Hello, I'm a singer/songwriter living the good life in central Pennsylvania. I write music, learn covers, play guitar, saxophone, harmonica, and use some live looping at my gigs which are mostly in and around State College (Penn State country).
I'd like to share some of my songs with you. I hope that you will listen to them, give them to your friends, put them on your iPod, listen to them on a road trip and play them on your computer at work. So, I'm making it easy. You can download any and all of my songs for free. If you like them and would like to make a donation, pay me whatever you like. As you download a few songs, please sign the email list.
There are a lot of songs here, both albums, and some demos and covers. Look around and find them all. Thanks! Enjoy the music and enjoy the day.
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Afterlife
2007
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Walking Bob Dylan
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Album: Afterlife
A tribute to the great Bob Dylan, and for my Border Collie, "Dylan." I took a bunch of Bob Dylan song titles and put them together to tell a little story about the 10 years I've spent with my best friend, Dylan.
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Afterlife
[3:05]
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Album: Afterlife
Could the moon be the light at the end of the tunnel?
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Grandfather
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Album: Afterlife I wrote this for my grandfather after he passed away a few summers ago. He was a huge influence in my life, and we were very close. One of the best things he gave me was an intense appreciation for the natural world.
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Goodbye Goldie
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Album: Afterlife
In the later years of her life, my grandmother lived with dimentia / Altzheimer's disease. Often, it seemed that she was living a life in another time. I like to think that she was reliving some of the best moments of her life.
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Liar
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Album: Afterlife
Real honesty is increasingly rare. Most of them are lying to you.
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Louisiana Poor
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Album: Afterlife
I wrote this soon after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. All Americans deserve better than what happened during that crisis.
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Here
[3:29]
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Album: Afterlife
Thanks to Rich Alsippi for opening the door just a bit.
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Never Leave
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Album: Afterlife
My good friend Rich Alsippi bravely fought cancer until his time came. He was passionate about so much in this life; about fly fishing, art, literature, music, classic cars, and most importantly, his family.
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Haunted
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Album: Afterlife
An exploration of time, memories and dreams. I wrote this one during a philosophy class titled "The Human Experience of Time."
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The Great Divide
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Album: Afterlife
What's it like when you realize that you have more days behind you than you have ahead of you?
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Greytime
2004
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Joyride
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Album: Greytime
A relationship from the beginning to the end ..... in a car.
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Ever Be
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Album: Greytime
Three people in this one, the storyteller, his friend, and his friend's girlfriend.
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Come On Around
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Album: Greytime
"Roll out the red carpet, you know the queen’s come to town." I wrote this after I learned that a girlfriend had been unfaithful.
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Just a Memory
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Album: Greytime
I set my feet across this bridge, got my head out of the clouds
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Good Enough
[6:56]
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Album: Greytime
This is a song about self doubt. "I just need help from someone I believe in."
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Discover
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Album: Greytime
Discover us, we'll find the light in the truth ...
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The Last Time
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Album: Greytime
My wife and I were friends before we started dating. I wrote this song after one of our first real dates and it was apparent that our feelings for each other were growing.
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Storm Inside the Calm
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Album: Greytime
"You taste like thunderstorms in the middle of July." These are the only set of lyrics in my catalog that I didn't write. Becky wrote them.
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Hideaway
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Album: Greytime
"Let go and run for cover." When I was a kid I wanted a tree house very badly, it was to be my "hideaway" from everything else. Now I've found my real hideaway.
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Saturday
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Album: Greytime
I wrote this song as a proposal to my wife. She said yes. :)
Feels like you're always there
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Six Strings
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Album: Greytime
"I got another love who's taking all my time."
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The Simple Life
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Album: Greytime
"Kids for a day, when a moment of time crawls up your back
When I feel this way I'm just laughing." Simplicity in the mind of a child.
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Demos & Covers
These songs are unreleased and are recorded in various qualities. Most of the demos will probably make it to a future album.
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Second Chances (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
Sometimes we blow our first chance to have something that we want so much, but sooner or later, a second chance will come around
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Carolina (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
About a girl who lost her way, and found her way back home again.
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Good Day (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
I wrote this song with my son in mind. I spend a lot of time playing guitar and singing to him throughout the days, and this song came out of one of those moments.
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Pick It Up (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
Daylight comes and the motivation is there to get things done. Moonlight comes and there's a tendency to look back and be satisfied.
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Unlock the Gates (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
I believe that Barack Obama has a real chance to change things. I wrote this sometime around April 2008.
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Seventeen Years (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
The 17 year Cicada came to Center county in June 2008. The fly fishing for trout was absolutely amazing on our local streams. My friends and I had the best days that we've ever had, one after the other, big fish, long days, and they were taking a huge dry fly pattern on top. "I'll wait seventeen years before we meet again."
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I Think It's You (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
If you ever walk into a place and feel like you don't belong there, well then, you probably don't. This song's written from the perspective of those people starting at you.
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Wildfires (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
Some relationships start strong and fade fast, but people just seem to hang on.
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The Next Thing (DEMO)
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This is a DEMO track:
This one's for my Dad. One of the most important and memorable lessons that Dad taught me was to just do the next thing. And why worry, or why even wonder, because what good does it do? "Just do the next thing" is something that I'm sure Dad said at some time, but it's been expressed to me more through his actions and everyday way about life than through words, and it's been a sort of motto to me through my adult life. When I feel myself trying to do everything all at once and my mind and body start racing to get everything accomplished now, I try to think of Dad, pause, and do the next thing. So here's a song for you, Dad.
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Sitting, Waiting, Wishing (Jack Johnson Cover)
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This is a COVER track:
Here's a Jack Johnson song that I like to do at gigs. I do some live looping at my gigs and this gives a good idea of what that sounds like.
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All These Things That I've Done (The Killers cover)
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This is a COVER track:
Cover of The Killers song.
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One Day in Eleanor (Beatles cover)
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This is a COVER track:
Beatles cover recorded live at the Cell Block, Williamsport, PA, Mardi Gras 2007.
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Pinball Wizard (The Who cover)
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This is a COVER track:
The Who cover recorded live at the Cell Block, Williamsport, PA, Mardi Gras 2007.
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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
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This is a COVER track:
Here's a Pink Floyd cover that seems to be requested a lot at gigs. There's a little sax in this one too, and it gives you a good idea of what can be done with live looping.
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All selections written (except the covers), composed and performed by Domenick Swentosky
Copyright 2004-2008 Domenick Swentosky
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