From a series of continuous improvs night before last on new explorations with the mountain dulcimer.

The lyrics were off the top of my head so if you're wondering how I really feel, or what I'm talking about... let's just say there's a lot of stupid out there right now and a lot of it has important jobs. Dig? Kinda funky. Not bad. Maybe…

I've been designing patches for my Prophet 6 the last couple weeks. I'm hand-playing a handful of them here... The quote is [björk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixrSzIa264)

If my song writing comfort zone lives at about 70 beats per minute, it's nice to double it now and then. This one is 144. A fun change of pace. I like this one. I don't love it. I doubled the voice in the chorus because I wanted to add…

Its all about being true to yourself and not letting the demons get you - remember your lies will comeback to you V1 The darkness it comes to me Before sleep penetrates this gloom I reach out to touch you Yet I know you’re not in the room…

Week 10 challenge - Place Name. I lived in LIC for about 4 of the 10 years that I lived in NYC. While mostly not a true story, I do love Long Island City - it's very close to Manhattan and has a distinct and individual charm. For those who…

I wonder if we'll have redpolls showing up this winter.

September 20 - 2 hr. Sunday skirmish. Prompt - "sleep" - got this in in just over 2 hours. V1: Sometimes when I wake I have an uneasy feeling Like a leafy yard that needs a rake What am I not revealing There must be something going…

There's something strange about this year, that I can't quite put my finger on...

Well... this took a left turn at Odd Street. The main melody started off as riff written and played on bass guitar and the early version had guitars, and real drums etc.... Then I got introduced to a suite of 80s synth plugins and it all went…

September 6 - Sunday skirmish, one hour to write a song from the prompt, which for today was "Bright Star." VERSE: Refusal to engage In the nonsense That puts me in a rage Sometimes You remain above the fray You may hear an insult…

August 23 - Sunday skirmish - prompt: "Self-Portrait" - had the song in an hour, took 20 extra minutes to finish the demo, guitar recorded a bit hot, but no time to fix. VERSE: It can be hard at times To be a human being Many hills to climb…

August 18 - Working on learning to improve my skills with midi and VST instruments, still much to get a handle on. VERSE: It's time to step over The line that we've drawn in our minds The heat we expel From our anger and fear is a sign…

Live in the Grackle backyard 9/13/20

ukelele, melodica, loopy app

This is one of only two songs from this year's 50/90 that was started on guitar rather than bass. It's also one of three where the vocals were recorded on a day where I couldn't sing in tune to save my life. It's also one of three where the…

August 6 - Well this is a tome and rather wordy compared to most of my lyrics. I do so much in verse/chorus form, wanted to try something different, so this is in AABA form. Had the musical idea for the A section and then as I've had the current…

July 28 - My lifelong struggle with resistance to completing creative work has me where I am today, finally overcoming. I had this track with another set of lyrics that just didn't fit, then another, and then this came. I think it works better…