Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Falling	(4:07 -- Recorded during the Fall or Winter of 1992)
2. Suicidal Explorations, Part 1	(12:53 -- Recorded early to mid October of 1992)
3. Daydreaming	(7:03 -- Recorded during late October 1992)
4. A Snippet of Frippet	(2:55 -- Recorded September 27, 1992)
5. Suicidal Explorations, Part 2	(18:32 -- Recorded October 24, 1992)
6. A Prayer For Lost Friends	(6:31 -- Recorded during the Winter of 1992)
7. Falling Through	(12:10 -- Recorded during the Winter of 1992)
Total Playing Time: 64:11
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 1992 and Beyond. Released ~1994 by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission.

Session Info:

• This is a collection of songs I put together right before I moved to Boulder, in 1994. All of the songs were recorded in Albany, New York.
• I had been hanging on to the master tapes for a couple of years but hadn't done anything with them. This was at a time when CD-Rs weren't available to the public for a reasonable price. They were very expensive and there was no such thing as a cheap CD burner. A unit probably costs thousands.
  
  So, before I left Boston, I hired a couple of sound engineers (who were Berklee graduates) and asked them to help me mix the tapes which we did in a small studio right across the street from Berklee's 150 Mass Ave. building. We then had the newly mixed tracks burned onto a gold compact disc which cost about $100 just for the disc alone! I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

• TRIVIA: The original title for this album was  UNTITLED  because, simply put, I just didn't know what to call it.
• Tracks 2 and 4 were recorded down the hall in my old bedroom on Primrose Lane in upstate New York.
• I remember one evening my friends Mike and Gaven were "encouraging" (more like taunting) me to go upstairs and record something cool and I came up with Track 2: Suicidal Explorations, Part 1.
• Tracks 3 and 5 were recorded in the weight room at my Dad's office building at 251 New Karner Rd. in Albany, NY.
  
  By the way, if you don't see the humor in the title Suicidal Explorations, Part 2, then there's really not much hope for you is there? I mean, how the fuck can there be a Part 2?
• Tracks 6 and 7 were recorded in the kitchen at my Grandparents' house at 11 Maxwell St. in Albany, NY.
  
  You see, I had turned their kitchen into a recording studio while they were living in Florida for the winter. I remember spending many quiet nights alone in their home playing guitar while watching the snow fall from the front bay window of their living room without any lights on in the entire house.
• Track 1 was either recorded either in the weight room, in the kitchen or in my old bedroom. I can't seem to remember.
• To me, these recordings signify the end of my childhood and a turning point in my life, as I was moving from the east coast and starting a new life for myself out west in Colorado. I was about to study Buddhism in Boulder, at the Naropa Institute (now known as Naropa University.)

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - I played a Fender Stratocaster and an Ovation steel-string acoustic guitar. I also played some slide guitar too. The Ovation was a 12-string guitar, but I strung it as a 6-string as the wider spacing between the strings lent itself better for finger-style playing.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Magnet Opus	(5:14 -- Recorded November 17, 2001)
2. Tears	(5:46 -- Recorded October 21, 2001)
3. Study In Loneliness, No. 2	(9:18 -- Recorded August 17, 2001)
4. Study In Loneliness, No. 3	(7:54 -- Recorded August 17, 2001)
5. Monkey Buttons	(2:51 -- Recorded sometime in 2000)
6. Flynn	(6:03 -- Recorded July 13 & 15, 2001, and added real bass guitar a year later on July 13, 2002.)
7. Freak	(6:29 -- Recorded February 16, 1997)
8. Anthem Of A Young Man (aka Life)	(3:18 -- Recorded July 29, 2001)
9. Descent	(6:15 -- Recorded November 13, 1993)
10. Cowboy Raga	(2:39 -- Recorded July 16, 2001)
11. BONUS TRACK: Sraet	(5:46 -- Recorded October 21, 2001)
Total Playing Time: 61:37
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 1993, 1997, 2000-2002, and Beyond. Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission.

