Believe it or not, this song was written while swimming laps in the high school pool (I had to have the life-guard kid write down lines for me every time I returned from the deep end). Oddly enough, the first line I came up with was "Swimming…

A song about striking out.

A Kavin instrumental. Ross on flute.

A Glenn instrumental. Slide gtr, Kavin.

A Dennis song.

A Dennis song sung by Paul.

A Dennis song.

Lyrics: I read a love letter that you wrote to me. It started off honey and it ended in a frenzy of bees. You wrote that love’s a translation of a third hand version of an old incantation. But it ain’t that simple… Your love ain’t nothing…

from the prompt "The curve of her back"

Beware all ye who enter here. This song's a stern warning that being the front man of a band is not what it's cracked up to be. Consider yourself warned.

This is us tempting fate. Jumping the shark refers to a defining moment on the TV show "Happy Days" when Fonzie literally jumps over a shark on waterskis -- all while wearing his leather jacket. Everyone watching immediately knew the show would…

This song's about that guy in the band who really can't play and just doesn't get any better, but pays for studio time, buys the gear, springs for beer, and owns the van. You always have to think twice about kicking the guy out with all the money!

While the name of the song is a Spinal Tap reference, this one is almost a period piece, taking us back to the early 80s when record players and mixtapes were how we listened to and shared our music.

This song's about getting reacquainted with your ol' guitar after neglecting it for a few years. Back in 2006 our band started working on writing and recording music for our project, TheSongOfTheDay.com where we released one song for each…

Track 8 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 10 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.