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“Gonna Get it Right” [Demo] (Story of the Fortune Teller & Inventor)
Monday, March 19th, 2012Last week I wove for you the tale of the Fortune Teller and Inventor, part one. Here’s a rough demo I’m working on for the album. Check it out and feel free to comment below!
Read More »The Fortune Telling Gypsy That Stole My Musical Soul
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Out of all the characters and relationships that we’ve developed for my next album, the most intriguing and complex might just be the Fortune Teller and Inventor. Lovers, born centuries apart, brought together by feverish visions and gyroscopic gears. In just a couple of days, you’ll be able to hear how their stories coalesced [...]
Read More »Snow Golf [video]
Friday, March 9th, 2012Snow Golf Runtime1:23 View count127 It’s been a productive 2 weeks here at the Ruidoso cabin. On our last day, and with close to 20 new songs under our belt, we decided to celebrate with a gentlemanly game of snow golf.
Read More »“Let’s Go” [demos], You Pick the Melodies
Monday, March 5th, 2012Here are some roughs for my newest song about a medieval cartographer that’s tired of just drawing maps and wants to see the world for himself. I’ve got three verse melodies for this song, “Let’s Go”. Which ones your favorite? Leave a comment below and help me write this song! And if you haven’t had [...]
Read More »Rough Demo,“You’re Not That Far”
Thursday, March 1st, 2012The clip above is a song in progress that will be on my new album. It’s about a lonely gravedigger who wants to save the woman he loves before she dies. Click here for the story behind it.
Read More »How a Hairy Prospector Gave Me New Album Gold
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
DANIEL: “Ok, I have an idea. Give me a minute.” Daniel then proceeded to type furiously on his Mac. I sat on my couch across from him, pondering the scribbles in my notepad. It was summer. Nashville. 2011. We were spending the afternoon inside wrestling with the creation of my next album. Where should [...]
Read More »Mountain Alarm
Monday, February 27th, 2012Mountain Alarm Runtime1:23 View count113 As I blogged about a couple of weeks ago here, I’m in the beautiful high-altitude of Ruidoso, New Mexico working on songs for my next album. Along for the trip is one of my good friends and co-writers, Daniel Bowden. The beautiful air and scenic views are a welcome distraction…but we’re [...]
Read More »The Trouble With Bears and Rock n’ Roll
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Hear about the animated kid’s bear that won the Grammy? That’s right, the internet’s abuzz with Bonnie Bear, the cuddly little gramophone-toting (oddly enough) bear that won Best New Artist. And I’m so pumped about this because I’ve produced children’s music for such gems as The Hungry Caterpillar and an assortment of Dr. Seuss books. (One of [...]
Read More »Grammys and Goliaths
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Adele won the trifecta last night at the Grammy’s: Record, Song, and Album of the Year. Now I’m moving on to my own musical trifecta: Mountains, Cabin, and Song-Writing. One week from today, I’ll be incognito in the pristine desert air of Ruidoso, New Mexico laboring on my Album of the Year…and though I don’t [...]
Read More »Build It and Randy Travis Will Come…
Friday, February 10th, 2012
I’ve got wood. Randy Travis’ wood to be exact. That’s right. I’m now the proud owner of several planks of wood from his old barn. And they say that there are 6 degrees of separation between any two people on earth. But all that separates Randy and me are several planks of wood and a [...]
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