Session Info:

• Tracks 1 - 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11 were recorded in my room on Hayden Pl. in Boulder, CO.
• Track 5 was recorded at my friend Rachel's place in north Boulder, Colorado. She mixed this tune and engineered the session. I just sang and played, a nice change of pace. I believe she used a Mac and ProTools for the session. I may have used one of her Taylor acoustic guitars too.
• Track 7 was recorded in my room at Woody's place in Lafayette, Colorado. Some recording trickery was used to speed up the lead guitar track. The tune is in C# minor. I slowed the tape down such that the song was transposed to A minor, a major 3rd lower. I then played and recorded the guitar solo over the slower tempo. Afterwards, when mixing, I sped the track back up to its normal speed. The end result being a lead guitar that sounds like it's being played at a blistering speed. Tricky.
• Track 9 was recorded in Boston at 11 Queensbury St. on the 5th floor in the corner apartment in my room overlooking Fenway Park. Sadly, the bass guitar used on that track was later tossed out my 5-story bedroom window and fell to its death in the alley below. Such was life back then for me in the early 90's... full of angst and nihilism.
• I believe all tracks were recorded using a BOSS BR-8 except Track 9, Descent, which was recorded using a Fostex 4-track tape recorder. I believe the master stereo track for this piece was slowed down to give it a smeared and slow motion effect.
• The "bonus" track, Sraet, is Track 2 played backwards. Somehow the backwardness gives the vocals a Jewish sound to them.

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - Guitars (acoustic and electric), bass and vocals. It's been many years since I recorded these pieces so my memory is a little hazy about which instruments I played when recording. Most likely, however, I played most electric guitar parts on my very first Fender Stratocaster, which was an American Standard from 1987 or '88. I also probably played an old Washburn acoustic guitar for Tears and Anthem of a Young Man and my friend's Taylor acoustic guitar for Monkey Buttons.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Pigs On The Wing, Part 1	(2:28 -- Recorded July 19, 2002)
2. And I Love Her	(2:45 -- Recorded July 17, 2002)
3. Time (with Breathe Reprise)	(5:13 -- Recorded July 15 - 16, 2002)
4. Black Bird	(3:17 -- Recorded July 15, 2002)
5. Give Me Love	(3:30 -- Recorded July 15, 2002)
6. Fat Old Sun	(5:02 -- Recorded July 19, 2002)
7. Yesterday	(2:42 -- Recorded July 19, 2002)
8. Pigs On The Wing, Part 2	(1:40 -- Recorded July 19, 2002)
9. A Day In The Life	(5:46 -- Recorded July 20 - 21, 2002)
10. The Sphere	(1:09 -- Recorded July 18, 2002)
Total Playing Time: 33:34
All songs were recorded without anyone's permission. Released by Gabriel Perry in the summer of 2002. A second release was made with the addition of drums by Brian Egan circa 2012.

Session Info:

• Recorded in Boulder, CO from July 15 to July 21, 2002, with my buddy Brian Egan from Albany, New York. Brian came out to Boulder for a visit one summer and we spent a lot of our time making these recordings and driving each other crazy.

• Actually, this album serves as a very special and dear memory for me. My friend Brian is a great friend and someone I admire very much. He's the only drummer I've played with who actually can emulate Nick Mason's feel to a tee. We always have a lot of fun when we get together and we've shared some very special moments over the years playing music. If there was one drummer I would want to play with if I were in my dream band, it would be Brian. In a heartbeat. Miss you, brother.

Song Info:

• Pink Floyd Tunes: Tracks 1, 3, 6, and 8.
• Beatles Tunes: Tracks 2, 4, 7, and 9.
• Tunes by George Harrison: Track 5.
• Rush Tunes: Track 10.

Personnel:

Real and/or Imaginary Name	Instruments Played
Gabriel Perry (Bounder)	Acoustic, lap steel, bass, and electric guitars, sound effects, and vocals.
Brian Egan (Cheat)	Vocals, bird sounds, and clave. About 10 years later Brian added drum parts to these recordings and re-released this album.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Study in E minor	(1:44 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
2. Lagrima (Teardrop)	(2:40 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
3. Peace - A Theme	(1:46 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
4. Waltz	(2:56 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
5. The Rain Song	(6:08 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
6. Is There Anybody Out There?	(1:50 -- Recorded August 1, 2002)
7. Mood For A Day	(3:27 -- Recorded August 9, 2002)
8. Crazy World	(2:32 -- Recorded July 31, 2002)
Total Playing Time: 23:05
All songs were recorded without anyone's permission. Released by Gabriel Perry in 2002.

Session Info:

• All songs were recorded in Boulder, Colorado (on Hayden Pl. in the front bedroom) from July 31 to August 9, 2002. Most songs were recorded on a single day, the first of August.
• Tracks 1 and 2 composed by Francisco Tárrega. Study in E minor was the first classical guitar study I ever learned. Whenever I played it, my mother would start to cry.
• Track 3 composed by Robert Fripp. This is one of my favorite pieces and it can be found on King Crimson's second album: In The Wake Of Poseidon.
• Track 4 composed by Ferdinando Carulli. A simple yet beautiful guitar study.

