Jewel Dirks

These three little pieces were written back in 1990 on my Ensoniq sampling keyboard with it's tiny 3 x 6 cm screen for the onboard recording sequencer.  (In other words--this was before my computer, Cubase, sound effect...

All of the sounds  you hear are from my banging away on various irrigation pipes--mostly out of irrigation frustration!  Click here for more on how I did that, in addition to seeing some pictures of my little goat farm.  ...

Small Bites is a collection of little experimental bits which I'm hoarding for use in longer pieces.   For my notes on how and why I wrote this strange little Pretzel Focaccia, click here....

My greatest fear when I’m packing in wilderness areas is encountering a mountain lion.  I know how to avoid lightning, and am good at hanging my food to avoid bear encounters.  I don’t travel in highly populated grizzly...

Repository of all the original sounds I recorded for sounds used in my music....

For a description of how and why I wrote this, please click on the three dots to the right of the title, Elk, then View Details....

Soon after my first two dogs died of old age, my father died.  A thoughtful theologian, I doubt if he believed in a heaven, but somehow the title seemed ok....   I remastered this piece I wrote way back in 1994.  This used a...

My nephew Stryde loves drifter cars.  For a treat, I created a series of songs based on noises of drifter cars.  For more on how I created the pieces, please click here.  ...

These early (1990) pieces were composed on my EPS Ensoniq sampling keyboard, using only the sounds of Sprite pop cans jangling together, a small drum and a small tubular bell.  I used a small 4-track cassette tape recorder to...

All the sounds you hear are from a meadowlark I recorded.  For more information on how I did that, click here....

All the sounds you hear are from a meadowlark call I recorded.  For more information on how I did that, click here....

All the sounds you hear are from a tiny cymbal I have.  For a description of how I wrote these pieces, please click here....