Thank you to Mp3.com and Michael Verity for choosing my song, “Ain’t Going Back” as Mp3 of the Day.

Yearly Orbital Soundscape No.1 by Marwood Williams

Here’s some experimental music I have been working on with a side project I call “Yearly Orbital Band.”

The main “spine” of this music was a soundscape designed by Jon Behrens. I added some other elements, including guitar, bass and keys. Noel Williams plays Alto Sax.

Enjoy!

Here’s a song I just finished recording, called “Beverly Drive.”  It’s a stripped down version of a song that I wrote some years back.  I used my Grenanda Acoustic guitar (thrift store find) and it’s the 1st song done completely with Sonar X1 Producer software.  As usual it’s a free download.

Comments are always welcome.

Here’s another site I use for hosting my music. For my musician friends out there, I would definitely recommend using Jamendo to reach more of an international audience.

Here’s a selection of songs I recorded over the last year – As always, it’s available for free download.

Please keep checking back for updates!

I have also finally entered the world of Twitter. After playing around with it for the last day, I have to wonder what took me so long. My twitter name is @marwoodwilliams. Click below for more information.

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Here’s an instrumental song called, “D-Day.” The song has nothing to do with the Normandy Invasion of World War II. The title is all about key of the song – D.

Here’s the back story to the song: I have been playing around with this basic instrumental since the late 1980′s. Back then, I owned a fun digital delay pedal (Digitech PDS 2020) which had a feature, reminiscent of the old reel to reel players, called “sound on sound.” In non-technical terms, this feature would allow you to store and record short musical phrases. For example, I would play a two note bass line, then add a repeating chord and with little effort, I had backing music to accompany on my guitar. The song is a favorite with jam buddies because of its simplicity and flexibility.

On this version, I play all the instruments. I added a little introduction and had fun playing around with the arrangement. It’s the first recording I have been able to use my mountain dulcimer and my recently acquired conga drums.

Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions or comments.

Here’s a new and improved version of my song “The City Lights,” which features my talented wife, Noel on Alto Saxophone. As always, downloads are free and comments are welcome.