Music for Failing Kidneys

"Stage 5 Bass" is my third instrumental album. This one focusing on kidney failure. I'm a retired chemical engineer, lifelong electric bassist, and Navy veteran living with stage 5 kidney failure as a result of Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War. Crafted during ongoing dialysis treatments, "Stage 5 Bass" is an emotionally charged, sonically rich collection of instrumental works, with the electric guitar stepping forward as lead voice. The album dives headfirst into themes of survival, memory, and resilience, each track a snapshot of life lived in a body sustained by machines. With track titles like “Size Fifteen Needles,”...