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The Wheel
I recorded my friends Lucas and John in a borrowed church with great acoustics, and then added a National hawaiian steel guitar and electric piano. [more inside]
In the Silver Mines
I recorded my friends playing acoustic guitar and upright bass in a beautiful sounding old church. [more inside]
Daylight Again
Still in a Stephen Stills mood, I guess. Video.
4 + 20
A song about a nice Jewish girl
This is my second pass (previously) at the Bach/Gounod “Ave Maria,” this time with acoustic guitar accompaniment. Video.
November 3rd March
A little marchy tune that came to me around the beginning of the month. [more inside]
Moonshadow
The Cat Stevens classic is a favorite of my grandson, so I recorded it for him.
Here Comes The Sun
2020 has been a hell of a decade, and George Harrison's classic is a great expression of relief over the election outcome. Acoustic guitar, recorded on iPad Pro. Video.
A Whiter Shade of Pale
The Procol Harum song on solo acoustic guitar and voice. Recorded as an iPad Pro video, reverb added with MicSwap Video Pro, then exported as audio.
Fifth take, as evidenced by the exasperated opening.
Four Friends Mazurka
A little mazurka that fell under my fingers a week or so ago. Thinking about my small circle of friends who have been supporting each other this year! [more inside]
Some Of Shelly's Blues
I've been playing around with a different feel for this Michael Nesmith classic. Recorded on iPad Pro, first take, rough vocal.
Gan Ainm No. 1
This is a little tune I wrote a few months back. I was thinking about Irish slow airs, and wanted to have some of that feel, combined with some harmony stuff I've been playing with. I was down visiting my parents, and showed it off for them, and they demanded I record it for them, so here it is! [more inside]
Mood Lights
This morning I manged to catch the crest of a creative wave and surf it to the expression of this little track. This song is all about layers and details with an upbeat, positive chillout vibe. Consider it a minor antidote to 2020. [more inside]
Snowdrifts
Exclusive to MeFi music, Snowdrifts as originally recorded! From Where The Trail Leads. [more inside]
Where The Trail Leads
The title song from my new online-only album Where The Trail Leads. Stream or downlaod for free. [more inside]
Magic Show
An upbeat instrumental piece. [more inside]
Manhattan Skyline
Some recent discussion on MeFi about the band a-ha reminded me that I'd recorded this acoustic cover of one of their songs a long time ago. This is actually based on an arrangement by Kings of Convenience, who made some interesting changes to the original song structure. Me on vocals and guitars (nylon-string and steel-string). [more inside]
Both Hands - cover (Ani DiFranco)
Acoustic guitar and voice. Pretty straight as far as my memory of the proper song goes. [more inside]
When Green Leaves Spring (It's Good To See You)
This short (1:16) instrumental ditty is what happened when I started learning a new recording platform that came with loops of instruments I'd always wanted to play or include on my recordings: pedal steel guitar (I was super excited about this especially -- I've wanted to work with pedal steel for a really long time), baritone guitar, and mandolin. And did I mention the bossa drums? Not sure if I went overboard but I had fun and liked the result. [more inside]
When the Curtains of Night
I'm happy to present my collaboration with not_on_display: this is our version of a neat little tune that was included in The American Songbag (a 1927 folk song collection by Carl Sandburg); the song there was itself derived from a late 19th-century song by William S. Hays. [more inside]
The Leaving of Liverpool
I had a great time collaborating with billiebee on a cover of this traditional folk song/sea shanty. The goal was to record a simple arrangement that was different from the more lively covers out there -- to borrow billiebee's phrase, a gentler version. I'm hoping our rendition highlights the lovely melody of the song. [more inside]
Angeline the Baker
Improvised acoustic guitar / singing. Recorded on phone.
A bluegrass standard, but I'm playing it as a stream of consciousness improvisation. Usually these days my playing is pretty much by the book, but here I was thinking about ecstatic / outside players like John Fahey and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
No patching in. Only one take. No overdubbing. Get it right in the moment. Be real and accept flaws as long as they don't spoil anything important. [more inside]
Round & Bouncy & Rough (Oh My!)
