This site serves as a listening and discussion forum for musicians, audiophiles, and music aficionados interested in intimate musical recordings, a.k.a. INTIMATE AUDIO.

Whether it be a raw solo acoustic recording made during someone’s darkest hour (John Frusciante, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith), rare ’60s studio outtakes or tracking sessions tapes of a genius arranger/sonic craftsperson at work (Brian Wilson), a live concert recording where you feel you’re there, in that room, drawn in and posessed by the performer’s spirit (Jeff Buckley, Ani DiFranco, Jimmy Gnecco), a multi-tracked creation crafted primarily by a singular person (multi-instrumentalists Jon Brion, Iron & Wine's Sam Bean, Jim Noir, Ben Kweller), or simply a recording free of glossy reverb, INTIMATE AUDIO recordings (1) capture an artist in an emotionally vulnerable and/or uncensored state, (2) preserve the composer’s original intent, (3) immortalize a truly inspired/creative moment, and (4) are the closest you may ever get to getting inside that artist’s head.

In other words, allow you to get INTIMATE with the artist’s vibe through their AUDIO.

For the curious, in January 2004, I released one aspect of my own musicianship on CD—an intimate acoustic guitar + vocal “covers” recording inspired by (and dedicated to) Jeff Buckley. The disc, called INTERPRETATIONS, was recorded “live” in my home studio and is Intimate Audio’s first official release! (Stay tuned for a “full band” album of original compositions, due in early 2008, featuring me performing all the instruments—voices, guitar, bass, drums, piano, accordion, and mandolin.)

Since 28 January, 2002, artists who feel their creative work fits within the “intimate audio” category have been able to upload MP3s of their original songs through the AUDIO UPLOAD link. (NEW SUBMISSIONS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED)

On 3 January, 2003, INTIMATE RADIO was launched. There, you can listen to ground-breaking “Audio Upload” artists performing stunning originals in genres ranging from avant-rock, ambient, and hip-hop, to singer-songwriter, metal, and guitar rock—all streaming in Real Audio format!

As an added bonus, given the fact that I'm somewhat of an established guitar authority (don't laugh!), you may post any guitar-related/music theory questions you like on the MESSAGE BOARD and I'll do my best to help you out. Or take a crack at some callus-melting PSYCHO LICKS by clicking on the link above. (That's right, FREE guitar lessons!)

And if you make the mistake of overdoing it (like I did), lend your eyeballs to the HAND JOB area of this website. It contains numerous links to sites relating to the prevention/treatment of Repetitive Strain Injuries.

In addition, by checking out a few of the links up North of here, starting with WHO D.A.T.?, you'll learn everything you didn't need to know about me (personal music history, recordings I've made, instructional books I've authored, my all-time favorite musicians, etc.).

Finally, feel free to hit me up through my MySpace.com page—and add me as a friend! Thanks for stopping by!

MOST RECENT UPDATE: 11 July, 2008 (Click on NEWS for specifics).