I played. It was fine. I’m not counting it towards my 4-in-a-row. I fumbled something in 3 out of 4 songs. Though I have to say I sound a lot better on tape than I did from the stage. I meant to post a live “I Know Better” for you, but the tape recorder auto-paused [...]
I got out of my open mic cycle a month or 2 ago cuz of a bad allergy week. If nothing comes up, I’m gonna start that train back up tonight (woo woo). And now with an added goal: If I can do 4 good performances in a row, I will contact some places about [...]
Last week, in between cruising Austin’s grocery stores and eating Tex-Mex, John and I fit in some collaborative songwriting. The title for this year’s live fight was “Please the Pig.” Here’s our sloppy performance: Clack. But if you’re gonna listen to that, please also listen to our pre-song banter and sample our drunkenness. Ok, it’s [...]
photo by Erik
Here’s some random: My favorite recording discovery in the past year is thumb-strumming. I love the intimate sound of it. It lets the rumble of the acoustic reach you without the sharp pick-on-metal treble getting in the way. Examples are in my “Until the End of the World” and “Mysterious Ways” covers. I also put [...]
Glenn Case is keeping a log of the Album-a-day he’s working on today. The guy can write, arrange, and produce really fast. Here’s the log. Glenn was spurred into action by Blue Lang, who made Beautiful Lunchbox on Saturday. I mention this because I definitely have the itch to make one of these, and I [...]
1. You’re a True Believer
2. It’s Always Something
3. Let It All Burn
4. It Won’t Last
5. Flagwavers
THE ECHO CHAMBER
7. Don’t Be Afraid
8. Uniter
9. Divider
10. Open Your Eyes
1. Scared to Death
2. Locked Box
3. Towering Inferno
4. What’s Happening to Me?
5. Shades of Black
6. New York
7. Good Morning!
8. Coming Dear
9. Red
10. When Have I Been Wrong?
11. Air Traffic
12. Maybe So
1. Back Like This
2. A Reason to Stay
3. Choose My Battles
4. Dirty Water
5. Alone
6. Carrying On
7. Exactly the Same
8. I Know Better
9. Wears on Me
10. Let It Go
11. I Feel Bad
12. The Smile on Your Face
13. I Know Better
1. Midnight Rendezvous
2. Don’t Dance
3. Shipwreck
4. On a Line
5. Black Hole
6. Dad, I’m Changing
7. Listen Close
8. It’s Invisible
9. Been to China
10. A Thousand Swords
11. I Can See You
12. Do It for Captain
13. Red Robot
14. Birds of Our Own
15. Firecrackers
16. Acid Mouth
17. Experimental Fashion
18. Secrets
19. Hotel
1. I Won’t Be There
2. Hard Enough
3. Fall Apart
4. Five o’Clock
5. Guess You’re on a Plane
6. I Know This Won’t Solve My Problems
7. Maddie
8. Bad Guy
9. Quit Breaking My Heart
10. Tell You Today
