Music From The Depths

Each episode is an original mix of music that borrows from ambient, electronic, atmospheric, blues, and rock genres.

EP-023 - Glimpses of Spring 03/22/2021

EP-023 - Glimpses of Spring These last two weeks have bounced between Spring-like and "kinda not Spring" here in Florida. Some of my family in the north report that flowers are blooming, and the snow is gone. Regardless of how non-committing Spring may be this year, we always anticipate it with hope. It's our sign that life has survived the frost and snow and that summer is coming. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/18412553

EP-022 - Drywall 03/08/2021

EP-022 - Drywall This week's podcast is inspired by the process of installing drywall. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/18227138

EP-021 - 5cru663r 02/22/2021

EP-021 - 5cru663r This week's podcast is highly experimental. I sampled two industrial air scrubbers that have been hanging out in my house and used the recordings (and only those recordings) to make this track. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/18033176

EP-020 - The Calm of the Flame 02/08/2021

EP-020 - The Calm of the Flame This year has started with an exaggerated pace of getting things done. And after the lull of 2020, I'm somewhat good with that. But at the same time, it's easy to compare a break-neck pace to an open flame. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/17792330

EP-019 - Sometimes, Life Drones On 01/25/2021

EP-019 - Sometimes, Life Drones On When I was a kid, my dad offered the advice that we shouldn’t wish to speed life along. I was probably six or seven years old, but I couldn’t wait to be ten. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/17661974

EP-018 - All Things New 01/11/2021

EP-018 - All Things New When you really stop and think about it, isn't life a series of chances to start again? /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/17492363

EP-017 - 2020 12/28/2020

EP-017 - 2020 As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to walk back through the material I've released on the podcast this year. There was a lot of motion in theme and style during the last 16 episodes, and I combined them all into one big track. Some of the episodes are fairly close to their original sound while others have been heavily modified for this mix. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/17343755

EP-016 - Unknown 12/14/2020

EP-016 - Unknown Sometimes life is so crazy that you don't have time to sit down and ponder the meaning of things. In my case, this track. What I can tell you is that I wrote four or five editions of EP-016 before this one showed up. I hope you enjoy it! /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/17181056

EP-015 - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 11/30/2020

EP-015 - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus When I started looking at the idea of working with a Christmas song this year, I knew this one was the one. I know that it sounds pleasant (like almost every other Christmas song), because a lot of the hymns from way back when were... (They often reused and borrowed music from other stuff, but never-mind that for now.) But there's a lot of unseen depth to this one. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16821656

EP-015 - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus - Context 11/30/2020

EP-015 - Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus - Context The context of this episode felt worthy of a voice note. The full transcript is available in the description of EP-015. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16827914

EP-014 - Reaching Out 11/16/2020

EP-014 - Reaching Out In October of 1957, Russia launched the first satellite into space. I was born about 25 years later, which was plenty of time to get people to the moon and back, and inspire tons of kids to dream about space. I was one of those kids. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16820774

EP-013 - Peace 10/31/2020

EP-013 - Peace I wrote this for a special person who is going through a lot right now. I can't be with her in person, but there's a lot that you can say through a simple song. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16624514

EP-012 - Lost 10/19/2020

EP-012 - Lost I can't believe that I wrote this song 17 years ago. At the time, I was studying in college, preparing to take a semester abroad. I knew that things would change. I would leave, and friends would graduate and go on to do amazing things. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16442048

EP-011 - Previously Untitled 10/05/2020

EP-011 - Previously Untitled About fourteen years ago I wrote a song that only four people heard. I thought it had promise, but with "life stuff" I stopped work on it. This week as I was starting into the episode I decided to rework it. I may release the actual track at some point, but for now I hope you enjoy this ambient/drone mix of it. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16265663

EP-010 - Currents 09/21/2020

EP-010 - Currents This mix reminds me of the ocean, and how sometimes currents can take us to places we would never have imagined. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/16087484

EP-009 - Nova 09/07/2020

EP-009 - Nova A couple of days before I started work on EP-009, I caught a video where Adam Neely breaks down The Girl From Ipanema. As a result, this mix is deeply inspired by Bossa Nova, but also includes influences from Massive Attack, and Ambient Rock Music. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/15905900

EP-008 - Scattered Light 08/24/2020

EP-008 - Scattered Light In EP-007 I re-visited a technique I used in the early 2000s – I built some of the background percussion by taking a sound or rhythm in the foreground, exporting it, manipulating it, and then re-importing it back into the track. In this episode I wanted to push on that a lot harder, so I gave myself a challenge. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/15716168

EP-007 - Sometimes There Are Ashes 08/10/2020

EP-007 - Sometimes There Are Ashes I started this song fully intending to make it a nice, calming, happy mix. The end result was something different. I thought about rewriting it, but sometimes we need the honest soundtrack for what is really going on around us. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/15536282

EP-006 - Don't Blink 07/27/2020

EP-006 - Don't Blink I wanted to do something special for this episode to celebrate the 100th download. (It happened either during EP. 004 or Ep. 005, depending on how you count the numbers.) 100 is the first milestone I had for this, and hopefully the start of many. So, to celebrate, I wrote an hour-long ambient mix for you... and then had to shorten it to 45 minutes for hosting reasons. (I'll be looking into that.) /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/15352205

EP-005 - Waves 07/13/2020

EP-005 - Waves For this episode, I wanted to get back to playing guitar. And then promptly snapped two strings. Ah well, there are still four other strings on a guitar, right? ;) /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/15174104

EP-004 - False Reflections 06/29/2020

EP-004 - False Reflections I starting writing this episode around the release of EP-002, and it was supposed to be EP-003. It began as a collection of hopeful textures and droning sounds, but with everything going on at the time the music took a different twist. With another week or two to write and adjust, it went through a few more changes to become what it is: a semi-cinematic, somewhat dark, ambient soundscape. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/14995799

EP-003 - As The Calm Sets In 06/15/2020

EP-003 - As The Calm Sets In This episode is a little different from the previous editions, and it's a lot more musical. I was asked to create something to help fight anxiety, but the original track I made just wasn't right. I wrote and rewrote this release a few times, but I'm happy with where it landed. I know we're surrounded by chaos right now, but I hope this helps. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/14606666

EP-002 - The Movement of Time 06/01/2020

EP-002 - The Movement of Time In this episode we explore ambient textures and soundscapes. Some of it gets a little dark, but it shouldn't have the kids screaming or anything. ;) /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/14372684

EP-001 - Lights of Aging Stars 05/18/2020

EP-001 - Lights of Aging Stars In this episode I look back through old work and give it new life. There are bits from video and game soundtracks, unreleased and unheard music. Styles range from ambient to upbeat electronic. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/14353322

EP-000 - Beginnings 05/09/2020

EP-000 - Beginnings Every month I'll be releasing at least two mixes of original music. To do that, I'll dig into the music I made a long time ago, and some that I've written more recently. I'll probably have an occasional guest, too. /episode/index/show/lightthedeep/id/14349050

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