Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Hard to Tell

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In the previous entry, I mentioned having written several songs with Ken, my old music partner and friend, most of them bad. This one was t...

The Song Remains the Same

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This is a photo of a much younger (and skinnier) version of myself, circa 1988, performing at a Christmas party with my old schoolmate and m...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Morgan Henry is My Hero

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The first fully-completed song (in demo form) for this project was "One More Day to Rain", which had potential but suffered from a...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Find Us In Good Company

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So at one point I was gabbling away at my wife, describing the great things we were gonna do with "South Street" -- it's gonna...
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Friday, August 19, 2011

We Few, We Happy Few ('South Street' Live)

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On the left there is Dave McKittrick, Morgan Henry, and Dan Fitzgerald, the members of the band I performed with at the Jammin' Java bir...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Ain't Much to Look At, So

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(click to enlarge) I almost forgot about this. I took a photography course last fall as part of my BFA program at the Academy of Art Unive...
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Since You Last Saw 'South Street'

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As first chronicled here, "South Street" is a reminiscence of my growing up in a suburban Jersey town called New Providence, a pl...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Clouded Wrath of the Crowd

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SO as I was saying... Things slowed down musically over the fall of 2010, again mostly for reasons of time, but I spent New Year's Eve...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Yes, well. So.

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I can explain. The ABANDONED AND HEARTBROKE CD project is still a go, and in fact much more of a go than it was at the time of my last bl...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Song of the Week #4 9/06/10 "These Times"

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Still working the lyrics on this one. I'm hearing it much harder and Clash-like than it may sound. A protest song trying hard not to sou...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Song List

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These are titles of songs I have yet to write, except the ones I have (denoted by a *).  It's an interesting way to work, and so far it...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Song of the Week #3 9/02/10 "When You Go Down"

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I started school again tonight -- I'm getting my BFA in Graphic Design online, wish me luck -- so I felt it was important to make sure I...
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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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