it’s guess
it’s
whatever is the number
in front of me always
always
ukelele, cello, live looping, beats, upbeat for once, upbeat, whimsical, moving along,
maybe we can just
it’s just time to like
get going with it all and you know
make it happen whether anyone is happening
whether anything is
whether whenever ends
just you know, me you and this
who else is gonna do it?
suddenly it seems
you and me are
in need
north
south
and other
in between
all memories
tryptich completed
more fire
more birds
more ukelele
from a glorious evening on the shores of redwood creek
earlier this month i had the opportunity to camp beside redwood creek in redwood national & state parks… was by far one of the most archetypically beautiful places i’ve ever been. I brought my ukelele!
birds + ukelele + creek + wind + fire
whatever
it’s good
forget
what
i should
let me
get
good
whatever
zig zag
uphill
read book
backwards
turn
back
time
burn black
bleed tact
underfoot
undermined
will
by and large
by and by
balance and bygones
bastards and bylines
brothel throne
fools
and their spoils
here we have
ukelele again
our friend ukelele
always getting after it
mr ukelele
here’s another ukelele poem
wow, i got lost this weekend and it was great! this sunday eve i recorded some ukelele just to check in with you
turning to my good friend mr. ukelele for today’s moody jam.
I should record / share some music every day. Even if it’s rough and just because. Here, let’s start. #makemusiceveryday
I should record / share some music every day. Even if it’s rough and just because. Here, let’s start.
I’m a big fan of interludes and in between moments. I’m a fan of the album vs. the single, and I think these snippets create a glue to hold the other songs together. It’s a fine line and you can kill the momentum of an album pretty easily… But I can’t help myself.
It’s also a way for me to include snippets of musical ideas that maybe don’t ever make it into a song, and the why bother there is that for me albums are more about a certain period of time being captured, rather than a bunch of songs. And those little snippets tend to coincide pretty well with the feeling of the rest of the music.
ANYWAYS.
This one is called “Forge” and it’s a throwback to my ukelele addiction I suffered through last year. I listen to a lot of EDM and somehow someday I want to marry the pulse of that music’s kick drum to an acoustic instrument. For fun and amusement. For justice and glory. And stuff.
Here’s an early version of a song I’m working on.
Last week, for Christmas I got both a new guitar and a ukelele. I was ecstatic. And immediately tried recording with them. It was nice, I was out in a little ‘casita’ a two room adobe house in the middle of some beautiful Northern California (where I’m from) vineyards. The inside was mostly tile so the sound in there was very bright and reverby.
This is what I’d call a ‘scratch’ version… The guitars are pretty good for now, though I might have to fix some issues. The vocals will be replaced. And I’d like to hear it with cello, which I’ll add soon, and maybe, just maybe some Nashville sounding drums. Good thing I know a drummer from Nashville I could call!
Lastly I may tweak the lyrics, especially the chorus, a little bit… I’m still trying to sort exactly what I’m trying to say there…
I suppose this is the first song of 2013 (kinda). Cheers to many more.
Thanks for listening…
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