Category — Acoustic/Folk/Rock

 

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Well, she was gone.  But now she’s back.  (Me, that is.)  I’ve overcommitted myself for the past two months at the expense of playing music…and I missed it terribly!

So anyway, hope you enjoy this.  Oh, and I’m actually playing live in a couple of weeks!  On Friday May 9th at the Channel with Jacob Johnson…and then again on May 10th at Paris Mountain State Park with Jonathan Edwards.  Both should be fun, so come if you can.

 

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Easy, breezy summer’s day:
The time just seems to blow away.
Always think about the things I’ve done,
Forget to do the things I should.

And as the days, they roll away
Like the ocean’s waves of gray,
I dig to find myself in grains of sand.
Forget to look into the sun.

Who am I now, and have I run so far
That I can’t tell myself from these dying stars?
I feel so lost, and I would throw all I have off the edges of all I knew
To be lost in you.

 

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My first blog post with a *live* audience!  A bit of a song idea I had a couple days ago.

 

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Happy Valentines Day! It’s true, I do love my listeners. Unfortunately, though, I have no chocolate for you, nor do I have flowers. But I *do* have this song to share! It’s called “Breathe Again”. It is, in fact, a love-related song, and thus appropriate for today. I hope you enjoy.

 

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Ha, don’t get too excited!  But I am pleased to present to you for the very first time: Jordan accompanied by keys.  This is my first attempt at a piano/vocals recording–a song called “Moonlight Fades.”  It’s a song about missed opportunity.  Don’t miss your opportunity; listen now!  (wow, there’s my Advertising background unabashedly screaming through)

 

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I’m generally not a storyteller in my songs.  Maybe it’s because I’m not a verbal processor (haha…it seems like I’ve discussed this point lately with many of you who are probably reading this).  Maybe it’s because I don’t pay enough attention to lyrics as a listener.  In any case, I don’t tell stories.  And for this, I express my thanks to all of you who have faithfully listened to my music in spite of the fact that the words have potentially bored you out of your minds.

However, this song is an anomaly for me.  I explain the background of the song in the audio, so I won’t ramble on too much here.  But, in short, it’s based on a story a good friend of mine told me about one of her pals who lives in the Middle East.  It’s meant to convey the distress the girl felt as a result of gender relations in her culture.

 

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Agree or disagree?

“Time heals all wounds.”

What do you think?

 

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Here’s a verse and a chorus of an unfinished song called “Let’s Work This Out Tonight”.  It sings the story of bitterness with which we are all far too intimately familiar.  Listen to it, and then go read Romans 12.  I’ve been reading that passage for the past few days.  It will definitely convict you of your bitterness, among other things.

On a lighter note, I am actually slightly bitter tonight, as I accidentally broke one of the super cool wine glasses that Jamison gave me for Christmas!  Alas.  I shall recover.

 

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Well, it’s a new year, and with it comes a new WordPress site! While you may not see me playing out much these days, the composing wheels are still turning rapidly. So I want to start sharing some of my new material with you here. Lately I’ve been experimenting in all kinds of genres, from my typical acoustic/folk/rock tunes to orchestral film motifs. I hope to give you a glimpse into the full spectrum.

To kick things off, here’s a rough cut of a song I wrote a couple of years ago that hasn’t made it on an album yet. It’s called “Break a Little Ice.” Enjoy!