Here’s my latest songwriting demo. I was going for a more current “singer/songwriter” type of sound, “painting a sonic picture” type of vibe. Hope you enjoy it.

Here's a songwriting demo of mine that reaches back to the 60's and 70's soul groups that featured call and response parts between the lead singer and background singers. Think the Temptations, Little Anthony, or the Pips. Hope you like it.

Well I've reached the point where I had to write a protest song. Here's my songwriting demo that puts a protest theme into a spoken word verse, singing chorus type of groove.

Here's a humorous take on finding the perfect girl. I tried to toss in some somewhat serious advice in a very "tongue in cheek" tune.

I wanted to write an uptempo "shout-out" song. One that incorporates the names and styles of artist that have influenced me over the years. Hope you like it.

Remember the "drop to your knees and beg for forgiveness" ballads of the soul 60's? Here's a songwriting demo of my take on that style of tune. Hope you like it.

So anyone who has spent time in a nightclub can relate to this story of the clueless Romeo who thinks he's all that, but just can't hit it with the ladies.

Here’s a tune I produced for Chris Kulick at Fantasy Studios last year. Chris and I go way back to the Cris Loiter days, and this is one of his recent compositions. He was kind enough to request my vocals on this version and I was happy to do it, as it is a bit different than my usual material.

I've always loved both the Cannonball Adderley and Buckingham's version of this Joe Zawinul tune. What I wanted to do was kind of blend the two versions together, keeping the jazz groove and instrumentation and adding vocals. We tracked the basics at my house with Kevin Mummy on drums, Kurt Ribak on stand up bass, and Greg Sankovich on keyboards. The horns were arranged by Lincoln Adler, with Lincoln playing the sax parts and Ross Wilson playing a smoking trumpet solo. Guitar was added by Tom Siebenthal, percussion by Matt Willis. We tracked the vocals at Fantasy along with the background vocals provided by Tonette Jeanine and Woodrow Thompson.

This is my take on the well known Freddie King tune "Someday After A While". We were looking to give it a bit more of an R&B/Big Band arrangement utilizing a stand-up bass and a horn section with more of a jazz feel on the drums. The basic tracks were cut in my home studio with Kevin Mummy on drums, Kurt Ribak on Bass, and Greg Sankovich on Piano. Overdubs were done at home as well with Greg laying down an organ track on my Hammond C3, and Lincoln Adler arranging the horn section parts and playing all of the sax parts including the solo. Ross Wilson played the trumpet and trombone parts and solos. My lead vocals were cut at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley along with the background vocals by Tonette Jeanine and Woodrow Thompson. I mixed this at home with Pro Tools 10, all in the box.

This is a rave up version of the Bill Withers composition "Use Me". Powered by the "Times 4" rhythm section of Mo Miles on drums and Kevin Lofton on bass. "Use Me" is The Uncle Funker Project's contribution to the "50 Shades of Grey" virus that is sweeping the U.S. Most versions I've heard of this tune, including Mr. Withers', always feel like they are holding back a bit. While the groove is undeniable infectious, it percolates but never really catches fire. We wanted to take the tune and let it build from the initial groove to an over the top finish. Basic tracks were cut at my home studio with drums, bass, and piano by members of Times 4 an urban jazz group out of the East Bay. -I had the pleasure to work with these guys, engineering and mixing their first two albums. Check them out. I'll be showcasing some of their tunes later so stay tuned! After basics we overdubbed the horns (Lincoln Adler and Ross Wilson), guitars (Tom Siebenthal), Hammond (Greg Sankovich), and Percussion (Matt Willis) over a couple of months. Finally, vocals and background vocals were tracked at Fantasy.

This B.B. King blues tune is the first release from the Uncle Funker Music Project. Featuring a more laid back approach to the song with Kevin Mummy on Drums and Kurt Ribak on stand up bass, The horns parts are arranged by Lincoln Adler, and performed by Lincoln and Ross Wilson. Guitars are handled by long time Digidesign pals,Tom Siebenthal and Mike Kutulas. Piano and Hammond C3 by lifetime musical comrade Greg Sankovich, and yours truly on vocals