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
Fly Right (Record Company Suits Mix)	Other	May 14, 2013	75
From On High The Mountain	Other	May 11, 2013	93
Northern Lights	Other	May 9, 2013	91
Solid State	Other	May 7, 2013	69
Here's to You	Other	May 6, 2013	77
Goodbye Moon	Other	Mar 24, 2013	104
Badass	Other	Mar 24, 2013	77
Heat	Other	Mar 23, 2013	114
Conspiracy	Other	Mar 23, 2013	114
Modular	Other	Jan 31, 2013	81
Situation	Other	Jan 28, 2013	80
Try Screaming	Other	Jan 27, 2013	85
Invincible	Other	Jan 27, 2013	97
Pacific Warriors	Surf	Jan 3, 2013	118
Vessels	Other	Dec 29, 2012	97
Ojai	Other	Dec 27, 2012	86
Big Bad	Other	Dec 18, 2012	82
45 Revolutions Per Minute	Other	Dec 1, 2012	104
Eight-Track Heart	Country	Nov 10, 2012	130
Skandal	Other	Oct 27, 2012	119
Look Don't Touch	Other	Oct 4, 2012	160
Wrath	Other	Sep 30, 2012	115
Keeping Time	Other	Sep 16, 2012	143
Be Kind To Robots	Other	Aug 19, 2012	155
Sharp	Other	Aug 2, 2012	207
A Fistful of Euros (2012)	Other	Jul 10, 2012	223
Teardown	Other	Jun 23, 2012	124
So Then (Revisited)	Other	May 20, 2012	167
Sure Kid	Rock	Apr 15, 2012	185
Night Vision (Firefight)	Other	Mar 10, 2012	248
Spelunking	Other	Mar 10, 2012	207
Lower	Other	Mar 8, 2012	200
Break 'n' Down	Other	Mar 8, 2012	179
Panic at Sea	Other	Mar 8, 2012	163
North Shore LO	Other	Mar 4, 2012	187
Ululator	Other	Mar 4, 2012	157
Nouveau étrange	Other	Mar 4, 2012	167
Love's Eternal Medicine	Other	Mar 3, 2012	136
Animalissimo (Sammydix Monstermix)	Other	Mar 3, 2012	219
The Love March	Other	Feb 19, 2012	180
Animalissimo	Other	Feb 19, 2012	200
To Whomever	Other	Feb 19, 2012	248
Surf to Kill	Surf	Feb 19, 2012	209
Tragic One	Other	Feb 4, 2012	219
Disappear	Other	Feb 4, 2012	181
All's Fair [The Sammydix Mix]	Other	Jan 12, 2012	266
The Blind King	Other	Jan 1, 2012	194
All's Fair	Other	Dec 31, 2011	201
From The Beginning	Other	Dec 28, 2011	209
Fly Right	Other	Dec 27, 2011	234
Neverlast	Other	Nov 6, 2011	200
All Fall Down	Other	Nov 6, 2011	188
It Ain't Pretty	Other	Oct 13, 2011	197
I Like	Other	Oct 10, 2011	265
Another Piece of Me	Other	Oct 9, 2011	199
Yeah, Right	Rock	Sep 19, 2011	306
Washed Up On Your Shore	Surf	Sep 18, 2011	376
Alive	Other	Sep 18, 2011	213
Cold Slap	Rock	Sep 17, 2011	205
Respect The Rhythm	Other	Sep 17, 2011	189
Don't Take Me For A Fool, Fool	Other	Aug 22, 2011	238
The Blue Rider	Other	Aug 21, 2011	188
The Good Plan The Evil Plot	Other	Aug 21, 2011	217
Happy To Be Here	Other	Aug 21, 2011	201
Bang On	Other	Aug 21, 2011	216
West by Mid-West	Other	Aug 11, 2011	245
Bleak Country	Other	Aug 9, 2011	279
Digging Your Own Grave	Other	Jul 24, 2011	226
The Visitation	Other	Jul 7, 2011	264
Le Chat Noir	Other	Jul 5, 2011	218
Blonde Girls	Other	Jun 2, 2011	241
Take Everything (Take 2)	Other	Jun 2, 2011	231
Damn You	Electronica	May 30, 2011	243
Eyes to Face to Lips to Kiss	Other	Apr 22, 2011	353
Ya Herd (Follow Me)	Other	Apr 12, 2011	251
