This song is the outcome of a father-daughter project. My 11-year old daughter Zoë and I created “cut-ups”, inspired by William S. Burroughs and other artists who have experimented with similar techniques. The process goes something like this: Select two or more unrelated samples of written language. Take a pair of scissors and cut them […]
This all started when I happened across a recording of the orangutan who sings the first verse. He clearly was singing the blues, and I imagined how cool that would sound with an acoustic guitar. I tried playing along, and I was right – it did sound cool! But it needed something more. I went […]
I wasn’t sure whether to title this song “Angry” or “Not Angry”. If in doubt, I usually go with the option that has the fewest words. The original version to this recording is still on my hard drive somewhere. There were a couple of features that were ultimately edited out. The first to go was […]
This song was specifically written for hikers, backpackers, climbers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders, or anyone else who appreciates the mountains, to crank up while driving into the wilderness, the city gradually disappearing in their rear view mirrors. But even if you’re not one of those people, hopefully you’ll enjoy the music.
Each February since 2009, I’ve participated in February Album Writing Month at fawm.org. The challenge is to write 14 new songs during the shortest month of the year, and the website provides a hub where the FAWM community (folks who call themselves fawmers) support one another in that effort. We share ideas, collaborate, and upload […]