Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Nov 01
2010
And now for something entirely different… I wanted to test out GarageBand ’11 as a musical scratchpad, so I put this together last night (also my first recording with an electric guitar). It’s mostly first takes (which is especially obvious on the vocal tracks) because I wanted to see how well the app worked for just getting ideas out of my head. My conclusion: it works really…
Oct 12
2010
This is a song I recorded a couple of years ago. I like it, although it’s a bit dark. Yes, even darker than my usual. You may be happy to know that—since getting my new electric guitar—I’ve actually been writing some happier music. I haven’t recorded any of it yet, but hope to find some time soon.
Aug 02
2010
You can count yourself lucky if you have no idea what “blue bags with red letters” might be, but I think you’ll get the idea from the lyrics to this song nonetheless. Within certain circles, the stamp bag is a common form of packaging powdered goods… at least in New York and other high-traffic cities. A small envelope, often blue in my day, stamped with red letters which spell…
Jul 17
2010
Junky Angel, my last post, was a rather dark look into my psyche, which makes this next one, “All Comes Spilling Out,” seem happy by comparison. It’s a love song, dark though it may be. Kind of like Robert Smith’s more stable side doing a cover of “Give My Love to Rose.” Maybe.
As with the other songs I’ve posted so far, this one was penned long ago, but the…
Jul 16
2010
If not the saddest song I’ve ever written, “Junky Angel” is at least in the top 5. I’m not always this much of a downer, but I really needed to get this one up here as I start publishing my more recent work, mostly because this song in particular lays a historical and emotional backdrop for the journey and growth that follows.
Jun 27
2010
While I normally keep my blogging pretty technical, I’ve decided to start sharing some of my more personal projects, just to see what happens. I’ve been (slowly) working on a few songs for a very low-budget EP, and this is the first one I’ve “finished,” per my own standards, anyway.
