Because a good old Western is what you need sometimes, I’ve produced a video set in the Old West. Most of the footage comes from Bodie State Historic Park in California. It is a mining town turned ghost town, still intact and weathered after all these years. Unlike the ghost-town-like feeling in today’s city streets, […]
As we stay at home, sometimes we begin to feel stir-crazy. If you are bored, I have an idea for you. Learn a song! It doesn’t have to be an original song of yours. It can be a copy, a “cover” as they say in the biz, of your favorite tune. How I made my […]
Today, we live in an uncertain time. People ask questions from big to small, from “Will I have a job in the future?” to “Do I have enough toilet paper today?” My belief is that we shall prevail through this pandemic; we will come out of it better than before and more prepared. Life, love, […]
“It was a dark and stormy night…” In the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles Schultz, the character Snoopy always began his novels with this phrase. People use it as a beginning to their campfire ghost stories too. Today, I use it to launch the blog for this week’s video, “The Life and Death of a […]
Today’s video is kind of an experiment. Using low-bit sounds and sparse instrumentation, with an almost-drone-like singing style, the video’s intent is to create a space where one feels safe, calm, and meditative. Also, it’s a love song to those closest to us, let that be family, parents, or anybody that you love so much […]
Daylight Saving Time began yesterday. Today, we went about our day a bit sleepily. As daylight expands and temperatures rise, we will adjust our inner rhythms. However, to get you started, I’ve produced a video song here that should get you going.
Roundelays can be songs, poems, or dances. In a song, they revolve around fundamental phrases and musical statements that are repeated throughout a piece. One can say that even in a highly-experimental jazz genre, roundelays are crucial, because they provide a basic theme and framework for musicians to improvise around and return to over and […]
The video shown below is the third and final outtake from “The Inferno” series of musical videos. And, today’s post title is a play on the final Led Zeppelin studio album, (when they were all living.) In the future, there may be more songs from this series, like Led Zep did in “Coda.” I will […]
After completion of The Inferno video series last week, thoughts came to mind about the importance of edits. As most in the arts agree, it is usually better to remove items than to pile them onto a work of art, whether it be a written story, a movie, or a song. In the process known […]