 26, 2004	1212
Grudge Match	Other	Jun 7, 2004	1186
Disrepaired	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1172
Bullet Train	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1629
The Mind Feeds On Itself	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1333
Unibody	Other	Jun 5, 2004	1170
Shnazzy	Other	May 9, 2004	3466
Night Tendrils	Jazz	May 2, 2004	1278
Unfinished Business	Other	May 1, 2004	2093
Yaknow	Other	Apr 29, 2004	1620
Waxxx	Other	Apr 29, 2004	2495

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Baby Mine (new and improved)	Folk	Jul 18, 2006	5491
The Best Song (Neumuzik mix!)	Rock	Apr 18, 2006	1060

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Magical Baby	Naaji	Pop	109
nutshell	TurserTunes	Rock	35
It'll be Alright	TurserTunes	Rock	34
The Capital Wall	Bachthoven	Other	80
If Ever You Change Your Mind	RetroTrend	House	141
O, Superman	pharmakeus	Ambient	182
Open Your Eyes	Bachthoven	Other	106
Got Walk	sammydix	Jazz	238
All That I Have/I Know It's True	Bachthoven	Other	189
Foreign Stranger	sammydix	Alternative	221
JESSICA	jibes	Rock	371
Seven Deadly Sins	DaveM	Blues	230
Again w/Sisters	sammydix [+1]	Jazz	319
Cannot Let You Go Italian DJ Remixxxx!!!!	Naaji [+1]	Dance	530
If I Were To Fall Asleep	Bachthoven	Other	93
Mute in exile	JHarley	Alternative	112
Love Is Everywhere	Bachthoven	Other	141
Be Humble	Bachthoven	Other	141
Walking Out	JHarley	Alternative	174
Auto	JHarley	Alternative	123
Faded Afternoon	JHarley	Alternative	135
I Am A Wave	JHarley	Alternative	124
Me And My Arrow (Harry Nilsson Cover)	Bachthoven	Rock	243
Under Your Thumb	Bachthoven	Other	119
My God	Bachthoven	Other	106
Dancing in the park	ponkey	Alternative	306
Animal	JHarley	Alternative	175
St Francis Wood	Matt Granz [+1]	Rock	331
Trash (spread the word)	JHarley	Alternative	229
I Miss You	Bachthoven	Other	146
One Minute Neutrino	JHarley	Alternative	99
Vague	ponkey	Alternative	291
Goodnight, my love	JHarley	Alternative	237
Goodbye Bluebird	sammydix	Other	218
Always Leaves Me Wanting More	Naaji	Pop	348
The Complexities of the English Weather	JHarley	Alternative	247
An Unremarkable Man	JHarley	Alternative	215
The Cemetery On Old Oak Hill	Bachthoven	Other	191
Had It All	sammydix	Other	191
Help!	Beatle128	Rock	202
Love Is Here	Bachthoven	Other	210
Love, At Last	Naaji	Jazz	415
Demetrius	sammydix	Funk	498
Pioneer	ponkey	Alternative	473
Gold	sammydix	Latin	237
Call me to test your sound	ponkey	Alternative	280
Superhuman Man	JHarley	Alternative	232
Lime Angle	ponkey	Alternative	307
Idiot Machine	JHarley	Alternative	279
Geronimo	pharmakeus [+1]	Rock	298