Unlocked, Unloaded	Rock	Apr 2, 2011	282
Fresh Blood	Rock	Apr 2, 2011	303
RAT Beach	Surf	Apr 1, 2011	432
Flash Mob Drive	Rock	Apr 1, 2011	462
MMOB	Other	Mar 28, 2011	257
The War Against Us	Other	Mar 14, 2011	276
(I Am) Hi-End	Other	Mar 13, 2011	287
Alien Half (Monstrous Mix)	Other	Jan 5, 2011	329
Alien Half-Mirror Mix	Other	Jan 4, 2011	310
Alien Half	Other	Dec 5, 2010	420
Inside The Molehill	Other	Dec 5, 2010	372
Neon Eyes	Other	Nov 30, 2010	419
Ironic Attachments	Other	Aug 1, 2010	368
A-Love (a mere sound sketch)	Other	Jul 1, 2010	346
2x Over	Other	Jul 1, 2010	367
Gettin' Old Fast	Other	May 16, 2010	437
Wild Woman	Rock	May 16, 2010	352
Phantom Feelings	Other	May 16, 2010	399
Pighead	Other	Sep 5, 2009	569
Anarcho-Capitalists	Other	Aug 2, 2009	481
Earth Strikes Back	Other	Jun 15, 2009	535
A Fistful of Euros	Other	May 24, 2009	427
Eternal été	Other	May 21, 2009	374
Glas Tae	Other	May 19, 2009	438
Come Música de Los Angeles	Other	May 18, 2009	423
Tears for the Living	Other	May 9, 2009	381
Oh, Reggae Reggae	Ska/Reggae/Dub	May 9, 2009	462
Intensely Quiet	Other	Apr 18, 2009	580
Light Emitting Fluids	Other	Mar 21, 2009	450
Strange Stranger	Other	Mar 16, 2009	434
Love, Remorse & The Gallows (aka The Story Of Our Children On Their March To Hell)	Other	Mar 15, 2009	417
Hot Soul Stealers Turn On The Dream Drill	Other	Mar 14, 2009	577
Black Gold	Other	Mar 1, 2009	441
Dot Dot Dot	Other	Feb 28, 2009	401
Pimple Pop	Other	Feb 28, 2009	436
On a Bus to Nowhere	Other	Feb 14, 2009	419
Clash	Other	Feb 10, 2009	545
Hand Over Fist	Other	Feb 8, 2009	502
Please Please Please (Hold On)	Other	Dec 21, 2008	646
Vamipires Leeches Politicians	Other	Dec 21, 2008	660
Boom Chick Boom	Other	Dec 14, 2008	631
Body Mod	Other	Nov 30, 2008	530
Day of the Lipids (The War Within Expands to Dr. Yang's Exoskeleton)	Other	Nov 29, 2008	537
The Seams	Other	Oct 22, 2008	642
Sugarneck	Other	Sep 22, 2008	610
F to the G	Other	Sep 22, 2008	476
Tiny Heart Attacks	Other	Sep 12, 2008	586
Melt In Your Mouth	Other	Sep 8, 2008	691
Wiseguy	Other	Aug 29, 2008	485
Soul Transfer	Other	Aug 23, 2008	506
Split the Diff	Other	Aug 22, 2008	464
The Bad, The Good and The Beautiful	Other	Aug 21, 2008	463
Sturm und Drang	Other	Aug 21, 2008	521
Standards & Measures	Other	Aug 11, 2008	534
Touchy-Feely	Other	Jun 23, 2008	741
Wide Open Spaces	Other	May 31, 2008	706
Sun's Burnin' Up	Other	Apr 13, 2008	775
Cage	Rock	Mar 13, 2008	567
Articulate	Other	Jan 27, 2008	594
Santo Shaitan	Latin	Nov 25, 2007	709
Bizazzy	Other	Nov 11, 2007	716
Swamp Thang	Other	Nov 5, 2007	710
Funktangle	Funk	Nov 4, 2007	762
Behind Sorrow (Neumuzik Mix)	Other	Aug 30, 2007	2011
Deep End Edit	Other	Jun 21, 2007	602
back at the pad	Other	Jun 6, 2007	579
Half-Truths and Heartache	Other	May 6, 2007	647
Cuz I'm Dedicated	Electronica	Apr 9, 2007	659
Sobering	Other	Apr 8, 2007	643
Vulnerable	Electronica	Jan 28, 2007	975
