Packet Loss Publishing is the independent publishing home for the songwriting of Tim Murphy, based in West Georgia. It brings four very different sounds together in one catalog: Americana and gospel, outlaw country-trap, Southern gothic and yacht rock.
Who we are
Tim writes the songs. Many of them start with the people and places around him. Over time the songs outgrew a single sound, so each style got its own name, and Packet Loss Publishing is the single place that holds them all.
Tim has spent his career in IT, and anyone in that world knows packet loss: pieces of a message that never make it across. Songs are how he gets the whole message through.
How the music is made
The lyrics, concepts and direction are Tim’s. The music is produced with AI music tools, guided by Tim’s style choices and refined until it fits the song. We say so plainly because anyone licensing a song deserves to know how it was made.
The songs are original and are not imitations of any real artist.
The catalog
Licensing
Songs from the catalog are available to license for film, TV, video, podcasts and advertising. Send us the song you have in mind, how you plan to use it and your timeline, and we will reply with the details.
Everything is made in-house, so we can go over the rights for each song with you directly.
The songwriter
Tim is the songwriter behind Packet Loss Publishing. He has spent more than twenty years in enterprise IT, building and fixing the systems people rely on every day, and he writes songs in the hours around that work.
He writes the lyrics, records his own vocals and builds each song with AI music tools. The songs are released under four names: Packet Loss Originals, Kyle Winters, Black Pine Hollow and Marina Nights. He makes the music from his home in West Georgia.
He also built PorchDirector, the video-production tool he uses to turn each song into a finished music video.
The albums
After twenty years of quiet work in IT, Tim started building songs. Each of the three albums below is a complete ten-track record with its own sound and its own story.
Packet Loss Originals
Americana · 10 tracks · Out now
A concept album about reinvention: a quiet IT professional who decides to stop waiting and build something of his own. The songs run from “Twenty Years Quiet” to “Built From Scratch” and “Pass It Down.”
Kyle Winters
Country-trap · 10 tracks · Winters Records · Out now
Outlaw country with trap drums, from “Small Town Loud” and “Diesel and Bass” to “What I’m Leaving.” Released in August 2026 and distributed through DistroKid.
Black Pine Hollow
Southern gothic · 10 tracks · Out now
A sinner, a haunting and a reckoning: a gothic country and dark electronica concept album about a ghost that has moved into the wires. The songs run from “Signal” to “Back to Dust.”
Packet Loss Originals · Single
Tribute · Out now
A song written as a tribute to the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the people behind the flight demonstration team.
Watch on YouTube →Packet Loss Originals · Single
Tribute · Out now
A song written as a tribute to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the people behind the flight demonstration team.
Watch on YouTube →Packet Loss Originals · Single
Title song
The song that gives the album its name: a story about starting over and building something new.
Watch on YouTube →Questions about a song, a licensing request, or just want to talk music? Write to us.