I love R.E.M. One of my favorite songs by them ends the Automatic for the People album. 'Find the River'. Yeah I like pretty songs. I always wanted to have a closer like that. The perfect kind of ending…
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Nov 12 2017
Nov 12 2017
I love R.E.M. One of my favorite songs by them ends the Automatic for the People album. 'Find the River'. Yeah I like pretty songs. I always wanted to have a closer like that. The perfect kind of ending…
Read moreNov 10 2017
Painting the Silence. Title track.
I've only done this once before. I think it's kinda boring to name your album after a song that's on it. Most of the time. It's just a thing I have.
Anyway…
Read moreNov 8 2017
Ah so. This is probably one of the only 'direct' lyrics I've ever written. I usually write more in 'scenes' or incomplete thoughts that make a whole picture. But this one just kinda had to be this way.
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Read moreNov 7 2017
This is one of the oldest songs that made the album. I had just moved and it was a warm day in March. I took my guitar out onto my deck and started messing around. Came up with a…
Read moreOct 31 2017
So yeah, Side 2!!
I LOVE records. I've always had a bunch and the last few years I've gotten back into collecting them. Not just old stuff either. I have almost all the Radiohead albums on Vinyl....it's pretty…
Read moreOct 26 2017
Funny how time changes your point of view. "Time can heal all wounds", or something like that is the saying right?
My last 3 records were not exactly depressing. Not at all. There were many joyous happy uplifting…
Read moreOct 23 2017
Oct 20 2017
Tom Petty just passed away. I was so sad. I remember having his album 'Full Moon Fever' on near constant play one summer. And what musician wouldn't KILL for a 'Freefallin'? I…
Read moreOct 18 2017
Oct 17 2017
I'm all the way done. So over the next few weeks leading up to the official release of the full album I will be posting the songs, in order, so you'll be able to hear them.
Tomorrow you'll be…
Read moreOct 17 2017
So confession.
I've never mastered my own album before. Ever.
Why? Mainly cause it's a very specific skill. It's all about very SMALL tweaks to volume, compression and EQ. It takes years to learn how to do it…
Read moreOct 14 2017
HEY!
Yeah. Well one of the wonderful things about technology is that it lets someone like me make a record. It's great.
The worst thing is that there are so many things you can do! Too many…
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