Check out this new song written by my friend William Gittens featuring different Berklee artists, It's dedicated to the state of our world and the destruction in Japan. Take a minute to watch and send your thoughts to the troubles of this planet…

my my,,little thought can be such fun

As she fiddles with the folds in her skirt Her stare is off to unknown places out there While her gaze rests at the stain on her shirt Like a child, so oblivious, so unaware Her green eyes, her black hair, her pale skin, her dark stare Have wandered…

In the tradition of old folk songs I stripped this song (Shed just one tear for me) down to the bone. I managed to write it within half an hour yesterday and I wondered why it hadn't been around for hundreds of years.....sometimes it seems like…