One day I went down into my home studio and decided I wanted to try making a song without playing any instruments myself. Very different from most of the songs/music I write. Instead of starting with a guitar or piano, I started with Loops! The first song was ‘Ocean Dance’. I had fun doing that and before I knew I had ‘Minstral Show’, and ‘Poolside’ recorded. All of them were strictly instrumental  loops. Then ‘Ancient Walls’ happened.

With ‘Ancient Walls’ the instrumental concept stuck, but this time it was me playing guitar, not prerecorded loops!

By January of 2021 I had 8 songs that I liked enough to released an album. I used a fictitious band name of Modern Eyes (ME) and titled the album 'Side Projects'. Modern Eyes was a play on modernize and (ME)! Anyway it was a different and fun way for me to make music, which I love to do! With Modern Eyes, I just go where it takes me.

'Side Projects' can be found on Apple Music, Spotify and most other digital music outlets!

I have released 'Side Projects II' on July 17th, 2022.
Side Projects II includes, 'Too Late', 'Coastal Sands', 'Shoot The Loop', 'Funk Master', 'Serenity', 'Running', 'Jazzy Jazz', 'Sad and Lonely' and 'Fire Always Burns'. Some songs are only loops, while several are a combination of loops and played/recorded instruments. ‘Serenity’ is one like ‘Ancient Walls’, whereas it’s not prerecorded loops, it’s me playing guitar and using my keyboard for strings!

I have fun with it, so don't judge me! It keeps me out of trouble!

Check out my other pages and one song of interest is called ‘No Jive’ it’s mainly loops, but the lead guitars and vocals are real instruments. It's from my 'It's High Time' album released in 2018.