Pour tous les francophones: Je m’excuse. Les Paroles en Français J’ai faim de l’aubergine S’il vous plaît donnez-le à moi J’ai faim de l’aubergine S’il vous plaît donnez-le à moi Les aubergines sont rapides et forts Les aubergines sont rapides et forts Les aubergines sont rapides et forts Je ne sais pas J’ai faim de […]
This song was written and recorded in October 2008 when the presidential campaign season was in full swing. Although one couldn’t avoid politics during that time, my initial motivation for recording this tune was musical rather than political. A Spanish-influenced chord progression had been looping in my head for quite some time, and I had […]
The inspiration for this song came knocking on my office door at the University of Washington, where I’m technology accessibility specialist. “It’s open,” I said. The door crept open and a blind university student stepped into my office and nonchalantly said "There’s something wrong with this document". This proved to be quite an understatement! Her […]
This song evolved considerably from its original inception. I had all the material in place, but kept finding new, better ways to mix it. Even the title evolved from “Koan Song” to “Ango”, before I finally settled on “Religion” (after which, one reviewer suggested that I rename it “FREE!”) The song is not intended necessarily […]
Creating this song helped me to reach some light-hearted closure in the aftermath of a long, grueling 2008 presidential campaign. The exercise I assigned myself: Write a love song to Sarah Palin. In doing so I never imagined that in years to follow so many people would actually take Sarah seriously. Just don’t take this […]