• Track 5 composed by Jimmy Page. My interpretation of one of Page's best guitar pieces.
• Track 6 composed by Pink Floyd. Rumor has it, the Pink Floyd hired a classical guitarist to come in and perform this piece when they were recording The Wall. This is a great little guitar exercise and helps one develop right-hand arpeggiation technique.
• Track 7 composed by Steve Howe. My rendition of Steve's classic guitar piece. On this recording, I'm playing a steel string acoustic guitar.
• Track 8 composed by John Lennon. This is an arrangement of a song I heard in a documentary about John Lennon.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. The Holy Grail	(4:11 -- Recorded May 30, 2002)
2. What Will We Find?	(5:46 -- Recorded April 2002)
3. Karma Factory	(9:50 -- Recorded November 9 - 10, 2002)
4. Simon	(5:23 -- Recorded July 11th, July 13th and August 30, 2002)
5. Intermission	(4:25 -- Recorded July 3, 2002)
6. My Sweet Love	(2:24 -- Recorded February 12, 2002)
7. Butterfly Dreams	(5:20 -- Recorded December 25 - 26, 2002)
8. The Other Side	(6:01 -- Recorded December 4, 2002)
9. Goodbye Forever	(8:22 -- Recorded June 19, 2002 -- Bass added on November 10, 2002)
10. Lost Horizon	(6:52 -- Recorded December 6 - 8, 2002)
Total Playing Time: 58:40
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 2002 and Beyond. Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission.

Session Info:

• All songs were recorded in Boulder, Colorado (at 3485 Hayden Pl. in the front bedroom) between February and December 2002.
• All songs were recorded using a Boss BR-8 (8-track) digital recorder.
• Half of these songs have vocals, half are instrumental.
• I used a SuperCollider recording programmed by my friend John Ciolek as the basis for the track "Karma Factory". I improvised a guitar solo over the top of the trippy synth sounds. Afterwards, I added bass as an after-thought and was surprised by how good the results came out. So, one could say I added the harmony (via the way of bass notes) after everything else was recorded... kind of a strange approach to take, but it worked.

Players:

Gabriel Perry - Acoustic, lap steel, bass, and electric guitars, sound effects, drum programming and vocals.

John Ciolek - Synthesizer (SuperCollider programming) on "Karma Factory."

Session Info:

Recorded in Boulder, Colorado in my living room during the Summer of 2004. There were 2 sessions involved. I believe the first session lasted two days. Only one song was recorded then, Crazy Wisdom. Another session took place later that year during the Fall. I'm not sure how many days the second session lasted, but there were a few takes made. The last one was the best. I call this second piece Helium Rain.

Instruments Played:

Crazy Wisdom: I played a Fender Telecaster through a Fender CyberTwin amp. I also played an old Washburn acoustic guitar for the rhythm part.

Helium Rain: I played my old Fender Strat, my first Strat, through a Fender CyberTwin amp. I also played an old Rickenbacher ACE Electro lap steel.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Neptunian Sunrise	(19:10 -- Recorded February 10, 2013)
2. Hippity Hop	(3:05 -- Recorded November 21, 2012)
3. Someday We'll Get There	(6:27 -- Recorded March 24, 2013)
4. Improv in G Lydian	(2:11 -- Recorded November 13, 2015)
5. Dreaming	(8:00 -- Recorded June 17, 2013)
6. Arrival	(22:48 -- Recorded December 31, 2012, Remixed on December 2, 2013)
7. Drift	(7:48 -- Recorded January 18, 2014)
8. Crazy Wisdom	(7:16 -- Recorded Summer 2004)
Total Playing Time: 76:45
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 2015 and Beyond.
Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission on 19-Dec-2015.

Session Info:

Most of these songs were recorded in Boulder, Colorado, between November 2012 and January 2014. "Improv in G Lydian" was recorded in November 2015. "Crazy Wisdom" was recorded over a couple of days during the summer of 2004. I never released it as part of a collection of songs, or album, so I'm releasing it now as part of the Neptunian sessions.

All of these recordings were recorded at my residence in Boulder (usually late at night). So, these are very much "home grown" works of art.

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - Electric, acoustic (steel and nylon string) guitars. E-Bow (electric bow) and slide guitars. Looping and sound effects.

I play Fender and Gibson guitars. I also play an old Washburn acoustic guitar, as well as old Japanese Classical nylon string guitar (on "Improv in G Lydian").

