East Texas Rain Forest Music was created between 1988 and 1995. The final organization of the album was completed in 1995. It is based on the same theme as the Original Rain Forest Music LP and cassette.

The foundation is set up with a recording of East Texas forest rainfall and thunder sounds with bird sounds from the Houston Zoo, and evening insect and frog sounds from my backyard mixed with electronic music. This remake has a mix of completely new material and some old material updated with newer digital instruments.

It is designed to play as one continuous piece of music.

The album picture is the leaves of a Sweetgum tree in East Texas during a rainfall.

The recording medium is MIDI with Cakewalk Sequencing Software for composition and mastered onto a Sony MiniDisc.

The instrumentation includes a Yamaha FB-01, several Casio CZ type synths, two Ensoniq ESQ-M's and a Korg X5DR.

I originally designed this music to enhance relaxation and meditation, as a background for massage or for counseling to help a person relax and open up faster.  Dr. Robert Pennington, PhD., a clinical psychologist and friend, was very interested in the idea of using music in this way. So he used the original Rain Forest Music in his counseling sessions as background and noticed a marked difference in the quality of the patient's sessions.

You may review and buy East Texas Rain Forest Music on Bandcamp.com.