Short acoustic guitar instrumental I came up with last night. Recorded into my phone in two parts: main part & random notes added part (for spice).
Small Blue Thing (Suzanne Vega cover)
Recorded this quick and dirty into my phone, so there's a few bumps here and there, but overall OK. Not really my optimal vocal range though...
Man in the Moon
A quick and simple acoustic recording of a simple song about love.
John Irwin
My version of Turlough O'Carolan's tune John Irwin, for fingerstyle guitar. [more inside]
March of the Rainy Days
Mississippi John Hurt- and John Fahey- inspired fingerstyle guitar tune. [more inside]
Happy New Year
I was going through some old stuff and liked this one more than I remembered. Once I saw the September Challenge, I had to post. Acoustic guitar with countless f-bombs. [more inside]
It's Not So Bad
An quickish acoustic one, with lyrics about my dad, his melanoma, and a couple of other things. Has probably the most acrobatic bridge bit I've ever done. [more inside]
BrighterDays
A rock song that bounces. Come for the guitar, stay for the sing-along ending. [more inside]
The Raven
The entirety of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." It seemed like a good idea at the time... [more inside]
Dam
Atmospheric alt-country song about realizing the person you're with would be better off without you. [more inside]
Celebrated Summer
My 12-string and I take a fingerpicking stab at the Husker Du classic. [more inside]
The Great Dog Spirit
A reading of a poem accompanied by some acoustic guitar. [more inside]
Golden Ratio
You just want an excuse to dance.
KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics
This is the penultimate entry in a series of outtakes that did not make it onto the album "Damn Poets", to be released soon. (It is implied that the tracks on the album are superior to these outtakes. This is true.)
If you like my songs, I would very much appreciate if you'd consider leaving your email. You will not be spammed; you will be among the first to find out when Damn Poets drops.
Girl Stories
Them's The Pits
Philippine
There was once a girl, but that was long ago. A letter to a past love, recorded in one take with four microphones.
KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics
Pilot
Apologies for my absence — again.
I will be releasing an album under the moniker Kings Of Last Night this year, and I want to share with you an outtake, a B-side if you will, a sketch of a song that didn't make the album but deserves to be played on the internets.
That song is "Pilot", a story of aviation, extended metaphors, the fourth wall, and disaster.
External links:
KOLN • Bandcamp [more inside]
Nothing Ever Changes
From a new thing I'm (slowly) working on. It's just guitar, piano and vocals at this point, but there's a cello part and some additional vocals to come. This is a rough working cut with scratch vocals, but I like how it's shaping up already. Hope you like it. [more inside]
Dang Me
Woke up this morning with a sore throat and my voice about an octave lower than usual so I figured it was time to record a cover of Roger Miller's despicable novelty hit that was #1 on the country charts the day I was born. Despicable because it's a song written from the perspective of a complete cunt. So I brought some self loathing to the table, along with the sore throat and my complete inability to play blues guitar.
When The Morning Comes
Acoustic guitar song about the consequences of too much alcohol. [more inside]
Moonshake (two chord version)
Can cover, E7 and A7. Response to two challenges. [more inside]
Darker, Darker
Another from the Shot Heard 'Round the World (by popular request, I swear). Also recorded in Vermont, summer 2005 and Brooklyn, that fall. Title says it all I guess - violins, shakers, african bells, trombone, flanged guitar solo, air organ. [more inside]
My Jude
An arrangement of a great poem by headspace. [more inside]
Watching Cartoons With You
In the kitchen I can hear you whistling // like no one's listening // When no one's up but you and me // we'll eat and watch cartoons on TV
Friday Nights Without Jonathan Ross
I'm sorry that I've met you, but it's really not my fault.
Fear of Falling
By chance I just came across this recording I made over a year ago. The song is by the chronically underrated I Am Kloot.
You Promised There Would Be Girls [demo]
I wrote and recorded this today - it's basically a stream-of-consciousness account of one of the stranger and more entertaining parties I've attended.
Requiem for the Living
The new album is more or less finished, so I thought I'd offer you guys another sneak peek. A shoot-from-the-hip rock song - Let's drink to the things that died too soon.
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