Observed into Words
Just sayin'–My writings that aren't songs
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I always thought it so odd that in such a diverse metropolis like New York, the radio sucked so badly. A  piece in the Telegraph the other day discussed a study that found listening to radio makes British people 100% happier than watching TV. They covered various points as to why—imagination, being able to multi task, [...]

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I am writing a song with the lyric “pinball” in it and went Googlin’ for some inspiration. This Sesame Street nostalgia came up.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12!  If you know it but don’t remember, or didn’t realize, it’s accompanying animation kicks off with a pull of the [...]

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I was just asked: “what songs inspire me?” As a musician and music lover, I get super stressed when I have to answer these types of questions. So many songs inspire.Doesn’t any music that is great inspire? My recent song, The Music, is about just this…My best friend, my savior, in a big house all [...]

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It’s almost official, this site is in redesign and will be the home of my new music next week–featuring a selection of self-produced tracks I’ll be releasing in the coming months. So as mentioned in previous posts, I’ll change the tag line but will be keeping the blog up as well.  Please check back soon [...]

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Looking through belongings from my past, debating whether to toss, donate, put in storage, or find a place in my maxed out of space apartment.  Such as a cassette tape.  I still have most of them.  They are so loaded for me. They were my life at that time in life that is just so [...]

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Latest mixes of what in the olden days they called an album. A few more to go and then I’ll start another set in 2011!  More details to come on where to get, hear me play, etc. Stay tuned! Coming Up Empty Spinning Once And For All Game The Music Come To This Too Much [...]

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This was intended to be a blog about writings that aren’t songs but that’s going to change so I’ll just have to change the tagline. I’ve been recording solo for some time now.  While I miss working with Winston, Manuel, Matt and Luis and the revolving cast of bassists and special guests so so much, [...]

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Karen Elson is getting lots of buzz for her new album.  She has a sweet voice and I like the southern goth image her band has.  I plan to check out her new tracks but I have to shout out for her model ways too as the new ad campaign she is in is so [...]