Jewel Dirks

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....