All I Think About Is You (Again) - by borris	Rock	Dec 24, 2006	987
Fast Approach	Rock	Dec 10, 2006	892
Riding	Jazz	Nov 30, 2006	769
The Queen Is Coming (Remix)	Folk	Nov 16, 2006	1099
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Other	Sep 25, 2006	1258
Presto	Electronica	Sep 1, 2006	763
Fangs	Other	Aug 22, 2006	789
Urban Fashion Customer-Slight Remix	Rock	Jul 29, 2006	1238
Down The Path by Illuminator (Neumuzik Mix)	Alternative	Jul 17, 2006	961
Baby of Mine Music Video	Music Videos	Jul 16, 2006	1240
Baby of Mine (with solos) for Geechi by oldblueday-less noise	Folk	Jul 15, 2006	1155
Head For The Shed Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 28, 2006	1532
Waxxx Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 17, 2006	939
Bee The One Music Video	Music Videos	Jun 15, 2006	2262
For Real	Electronica	May 28, 2006	889
My Bad	Rock	May 6, 2006	943
Back To The Front	Rock	Apr 19, 2006	958
The Best Song I Never Wrote	Rock	Apr 18, 2006	1123
Torn	Other	Apr 12, 2006	929
Knockoff	Other	Feb 18, 2006	989
Thick	Rock	Jan 16, 2006	1001
A Close Shave	Other	Nov 20, 2005	1011
The Dead Sea	Other	Oct 24, 2005	1185
Petrified	Other	Oct 23, 2005	1121
Orbiting Denver	Other	Oct 22, 2005	994
Skin Games	Other	Oct 11, 2005	1187
Go Girl	Other	Aug 21, 2005	1179
Brass Knuckles and Goldtooth	Other	Aug 13, 2005	1033
Sick Waves	Other	Aug 8, 2005	997
Nightbirds	Other	Aug 6, 2005	1043
Touch	Other	Jul 25, 2005	1026
Deep Down Delta Blues	Other	Jul 24, 2005	979
Sad Day	Other	Jul 8, 2005	1261
Ain't Half Bad	Other	Jul 4, 2005	996
Deep, Deep, Deep Undercover	Other	Jun 27, 2005	3539
Ready Steady Bump	Other	Jun 19, 2005	1035
Celestial	Other	Jun 19, 2005	941
Louis Antoine de Bougainville	Other	Jun 19, 2005	1120
Roman Candle Afterglow	Electronica	Jun 18, 2005	1165
Destroy All Supermarkets	Other	Jun 11, 2005	1083
Shamalamabang	Other	Jun 3, 2005	1008
Lipsmacka	Other	May 28, 2005	997
Tasty Pudding	Other	Apr 10, 2005	957
Miss Badness	Other	Feb 27, 2005	1150
Floor 13	Other	Feb 16, 2005	1195
Psychic Detective	Other	Feb 1, 2005	1199
Scrape	Other	Jan 22, 2005	1172
Counting Quarters	Other	Jan 11, 2005	2024
Dead End Street	Other	Jan 1, 2005	1266
Trash Trove	Other	Dec 2, 2004	1439
Doctor M	Other	Nov 30, 2004	1245
Mirror House	Other	Nov 7, 2004	1174
Eastworld	Other	Oct 18, 2004	1157
The Killers (the song, not the band)	Other	Oct 3, 2004	8362
Descent	Other	Sep 21, 2004	1623
We Gotta Keep Movin'	Other	Sep 18, 2004	1734
Go-Go Zombie Distortion!	Other	Sep 13, 2004	1825
Rockfish	Other	Sep 10, 2004	2193
Wack Daddy	Other	Sep 9, 2004	1444
The Ghost Effect	Other	Sep 7, 2004	2084
Abandon Starship! redux	Other	Sep 6, 2004	1484
Thinkbox (Mechatronic Mix)	Other	Aug 29, 2004	2079
Inverter	Other	Aug 15, 2004	1380
Salt	Other	Jul 25, 2004	1615
In A Pig's Eye	Other	Jul 22, 2004	1547
Phatnasty	Other	Jun 27, 2004	1519
Venus Goes To Mars	Other	Jun 26, 2004	1334
Grudge Match	Other	Jun 7, 2004	1286
