Category: Posts!
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Don’t Look Away
I think I’m getting better at coming back to entries from the early end of my writing career. I go in thinking “there are so many things I would do differently if I was writing this song now”, and then I realize that I can do those things differently. Which is liberating! I wrote these…
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The Best of You
Everyone falls from time to time. We fall down, we get knocked down, we knock ourselves down; no matter what initiates the push, a push is all it takes and gravity does the rest. At first it might come as a surprise to fall, but most of the time, once you’ve reached wherever you’re falling…
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Where You Been
It’s not the first time I mentioned my dislike my the business end of the music world. Negotiating prices, trying to get a hold of whoever does the booking, waiting for replies, it can all just be a headache. The struggle to get better at it is never ending, but I’m also always trying not…
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A Helping Hand
Low times can be surprisingly productive. While there are the days when levels of depression set in and productivity of any kind is nil, there are pockets of lowness that create the necessity of an outlet. I spent a brief stint in Pittsburgh staying with my brother. I was between jobs (which can easily contribute…
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Message from the Top of the World
Every song is about the songwriter in one way or another, some more directly than others. I feel Message was the first song I wrote to be open auto biography of how I wanted to go about being a songwriter, as well as the type of person I considered myself. It became like a theme song for…
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The Night is Yours
Even when we’re doing something we’re passionate about, things can get tiring. Everyone comes across their occasional dead ends, where what’s supposed to be fun and innovative feels like work, and anything meant to be creative may as well be mud. There’s just no avoiding those days. The Night is Yours was a personal pep talk…
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Worse Times Than These
It’s kind of a strange phrase, isn’t it? We talk about worse times in order to help us appreciate the things we have, and we talk about better times in order to hold on to our favorable memories or maybe strive to make things great again. I understand the value of history, and I see…
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all and any! This week for the song of the week, I of course needed to bring out my favorite Christmas song. The story of the Czech saint’s act of charity and battle against the elements, making it a true staple of a folk song along with being a holiday tune. Enjoy…
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There Goes Something
Competitiveness is cancerous in a local scene. It can be so hard to be supportive for the sake of a musical community when there are only so many places to play, and there are always so many egos to battle (including one’s own). Jealousy and arrogance are real threats. As musician, being involved in the…
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