That title can be misleading. When I say “solo” I mean the music itself I played was written and released under my own name. It’s not a band. But I did have James from Chiseled Lilies back me up on the drums, so I wasn’t by myself on stage. It’s also not technically the first … Continue reading First solo performance
I’ve been back in songwriting mode lately. It feels good. Elliott Smith has been on heavy rotation for the last few weeks or months, and it’s clearly coming through in what I’m writing. I’m also in the mood to share songs before they’re recorded. So here’s a video of me playing a new one. Recorded … Continue reading Not Enough (demo video)
My first acoustic album is available everywhere today. It probably has a wider appeal than my previous album. I’ve always loved acoustic music. When I started writing music it was on the acoustic guitar. Despite being in punk/alternative bands, I always come back to my acoustic. These songs are much more mellow, with some folk … Continue reading New acoustic album released today
After 9 months, the solo project album I promised myself I would write and record is ready. It was a long time coming. It feels great to finally release music after about 15 years of writing. Listen below or keep reading. Shift. This album represents a shift in mindset and a push toward growth. I … Continue reading Shift
This is proving to be harder than I expected. If you’ve been following along, when we last left off I decided not to force creativity in order to create better music. So what’s happened since? Despite the hustle and bustle of moving into a new house — preparing, packing, moving, and unpacking — I continued … Continue reading Project LP Update #4
I’ve had this guitar part I’ve been thinking about for a few months now. Every time I sit down I return to it, but I didn’t know where to go with it. So I spent some time working with it the other night. Playing it over and over. Trying out various chord progressions with it, … Continue reading Nothing To Declare (demo)
I’m nearly 3 months into the year and not as far along as I was hoping to be. Momentum was strong during January with the excitement of setting a new goal. I got about three or four solid starts to songs without lyrics. Then I lost steam for a while. I’ve done some reflecting over … Continue reading Project LP: Week 10
The first week of the road to releasing an album has been moderately productive. It started with a lot of internal struggle about what style of music I want this record to be. While punk and pop-punk has always been my first love, I also want to push myself out of my comfort zone a … Continue reading Project LP: Week 1
I’ve decided to set a goal for 2018 to officially write, record, and release an album. The best way for me to help achieve this goal is to document my progress. So step one is to set some constraints and ground rules. 1. It should consist of recently written music I’ve been writing music, more … Continue reading Project LP
It’s been a while since I wrote any music. Not that I haven’t wanted to, it just fell out of priorities with some other things in my life and work. Then the inspiration and drive to do it faded over time. Because it’s been so long, it was really tough to get back into it. … Continue reading Unglued (Demo)
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