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Northern Sky
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Piano based pop rock. Nick Drake is an artist who influenced my somewhat "altered" consciousness when I first started playing 24 yrs ago.. this is my tribute to him and his beautiful songs
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Look At This Place
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Acoustic rock. Penned this one after Bush had "won", and completed it when the planet mars was hanging up in our faces. The god of war and all that... mostly I was trying to capture a sadness that we are so polarized in our country today
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Holy Water
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Bluesy acoustic piece in 6/8 with the fretless (bass) prominent in the sound, and the violin answering the emotion of the lyric; a lyric that longs to break all the boundaries of skin and bone and find god in the wreckage
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Myself for a Living
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Folk, guitar and mandolin. Song for all the artists out there, this song is about doing what you love, following your dream, all the stuff that moves us forward
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Where Are You Now?
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Fingerstyle guitar ballad. Either a long distance lover song, or a break up song... or both! Pretty picking, and the violin'll break your heart
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Swim This
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Contemporary acoustic in altered tuning. One of my faves... it came through me pretty much in one piece, one of those gift songs...
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Slip Away
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Pop - a little funky elect. piano bops it. This lyric was inspired by a Krispy Kreme donut sign on hwy I-35 late one night after a gig in Dallas
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People Drink
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Folk w electric lead. Written in Z Tejas's beautiful bar (in Austin) while watching a gorgeous young woman totally lose her grace thanks to 6 shots of tequila in 20 minutes
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Only a Dream
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Almost old-timey, folk. Written by a friend of mine about her divorce, this is the most imagistically full and visual break up song I know
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All That You Have Given to Me
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Contemporary folk. Post-break-up tune expressing gratitude for the good stuff
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Temple
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Percussive vocal piece. The title track, a song that speaks my belief that gratitude is a powerful path to getting more enjoyment out of life
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