I wrote this as a lullaby for my children -- twelve years before my oldest was born. I knew I wanted to HAVE kids; my problem was that every woman I met had the same reaction: "no." :-) Finally, in 2002, my daughter was born. About a year and a half later, my son was born. They both heard this song a lot when they were very young.more

One of my earliest pieces, originally composed in 1989. It was much less bombastic than it is here. The title came about because, on the very first rough recording (bass, guitar, keyboards, and a melody track on a Tascam cassette four track, and the entire middle 7/8 section didn't exist yet), I whistled the main melody. I changed it because, quite frankly, I'm not a very good whistler. However, I had become attached to the title, so there you are. Instrumentation: Drums Bass guitar Clean funky guitar Distorted rhythm guitar Piano Drawbars organ Sawtooth synth in 4ths Tenor sax run through a distortion pedal and a flangermore

Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" is arguably one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. It is my fondest hope that this version in no way diminishes this. Please check out my other tracks!more