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Fireflies

July 5th, 2010 Comments off

I wanted to give my best shot at singing this song. I enjoy Owl City, but his over-use of pitch correction kinda grates on me. So, here it is with all my own imperfections!

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Flattery Times One Hundred

March 30th, 2010 Comments off

JD Herrera, a young man from Italy, has been covering some songs from Memento Mori II from Doom2. One of them is And Blood Will Spill by yours truly. I did this back in 1997. It's humbling and exciting to hear someone else do your music.





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Lions and Tigers…

February 22nd, 2010 Comments off

I truly am amazed by the cyclical nature of the news media and humans in this country. On the one hand, they break the story about Tiger Woods, then people log in each day, day in and day out and complain about Tiger, yet they continue to fan the flame to the media outlet to continue reporting.

It's like Jon and Kate. You all don't see why the news media is reporting on it, yet you take the time to read the story and comment on it. You all make me sick.

Folks... If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones. Leave them alone. Don't pay attention to the nonsense or the story. Mind your own damn business and work on making your own lives better.

Tiger has a job. It's Golf. His personal life shouldn't get crossed over. Rock stars and Golf Pros do not have jobs that are exceptional.





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So Then You Just Kissed Me

February 8th, 2010 5 comments

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Probably one of my most-requested songs, it's Cindy from Tammany Hall. These guys kick ass.



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Back When I Was Cool

February 7th, 2010 Comments off

Some of you may not know this, but I used to write music for the most popular game of all time, Doom. Doom was the crucible in the evolution of PC games. I occasionally, because I'm totally vain, Google myself and see what others have to say about me.

lupinx-Kassman said:

-Almost every song Mark Klem and Tolwyn has made for a project.

Agreed, so I am surprised no one has mentioned STRAIN yet. Especially that crazy medley from level 2 and really memorable tunes from levels 11 and 14.

When it comes to entire WADs, Icarus is #1 for me. It has a recurring theme (and a cool one!) that appears on levels 2,7,12,26... maybe more. Also the music from the 1st level is worth mentioning. And 22 (But it's actually a J.S.Bach's fugue; I couldn't be more surprised when I heard it in a Doom level)

MM: levels 9,11,14. MM2: levels 5,9 (fantastic riff),14 and 26 (when all of a sudden, a theme from MM appears).

Requiem seems much weaker, but levels 7 (a tribute to Rush) and 11 have cool tunes again.

OK, if I had to skip Klem & Tolwyn, I would choose HR2. Heavy metal tracks suit the levels well and this music is not as naive as "heavy" music from original Doom.

Ahhh. Good times. For the record, I still write music, and actually still write music for games, but I don't normally use the nickname Tolwyn anymore.



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My Uncle has a country place…

January 20th, 2010 Comments off

Wanted to post my cover of Red Barchetta from Rush before I simply get too old to sing it. Enjoy!

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Take On Me

October 20th, 2009 Comments off

Recently, I went to my Highschool's 20-year reunion. One of the song present there was Aha's Take On Me, which I just had to do in the studio. Enjoy!

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