Releasing this song is akin to plugging your finger in the dike, a temporary solution to the onslaught of mediocrity. No, it's not top notch Ox-pop, but to paraphrase Fox News (like that hasn't been done ad nauseum):I record, you decide.

With that, dig "Good Advice" and I'll see you in November with the real goods.

Quantity has not been a problem here lately, but quality has. Out of three or four recent songs, "Two Places (at one time)" is the only one I'll unleash on an unsuspecting populace.

The buzz coming from the instruments seems to be getting worse. That might be from increased use of effects (hello flanger!) but it's bad anytime. This song also features the debut of a new (used) acoustic to replace the crippled Fender.

New tune! This one actually has an involved story behind it.

You may be interested to know that "The Many Moods of Murray Wilson" is the first and last in a proposed cycle of songs dealing with the family drama surrounding one of the greatest bands of all time, the Beach Boys. The cycle will likely stop here, but all you need to know is that Murray was father to Brian, Carl and Dennis and a frustrated musician himself.

There are other Beach Boy related songs waiting to be written but for now just be glad for this one.

New song. "Sincere" may have the finest production value of any Oxford product yet. Drums sound almost real, decent singing and a sloppy mess of a slide guitar solo. You're welcome.

Finally! "$6000" was not a difficult birth, just a long delayed one. Back on track with a track that shouldn't offend your aesthetic sensibilities unless you actually have them.

Hang on...I'm working on it

Harsh winds are blowing over here. Most importantly, I've upgraded computers and now lack viable recording software. The remedy is being administered as we speak.

One more tune before April is over. "Big Prize" is built on a Gentle Giant drum sample and took forever. It needs more polishing but forget it, I'm done with it. Vocals are cobbled together from about fifty different tracks so they're kinda choppy. Still, this is as heavy as I can get, I think.

Okay, just made it. "In the Dark" is technically not finished but it's presence here probably means that no furthur refining will be bothered with.

Drums are machine but time-stretched (compressed actually) which gives them a cool sound. Everything else is fine, verse is merely okay, but the chorus is the highlight, as it should be.

April is drawing to a close and I'm in danger of failing my song-a-month goal for the first time. Not because I ain't got shit goin' on, mind you. But this new process of recording has left me with a bunch of decent tracks and no vocals to go with 'em.

Usually the tracks sound fine, and then I realize that the melody is shit, or my voice just can't pull it off, it's frustrating. I'm trying, check back.