Other Works
Now, for something completely different!
Prior to my morphing from songwriter to composer, I had written hundreds of songs over the years. On this page you will find a few demos that I made in my home studio; everything from Ballads, Pop, Country, Novelty Songs, Love Songs, Songs for my Family and Friends, Boogie, Christmas Songs and more.
These songs are my gift to you. In most of them I sing, play the piano, guitar, synthesizer and all the other instruments - sort of a “one man band”. By no means do I consider myself a performer. I am just a songwriter. These recordings are meant to showcase my songs - not my voice. ;-o ♫♪ ♫ (pretty pitchy, huh?)
You may wish to show your appreciation by purchasing one of our CDs (A Mass for Peace and/or The Curé of Ars) our by making a modest donation to the Angelus Arts Association. We need your help to fund our present and future projects. The best is yet to come!
To Listen: Place your cursor over the name of the song and CLICK. Pop-ups tell you a bit about each one.
The Lyrics are listed on the BLOG page. Let me know if anything makes you smile, think or cry.
- Songwriter One of my favorites because it is autobiographical; however, most every songwriter I know can relate to this story.
- Walking With Angels The right person can change your life.
- Does it Really Matter? I’ll bet that most parents can relate to this song. It has a special significance to me.
- Mind Bogglin’ Sometimes things get way out of hand. This is a comical, novelty song about the hassles of a harried housewife!
- Bob and Me Love hurts; especially when you lose your best friend in the process. This is country music at its finest :-)
- Teenage Heartache Young love can be so hard to deal with when things don’t go right.
- Voyager Travel onward to Venus, Jupiter and Mars on an odyssey in search of answers.
- Time Ends This was written in the early 1970s. Sara, wrote the lyrics for this - and many others back in the day.
- Our Song Life is so hard sometimes. Time and distance can cause irreparable damage to a relationship. That doesn’t mean that one cannot hope for reconciliation.
- Mind Songs A collaboration with Sara Lewis. Her poem, Mind Songs, became the first song we wrote together in 1971.
- Mirror Image Another Sara song. She wrote such esoteric lyrics that I was always in awe of her talent. Too bad so few people understood her.
- In Every Way… I Love You A love between a husband and wife is made even stronger when children are in the picture. At the end of the day, when love is real, everyday’s a holiday.
- Prelude to Armageddon This is the first movement of a work in progress.
- The City of Angels What is happening in our cities and in our country? I hope America can endure.
- One Night in Toyland Here is a Christmas song for my precious daughter, Tracy, when she was a very little girl.
- Inside of You One of my “online” collaborations. Verena Pond sent me these lyrics and I put them to music. I love the way she tells about having faith in another. That’s what friends are for!
- Certain Sadness Yet, another Sara song. A story about love slipping away. This is beautifully sung by Stephanie Dean. Stephanie - WHERE ARE YOU?
- Let’s Boogie! Put aside the problems of the day and just BOOGIE!
- Let’s Call Her Elisha One night, when my daughter’s friends were chatting and carrying on, they told me a story about their friend, Elisha, who had a brief encounter the night before with a guy who was trying to hit on her. From the viewpoint of the poor guy, I wrote this funny and cute little song.
- The Sweetheart of Rock and Roll My tribute to Carole King. In an effort to present Ms. King with a unique gift and a token of my admiration, I sent this to Carole’s manager, who promptly sent it back saying that they do not accept unsolicited material - DUH! About 10 of her songs were in this one.
- Two Special People When Mother Teresa and Princess Diana died within a few days of each other, that really was a strange turn of events. The “Saint” and The Princess, gone; but not forgotten.
- Scenes From Our Summer Love Although this scenario hopefully applies to many others, I wrote this for my Mom and Dad, Jimmie and Frances. They met one summer, long ago, at Geneva on the Lake, in Ohio. They were young, but their love endured. May they rest in heavenly peace.
- Even Though For some reason, after I watched a movie on the life of Beethoven, Immortal Beloved, I was reflecting on the final scene that showed his headstone. Feeling sad, I sat down and wrote this.
- In The Aftermath (tribute to 9/11) Immediately after the terrorist attacks, I wrote this music, on my Korg Trinity synthesizer, so I would remember exactly how I felt that day. I prayed about it and I played this music everyday for 2 months. Out of the blue, I heard the words for the music. Moments later, “In The Aftermath” was born.
- Choices We all make choices when we have the chance. What about those who don’t have a voice and who are at the mercy of another’s choice. I dedicated this song to the memory of my dear friend, Pat Driscoll.
- In The Cabbage Patch When things get out of control and you don’t know where to turn and you really need a friend, look to the Cabbage Patch!
- A Brighter Day, Tomorrow When things look bleak, don’t despair. Tomorrow is another day.
- Andi Pandi My youngest daughter, Andrea, was a 2 year old dynamo when I wrote this for her :-)
- Christmas Cheer! Who can deny the frenzy that has become Christmas. Everything is about demographics. Yet, through it all, we make it work as we recall and celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus.