I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe Written sometime in 1989 Recorded 2nd March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This one has tugged at me for many many years. I absolutely adored it from the moment I wrote it in 1989... But I thought…

Can you see the morning light? Grey skies turning blue Welcome to the new sunrise It’s all waiting for you The sun glows hot, majestic Red As it shines for you How fast the days, all go by When you’re no longer in your youth Such…

I developed a strong obsession with the building blocks of pop songs and tried to craft one. Unfortunately, I wrote it in a key that was high enough that the combination of the rapid-fire words and the pitch nearly made me pass out while singing…

Some say, "It's the price you gotta pay" Some say, "You gotta learn to walk away" But I'm still standing in the light And I won't go down without a fight Some say, "True love is just a lie" Some say, "You'll give it up before you die…

A tale of two songs and a unicorn. The funky instrumental meets the jazzy bits and then Megan joins in on the singy bits. I've spent years searching for the proper female singer for my songs. I've referred to it as my quest for a unicorn…

The other day you came to play On your own, and then you Made up your mind that love was blind You’d take what you could find I knew by the way that you looked at me I’m in trouble deep Did you think that I couldn’t see? Love was on your…

This started out as a joke from a meme and then, well..... Wilsun did his best imitation of Bruce Dickenson in the bridge Dan Upton played the heavy guitars in the bridge and the solo you like Time to self-assess You still want to be so…

Based on the show "The Great" on Hulu. Yeah, I know. You've never heard of it... Lead guitar by Anton Samford Backing Vox by Megan Kleven https://megankleven.bandcamp.com You got the moves, you carry the cachet Always used to having…

Look, it's not a Letter Seventeen record if I don't end it with something like this. Plus, I spent way too much time playing with orchestral libraries all summer to not use them somewhere. It started off so nice A time for you and me Taking…

I’ve known you in my life And I believe in you Through the darkness and the light I still believed in you I believed in you I believed in you I believed in you In my darkest hour, you were always there And I know you have always…

Every night, every night I pray Good Lord gives me another day Find it in your heart Give me another start This I pray, every day We can never change the past. Try to make the good times last Life can pass us by very fast, and that…

Lead guitar by the generous and amazing Antön Samförd. Thanks, Andy. All else performed by Demetrius Hill. Broken Man Music and Words by Demetrius Hill ©2017 Demetrius P. Hill, All Rights Reserved Hey… I know a way to come back from the…

Grant and I became obsessed with maj7 chords and that led to a lot of jazzy sounds. The title came before there were words and it seems about right. Megan really made this one shine. Backing vocals by Megan Kleven https://megankleven.bandcamp…

It aint like no ones done this before But how can you tire of beautiful chords In the fifties In Tenessee Where my love was born Two young men upped and crossed the yard both cold cos it was rainin hard. One of them turned said…