The Music of Damien Riley: Free MP3 Files 1986 to Present
I’ve had a lot of fun recording these tunes through the years. I’m glad I am now able to present them all on this page. My hope is to regularly update this page with new songs as I record them. Before the music below is a brief creative commons license. Please take a look at it if you’d like to use my songs for commercial purposes. Thanks for listening.
Each song by me (Damien Riley) on this page is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (except covers noted as such). In other words: my music here is free for you to download and share with others. If you want to use my music commercially, you must have my permission: contact me by email contact@rileycentral.net
New Song Project (started 2-25-12)
Memory of Running 2.5MB
A Supermarket in California 2010
I wrote this collection at age 40 and recorded it in my family room. This is my most mature writing and playing up to this point. I aimed the electric guitar amp into the fireplace and put the sm58 a bit above it. It made for a cool punchy sound.
Claim to Fame 3.8MB lyrics
Julianna 3.1MB
Land of the Living 2.7MB
No Kings 3.1MB
Supermarket in California 3.0MB
Faith in the Road Ahead 1988-2009
These are tunes I wrote and recorded after high school and up until 2010. I played solo in coffee houses and sat in with several great musicians during this time.
The Fields of Mustard 3.2MB
The Soul Traveler 2.9MB
Julianna (Stanford version) 2.4MB
People 2.8MB
The Sycamore Tree 3.5MB
Talk to Me 2.5MB
Angels in our Fields 3.8MB
Fallin’ in Love With You 1.6MB
Follow the Spirit 2.6MB
Country Kitchen Table 3.0MB
It’s a Mean Mean Hand (Cover of a Dave Sharp song – No plagiarism intended) 2.9MB
The Road to Mexico (Cover of a Dave Sharp song – No plagiarism intended) 3.2MB
Sure High (Cover of a Dave Sharp song – No plagiarism intended) 3.1MB
Tumbletunes 2011
These are three short instrumental acoustic guitar songs I wrote and recorded. Silly little things really I just recorded so they wouldn’t die. You’ll never hear me play these live, they’re just too quiet and slow. But I love them on a rainy day with a good fire going.
Drinking Bird 2.0MB
plié in D 1.2MB
Return to Bog Creek 1.9MB
The 63 Lipless Fish 1991-1993
From about age 21-23 I messed around in this band. It was more of a time to drink beer with friends than to really create any amazing music. I had higher hopes for the group than it was capable of (as history has told). The most memorable thing that came of it was our working with the legendary Dave Sharp on two songs: People, and Talk to Me (linked above). I sang and played lead guitar for the band.
2-4-100 3.5MB
Blood 4.1MB
Culture 5.9MB
Discoveries 4.0MB
Fieldsofmustard 4.2MB
Underneath 3.9MB
Weathering 4.2MB
The Resolution 1986-1990My first “real band.” I met Brad, Lance, and Mike in 1986 at age 16 and we formed a band. We recorded about 20 original songs up to 1990. We played frat houses, parties, restaurants, and “band competitions.” I was lead guitarist and co-writer. We never had a hit and eventually went our separate ways after high school. I kept in touch with Brad, the drummer and leader of the project. December 26, 2011 we had a Resolution reunion. We made music and enjoyed getting reacquainted. We didn’t record any songs at the reunion. Below are the songs we recorded back in the early 80′s.
Change Your Mind 5.8MB
Don’t Lie 7.7MB
Get on the Right Side 9.0MB
He Shines 5.5MB
Look Out for the Rapture 4.5MB
Mistaken Identity 6.2MB
Nothing Ever Changes 3.7MB
Resolution if You Dare 4.4MB
Return to Your First Love 6.0MB
The Fog 6.5MB
The Road 5.5MB
The Swindler 6.5MB
Trapped in the Circle 4.7MB
Wish 5.6MB