I use a DigiTech JamMan Delay Looper pedal as well as many other pedals and effects. Visit The Pedalboard Page for more details.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Spaces	(8:17 -- Recorded September 25, 2015)
2. The Sea of Key	(6:38 -- Recorded December 31, 2014)
3. The Edge of the World	(8:47 -- Recorded July 21, 2013)
4. Chair in the Sky	(6:27 -- Recorded October 6, 2013)
5. Scorpio	(6:14 -- Recorded October 25, 2015)
6. Until We Meet Again	(5:03 -- Recorded December 30, 2014)
7. Alone	(5:49 -- Recorded July 7, 2013)
8. Summer of '15	(4:45 -- Recorded August 16, 2015)
9. Longing	(4:25 -- Recorded December 13, 2015)
10. Helium Rain	(7:03 -- Recorded Fall of 2004)
Total Playing Time: 63:29
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 2015 and Beyond.
Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission on 19-Dec-2015.

Session Info:

Recorded and mixed in Boulder, Colorado, between July 2013 and December 2015, at my residence in North Boulder (usually late at night).

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - Electric, acoustic (steel and nylon string) guitars. E-Bow (electric bow) and slide guitars. Looping and sound effects.

Gabriel plays Fender guitars. He also plays Fano, Warmoth, Santa Cruz and Jose Ramirez guitars.

Gabriel uses a DigiTech JamMan Delay Looper pedal as well as many other pedals and effects. Visit The Pedalboard Page for more details.

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Nostalgic For The Present	(5:36 -- Recorded January 18, 2017)
2. Entries From A Dying Planet	(7:19 -- Recorded May 12, 2017)
3. Floating in Gravity	(5:22 -- Recorded January 9, 2017)
4. Heart of Sadness	(7:07 -- Recorded January 28, 2017)
5. Dream of Reality	(4:17 -- Recorded February 22, 2017)
6. Our Final Hour	(9:50 -- Recorded October 27-28 and November 4, 2017)
7. Writing My Name On Water	(5:22 -- Recorded January 9, 2017)
8. Vast Open Sky	(9:00 -- Recorded June 3, 2017)
9. November	(16:34 -- Recorded November 4, 2017)
Total Playing Time: 70:27
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 2017 and Beyond.
Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission on 5-Nov-2017.

Session Info:

These songs were recorded throughout 2017, in Gabriel's apartment in North Boulder, usually late at night. All of the tracks employed multitrack recording techniques using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 audio interface, a MacBook Pro and a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software program called Reaper.

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - Electric, acoustic (steel and nylon string) guitars. E-Bow (electric bow), sustainer and slide guitars. Looping and sound effects.

Gabriel plays Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars. He also plays James Tyler, Warmoth, Taylor and Jose Ramirez guitars.

Gabriel uses a DigiTech JamMan Delay Looper pedal as well as many other pedals and effects. Visit The Pedalboard Page for more details.

These songs seem special to me. If anything, they help bring me some peace. We live in very troubling times and I think it's more important now than ever not to lose hope in our humanity and our ability to relate to others, to feel. We need to find some peace (daily if possible) and remember that beauty still exists on this deeply troubled planet.

As a friend of mine said recently of my music, "your songs help the listener hear themselves." I think that's a nice way of putting it. I hope this music touches you and helps you hear yourself. I hope this music brings some peace and beauty into your life.

~gabriel

30-Nov-2017
Boulder, Colorado

Songs	Length and Recording Date
1. Red on Black	(7:21 -- Recorded June 21, 2019)
2. Faces in the Clouds	(5:17 -- Recorded December 30, 2020)
3. Foolish Human	(7:01 -- Recorded September 24, 2019)
4. Back Home	(6:50 -- Recorded November 26, 2020)
5. Sailing On	(5:22 -- Recorded January 9, 2021)
6. Eve Song	(5:48 -- Recorded August 30, 2020)
7. Blues for America	(5:48 -- Recorded December 31, 2020)
Total Playing Time: 44:10
All songs © by Gabriel Perry, 2019 and Beyond.
Released by Gabriel Perry with nobody's permission on 15-Jan-2021.

Session Info:

Most of these songs were recorded during the latter part of 2020, but a couple of tracks were recorded in 2019 and one in the beginning of 2021. All recordings were made in Gabriel's apartment in North Boulder, usually late at night. All of the tracks employed multitrack recording techniques using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 audio interface, a MacBook Pro and a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software program called Reaper.

