April 2009
2 posts
posted 2 unreleased songs on myspace. →
“okemah sunrise” and “a me plus a you”, outtakes from the new album
January 2009
10 posts
record-ing.
in my rooM!
the new album is coming along. drums recorded for many of the songs and laying down vocals/acoustic guitars over the next week or so.
nothin but protools, an mbox, a tape machine, and a coupla mics so far
lets see where this can go
i haven’t made an album this way in years…recording at home and such…but i trust john (john elliott, my producer) and i believe in...
December 2008
12 posts
postcrypt
i played a show at postcrypt last night. i could go on forever about this place.
its on campus at columbia university on broadway, in the chapel of st. paul’s.
i would play at this place all the time if i could. hands down my favorite venue to play in the city. basically its a dimly lit basement of a chapel with a max. occupancy of like, 35 people (they usually squeeze more in anyway if...
starting over
started this blog with some apprehension, not knowing how much to share or how much to keep to myself
started it, wrote some stuff, deleted some stuff, kinda forgot about it for a little while…
but im back and im gonna use this thing to reflect and share new songs and whatever else is going on in my head that feels worth posting
lets see where this thing goes
November 2008
13 posts
no gee-tar.
went to the store, played a bunch of shit, a few real cool ones, but mostly there to mess around…even tried scratching in the DJ/turntable room.
kirkman was there too and was all pumped to play yamahas that sound nowhere near as good as geronimo (the guitar his daddy found at a pawn shop down in north carolina that is now mine). and also to check out the new Boss G-10, which is all fancy...
gee-tars.
going to the guitar center in larchmont today to see if i can go sell some shit that i dont play anymore.
then maybe ill buy the gee-tar of my dreams.
also jamming with the buddies tomorrow, the guys i played in a band with in middle school, who i havent jammed with together in a long long long time. im looking to do more plugged in stuff and working with a band, so bass n drums is a great...
“I’d Rather Be” live at the...
somewhere
impossible light still shines.
October 2008
5 posts
i wrote this song early one morning in tonder,...
myspace. →
cardinology.
i’m a huge fan of ryan adams. i know, i know, he gets a bad rap sometimes being “too personal”, “too emotional”, or shit like that (what singer/songwriter doesnt)….but when it comes to songs, he’s got some killer ones. got into him 3-4 years ago after hearing my friend fred gillen jr play “oh my sweet carolina” at the peekskill...
“The Wrestler”
my little brother...