Disrepaired	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1267
Bullet Train	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1766
The Mind Feeds On Itself	Other	Jun 6, 2004	1435
Unibody	Other	Jun 5, 2004	1292
Shnazzy	Other	May 9, 2004	3577
Night Tendrils	Jazz	May 2, 2004	1366
Unfinished Business	Other	May 1, 2004	2204
Yaknow	Other	Apr 29, 2004	1745
Waxxx	Other	Apr 29, 2004	2661

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Wrath {the Swords are Broken}	Rock	Oct 29, 2012	254
Love's Eternal Medicine [Make Believe Mix]	Rock	Mar 12, 2012	438
The Best Song (Neumuzik mix!)	Rock	Apr 18, 2006	1169

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Chameleon	Gadzooks	Folk	118
The Little Blue Tit	KennethLavrsen	Folk	214
Syzygy One	sammydix	Ambient	211
Galileo's Vengeance	pharmakeus	Rock	211
Dream Xperiment	Gadzooks	Other	138
SFonk	sammydix [+1]	Funk	417
Space Love Odyssey	pharmakeus [+1]	Rock	357
Presence of Loa	sammydix	Rock	339
Pirates Alley Interlude	MidiOrleans	Classical	129
Heat of the Night	RTe [+1]	House	182
They Don't Lie	sammydix	Rock	338
Moving to the Centre	Gadzooks	Other	234
I Really Don't Understand	sammydix [+1]	Jazz	435
The Pioneers	ihussain	Other	217
Agent Lady Rose	KennethLavrsen	Pop	509
This Man of Mine	SISTERS [+1]	New Age	483
5a.m.	ffej55	Ska/Reggae/Dub	247
The Best Friend I Can Be	Beatle128 [+1]	Rock	311
Love Torn (collab)	Geechi3 [+1]	Hip Hop/Rap	228
Lullaby VI	Narananda	Classical	82
ADVENT:21 Angels We Have Heard On High (punk)	ponkey	Holiday	213
When The Sun Comes Up Tomorrow	Bachthoven	Folk	228
We Used To Be Friends (Dandy Warhols cover)	SteveScott	Rock	406
Double Absinthe	ffej55	Latin	263
I Would Sing For You	Bachthoven	Other	142
Contradiction:Ordinary	sammydix	Rock	271
Snow & Blue Sky	RTe [+1]	Ambient	238
Architecting Strange Words	sammydix	Rock	418
Brutal Entertainment (featuring the "Legal Council") (Ennead #4)	mfwmiles [+10]	Other	982
Valleri - Karaoke Version (Monkees Cover)	Matt Granz	Rock	298
Comfort and Joy	sammydix [+3]	Jazz	421
Fancy Limousiners	sammydix	Rock	285
Going to Ground	JHarley	Alternative	252
These Are My Words	Matthew1010	Pop	161
Wednesday's Child	DonnaMarilyn	Jazz	241
Music for Saint Cecilia (with lyrics and vocals)	soulima [+3]	Classical	1318
Just a minute, Irwin	JHarley	Alternative	199
Triumph	Bachthoven	Other	252
Ready For You 2	sammydix	Funk	313
The Fool And The Wise Man	Bachthoven	Other	353
Best of Your Life	sammydix [+1]	Folk	437
Last Time	lifelessdead	Rock	152
The White Horses (Revenant)	JHarley	Alternative	317
You're A Lucky Man	Bachthoven	Other	234
C`est La Vie	guitar55	Inspirational	245
Jiggy Man	sammydix [+1]	Ska/Reggae/Dub	723
Chrysalide	sammydix [+1]	Jazz	604
Over the Ocean {In the Care of You}	pharmakeus [+1]	Folk	368
The White Horses / I am Revenant	JHarley	Alternative	226
Nobody Knows You (Italian DJ Remix!)	Naaji [+1]	Dance	1155