In February 2008, I took part in the RPM Challenge, a sort of self-directed and self-adjudicated contest in which one strives to record an entire album (10 tracks or 35 mins minimum) in 29 days. Eventually, RPM will post the whole album on their website, but I thought I'd post them here in downloadable form for the time being.
The album is a kind of concept album/song cycle about my experiences as a soldier in Iraq, some instrumentals, some songs with lyrics. To be honest, I'm more comfortable with the instrumentals; singing was kind of a new adventure for me.
Keyboard, programming, and vocals by me, with other instruments as noted below. A lot of these tracks are already available for in-browser play on my MySpace page, but this is the full album, in order, in convenient, friendly MP3 format.
1.We Begin With Some Nice Organ Music
2.Folk Song For The End Of Time Violin: Joshua Maxwell, Birdsong: Birds
3.Going to Heaven (A Pacifist In Iraq)
4.Adherence To Standards
5.The Soldier Song
6.Two Years Without A Woman
7.Cancer (Live!) (Lyrics: Seth Fortin, Music: Seth Fortin & Luke Giannini) Guitar: Luke Giannini
8.An Annoying Instrumental Interlude
9.First Walk On Mars
10.Second Walk On Mars
