Original songs and recordings - These are just a few songs I have written and played over the years. I have placed them here just to share them with friends and family. I have played musical instruments since elementary school and in 1985 discovered that my two favorite things (computers and music) had merged via MIDI devices and I've been hooked ever since. When I was younger, I played in the requisite rock band, these days, I am semi-retired and spending time with my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), keyboards, midi wind instruments, and guitars. Click on a song links below and have a listen. (You might need to adjust the volume as these songs were captured and mixed using differing hardware and software over the last 40+ years.)

You can also find some of my music on YouTube. Click the link, or search for it by name:  ITMPAX MUSIC.

 The following song is light, fun, and a little funky; adding all of those things up and the song becomes Pastorial Funk.  Desert Sounds. A mix of exotic drum beats, voices, and strings.  I've got them Workday Blues. This was inspired by working on a Workday ERP project years ago. I liked the play on words and the double meaning. It comes across better than saying I got them PeopleSoft Blues or SAP Blues, huh?   Loving Groove: I was experimenting with an R&B feel and playing around with some vocals, and this song was the result. I waited for Barry White to join the vocals, but he never showed up.  

  We all had to do something to pass the time. 2020 was a year we will all remember, or try to forget. Here is the Quarantine Bossa Nova (or QBossa for short): QBossa. At times, it reminded me of the infamous singer-songwriter Michael Franks, and I can almost imagine him adding his unique style of lyrics to the tune. 

  Light and airy, this jazzy samba is like floating on Gossamer Wings. Skip The Fever has a flugelhorn, bass, piano, drums, and a little brass. A slinky jazzy bass line, a little piano, a flugelhorn solo, with a bit of brass to back it all up. It is time for a Tall Cool One. Now is that a drink, or is she the tall cool one?

 Here is A Story of Life. Yes, that is rain and thunder in the background. The guitar player got wet during the recording, but that's life. Am I right? In the beginning, you can hear a live microphone as I'm playing an acoustic guitar using a live mic. If you can't, don't worry about it. A walk in the Jungle, sneaking and prowling in a jaunty Jungle Walk.  A visit to Nepal.  A visit to a New Age (as in New Age Music, I guess) that simply put me to sleep on some Silver Sands. And more new-age classical sounds with a Rising Mind.    This song was written for a special friend: some Henrietta's Theme.  An easy song, full of strings and an interesting rhythm, where the title says we are having some Visions.

  Grande has a full orchestral sound with a driving beat and a certain "grandness." This is a fun little song written years ago on "A Day Off." This song and next are based on the same chord progressions, but a little change to the drums, brass, piano, melody, and rhythm, and you end up with something new and different. You might not hear the similarity. If you don't hear it, no worries, just enjoy A New Day Off.

  Heavy bass, heavy drums, driving trumpet, and brass sounds that hopefully will make you want to Run and dance. A sassy little Tune for a new age.  A quiet, peaceful walk along North Carolina Shores.  This one is slow, thoughtful, and full of grandeur, something you might dream up or listen to while contemplating The Cosmos and your place in it.  A summer romance... Romance de Verano.

   This one was written for and dedicated to a former boss and friend: Dave's Theme. A fun little fiddle-playing foot-tapping boogie that was as much fun to make and play as it sounds: Boogie in C.  Paying Kent the Rent is a fun, easy tune with a funky formula-like sound. 

  If you have any doubt, now Dat dere is music.  A happy song full of strings and other instruments: Serenity.