Gig Weekend

It's arrived. Another gig with Baaba Seth - my worldbeat band on the East Coast, for anyone who doesn't know. Every year I fly back once or twice for a show. It's always a blast. I love playing solo acoustic, but there's nothing like the rush of playing with these awesome musicians and good friends.

The Song Project, Week Six

Oh man, if there was a way to monetize forgetfulness, I'd be a rich man. Once again, I forgot to put out a blog post on time. Ah well. For week six, I didn't record the song at all in my studio; I filmed myself playing it and posted in on Youtube here. I've also filmed the previous five songs, plus an intro. They can be seen in this playlist.

This song, called "The Wilds of the Day," was written very quickly - in about one and a half hours. I had several stops and starts on Thursday (my usual songwriting day). I went in about three different directions, and then hit on this particular motif.

The Song Project, Week Five

The song is here.

Butterfly is a story about a girl in Coeur D'Alene who has died from an OD. Needless to say, the story is fictional! This song is short and to the point. I had started writing a very different song, with a different style, but realized that the path I had chosen would have taken far too long.

The Song Project, Weeks Three and Four

I just realized that while I did record and post my song for Week Three (here it is), I never blogged about it. I spent the last week down in the Jackson Hole area without a computer, so I'm just now getting caught up. I wrote song Four while I was down there, but let's start with song Three: