Tuesday, August 17, 2010

South Street Version Two

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Gettin' there, kids. This is a new studio rough of "South Street" as recorded and produced by the great Dave McKittrick, who ...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Song of the Week 8/8/10 - "South Street"

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The other day I was reading a professional songwriter's blog wherein he suggested a good exercise was to write one song per week, as s...
Monday, August 2, 2010

Song of the Week 8/02/10 "I Will Stay With You"

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"I Will Stay With You" is a heartfelt love song, but like most of my love songs I wanted a harsh and sad edge to it, and I think ...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Get Me Rewrite! Part 1

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As promised, here is the first revision of "One More Day to Rain". I took the song over to David McKittrick's house on Sunday ...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Givn' It One More Day

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Last night I spoke with the most excellent David McKittrick, him whom I've spoken of in earlier posts, and he had some most excellent su...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Return of This Thing

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Any time you see the Takamine guitar icon, it means there is a song or songs attached. So, okay. Obviously, I didn't keep up my post a d...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Influences Part 3

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Now this is a guy who knows how to write a damn song.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Scribbling and Bibbling, Bibbling and Scribbling

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(click to enlarge) So this is my lyric book. I filled four pages of it today with scratchings like this. These are my first attempts at putt...
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Sketch, 1/28/10

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I have decided to post this picture (of my 1998 Takamine G-Series six-string) any time I have new music uploaded. This will make the blog ea...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Influences Part 2

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As this blog progresses, assuming anyone sticks with me, we'll be talking about all sorts of musical influences, some of whom may not be...
Monday, January 25, 2010

The TV John Show

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"TV John" Langworthy is hard to explain. And come to think of it, he's hard to describe. Like Disney World, TV John must be fu...
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Go And Give The Guard A Break

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...is the title of a CD by a singer named Meghan Hayes (sound warning), who hails from Arlington VA and these days lives and performs in Na...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

ADDENDUM: Rob Flowers in the Attic

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A few years before we met, Rob spent a day sick as a dog with the flu, so of course instead of resting he decided to write songs all day. On...
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And All Blown Away

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This is a photo I took in the mid 90s of the main stage at a long-gone club in Fairfax, VA called Planet Nova, and this entry is about a guy...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Influences Part 1

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One of my personal goals on this project is to break some bad old musical habits. I am truly a marvel at slipping into a creative groove (re...
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