Deep melodies in ambient space from Vin Downes (electric guitar) and yours truly.

Last summer my guitar genius friend Vin wrote this to me:
"So here’s what I’m thinking for August. I want to come up with just my electric…

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. – Emerson

What is change, exactly? I mean, given that time is moving right along, isn’t it impossible for anything to be the…

I’ve experienced a few time ripples in the past couple of weeks, waves of deep history coming around into the current moment in unexpected ways, and as a result, have been thinking quite a bit about the various ways I…

I started playing piano in high school around 1985 or so. I’m not sure what led me to it, but from the very beginning, I felt like sitting at a piano was an opportunity to collaborate, an opportunity to converse…

I love Hipstamatic. It’s a brilliant little app on my phone that acts like an old Polaroid camera. I take a shot, and Hipstamatic applies a bit of processing to it and puts a nice little frame around the image…

Lately I’ve been considering where I’m headed with my music-making existence, and those thoughts led me back to the beginning of my creative life.

I started my “professional” career as a theatrical lighting designer. It’s a fascinating job which takes…

Del Shannon's "Runaway" opened the door to imaginary sounds.

There must have been a well-worn spot on the dashboard of my dad’s Ford Econoline.

In the late-1970s, my antique dealer father and I wandered the back roads of Southern New…

At long last the new album from father-son duo Sundad has landed on streaming.

Created over the course of several years and recorded at Imaginary Road in Vermont, Raw Recording in upstate NY, and here at Sounds & Substance, the…

A deep new interview with me just went up on Ambient Visions. It's about the things that happen before the music comes out of the speakers.

Big thanks to AV editor Michael Foster for the opportunity to talk at length…

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I’m so thrilled that this album is now available for everyone to hear. Randal delivers a beautiful and serene guitar album that captures the spirit and vibe of his home in the islands of Hawaii. It was such a…