Instruments Played:

Gabriel Perry - Electric, acoustic (steel and nylon string) guitars. E-Bow and slide guitars.

Gabriel plays Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars. He also plays Taylor and Jose Ramirez guitars. He uses all sorts of effects pedals and gadgets. Visit The Pedalboard Page for more details.

2020 has been an incredibly tough year for most of us. A global pandemic broke out and is still going strong as I write this. Unprecedented fires raged throughout the world and western United States this past summer and well past the late fall causing the sky to turn orange in many places on the west coast including the skyline here in Boulder, Colorado. Three of Colorado's largest fires in the state's history happened this past year and Boulder County's largest fire in its history was one of those fires. That particular fire was only a few miles from where I live. And, the world saw yet another record breaking hottest year since we've been keeping records.

It was an election year and the worst election campaign season I've ever witnessed: one full of incessant lies from the Republicans while the Democrats fucked over Bernie Sanders for a second time in the Democratic Primary. It seems we're exposed to a constant barage of propaganda, lies, and bad news now. Who knows what the hell is really going on anymore?

And only last week right wing extremists (aka Trump supporters) invaded the U.S. Capitol building in D.C. in an attempt to overthrow the will of the American people and the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Thankfully, these fuckers were not successful in their coup attempt, but it doesn't seem that we're out of the woods yet. Trump was impeached today for "incitement of insurrection" with even ten Republicans in the House voting for it, the most bipartisan impeachment vote in the U.S.'s history. But will the Senate actually convict the Commander in Thief?

Also, last year I spent way too much time alone and away from my girlfriend. Sadly, she lost her favorite cat, her "soul kitty", a beautiful Bengal cat named Baker, aka Bakeroni. I had grown very fond of the little guy too over the last five years and it has been utterly heartbreaking dealing with his loss. In short, it has been a tough fucking year and 2021 is already over the edge crazy and we're only two weeks into it.

Sir Baker Dough-Boy Smith, aka Bakeroni, 2017.

Somehow, I managed to record a little music despite this past year being such a challenge. In fact, maybe it is because it was such a tough year that I was able to record. That and the awareness of the remaining amount of time left for me seems shorter as I approach being on the planet for almost a half century, at least in this body. So, yes, I've definitely been more motivated to produce some music, albeit in short bursts. But, alas, here it is! A collection of seven songs, not as long as some of my previous collections, but long enough to warrant an album's worth of material.

For a few of these recordings I went back to the vaults and resurrected some old pieces. For instance, "Faces in the Clouds" was a piece I wrote when I was a Berklee student in Boston. I'm pretty sure it was written in the late spring of 1992, my last semester at Berklee and it was my submission for the final project for my Theory 4 class with Prof. Mike Scott. We were learning about how to write modal tunes at the end of the semester and this piece was an opportunity to show off a few flavors: Lydian and Mixolydian.

Street Art by SMiLE - Boulder, Colorado - December 27, 2020.

"Back Home" was a piece of music I wrote when I was a Naropa student circa 1995 or '96. It was a chord progression and a melody I had in my head since then but never got around to recording or arranging it into an actual song until this past year. It's good to finish things and this song is no exception. I'm quite happy with the way it turned out and I used it as an excuse to play through a reissued Big Muff pedal which was quite fun. How on earth David Gilmour played through these things and achieved such a clean tone is beyond me.

"Sailing On" was a song written by a dear friend of mine in late 1977 or early 1978 while she was in college. It was a piece that I fell in love with when I first her heard it in 1996. I love it so much that I decided to make a proper recording of it only a few days ago and am quite happy with how it came out. I also updated the piece with a bridge in the middle section which was quite fun to write and record. I think it really adds something a little extra and special to the original piece.

I hope you enjoy listening to these pieces. They were made during a very tumultuous time, but let them be a reminder to you that doing art during these kinds of times is absolutely crucial. Recording them has brought me much joy and a sense of accomplishment. Time is short and of the essence so stop squandering it. At least, that's what 2020 has been showing me among other things. They say the worst vice is advice, but do yourself a favor and finish that project you've been putting off for years. Do the things your heart truly desires. Do what you're here to do. The bullshit doesn't need all your attention all of the time. You don't have forever.

Let's hope things start to turn around this year. We need to come together, overcome our differences, and start addressing the very serious problems that face us as a species. We don't have forever to set things right. We better get started now. If not now, when? If not here, where?

~gabriel

13-Jan-2021
Boulder, Colorado

Professor Doctor Cookie Jar meditating in his favorite spot, 2017.