So this song has been around in one incarnation or another for a few years, but last summer I spent some time with it and sculpted it into a complete piece. I have several old demos to choose from (mostly just me playing the same chords over and over while experimenting with different lyrics) but [...]

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As I hoped, things began to come into focus once I started over. In this, ostensibly the final cut, I’ve totally rerecorded everything from scratch. I eliminated the screaming middle bit and found the song a lot gentler and sadder, sort of more faithful to the original emotion behind its creation. I kept the idea, [...]

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The song is coming along, but the path ahead is still frustratingly unclear for me. I am fairly certain that I like all parts of this song, but I am afraid that what I am actually trying to do is combine two separate songs and something about it just isn’t totally working for me. There’s [...]

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This is a song begun several years ago. It’s one of those songs written late at night – almost whisper quiet -  when you’re wallowing in some profound understanding that, in daylight, would seem obvious or even trite, but given the moonlight (spilling white through the windows) and your mood (a cocktail of self-obsession and [...]

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Done! Very happy with this now, and looking forward to getting the album itself done sometime soon. I went through quite a few changes to get here, though, and I admit it took a bit longer than I wanted. First I redid the vocal tracks entirely, nailing the main part in a few tries, and [...]

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