recognize your brother: everyone you meet

I think we’re all part of The One Big Thing, and that’s why I was smitten when someone said they were an “optimistic nihilist”…it seemed so fitting. So, I tried to make a song about how, even though there may be nothingness at the end of the universe, it's still everything that is...and that's all right by me.

she’s so heavy

There was a time - before I knew any better and became frustrated with recording software and mixing techniques - that I'd release a song here every month or so and then gather them into compilations at year's end.

these are your orders, seems like it’s do it or die

This past January, I took a really great course in songwriting over at School of Song. The instructor was Brian Eno, and of course I was thrilled!

there’s no guidance when random rules

"I made many, many pieces of music using more complex variations of the idea that it's possible to think of a system or a set of rules which once set in motion will create music for you." ~ Brian Eno

And Remember

Finally revisiting a "tape loop" experiment. Your participation requested!

i’m in love with modern moonlight

One of the big jolts I got twenty years ago when the I'm Batman EP was released was the support of a cat named Gary Gone, who ran a monthly music discovery site called the IndepenDisc Music Club.

i’ve got a secret to tell…

In the meantime, as we ponder the future of this webthing, it's worth mentioning that next week is the 20th anniversary of the release of my first official CD, the I'm Batman EP.

parchment

Here's some old iPhone airport video thrown together with a new instrumental song underneath.

can’t relate to joy, he tries to speak and…

Regrets? I've had a few, but haven't we all. This song is about wrestling with those and hopefully coming out better on the other side.

in my pearl and my diamond shoes

Video for the song "Eufaula Falls," which may be on a new release coming soon...