Mini Update and Hello!
Hello!
Well, things are better. The darkest hour, just before the dawn, and all that. At least I’m getting back into the swing of things and feeling the wherewithall to make songs and be semi-productive again. Hooray for human resilience! Here’s a couple of things I was doing in my less ambitious state, to tide you over till my next, better wave of postings:
I uploaded my Youtube covers and my 1st Bedroom Concert — (Update: and now, The Wayward Covers of 2007‘ as well) — to my new Last.fm page, where you can stream them all and/or download them all for freeeeee…
My site now has a snazzy logo, as you may have noticed. I’m going to post that JPEG somewhere handy so anyone who wants to can download it and mess with it (color it, doodle on it, collage around it, otherwise flesh it out in creative ways however you please) and send it back to me. If I dig it, I’ll totally add it into my rotating header-image folder and it will show up randomly as my header sometimes! (also, maybe stickers!). I’m a fan of randomness, collaboration and variations on themes, so I would get a huge kick out of this. It’s also a visual version of one of the things I want to do with my songs…
Speaking of which, check out what my friend Keith did with my Wobbly Boat demo. He made it all sweet and countrified in a really good way. [Download it and listen to it!]
Other than that, if you’re hankering for more frequent updates, check out my Scrapbook. It’s always a good time. That Carole King song is as perfect as they get.
we’ve been along this road before
we’ve been along this road before
in our shaky old caravan
sleeping on the floor
scaring children for fun and profit
theirs and ours
we’ll share that floor again, love
in good time
in good time
Stuff’s Crazy.
That’s all I’ll say for the moment about my life these days, why I haven’t been posting anything, why I still haven’t filled in that giant blank spot with my snazzy awesome new header design yet, and why my stomach is frequently in tangles. I don’t know how long this will last, but I’m sure I’ll make a smokin’ comeback before too long. It is nearly Easter.
Have a happy one!
“21 Love Songs” Magnetic Fields Tribute Released!
21 Love Songs: A Tribute to the Magnetic Fields is at last unleashed upon the world.
To refresh your poor, ADD-inflicted 21st century memories, I made a song for it last month, and designed one of the two album covers (as seen above). My cover of “Born on a Train” is track #13 (my lucky number)! Did James do that on purpose? I don’t even know!
Speaking of the devil, once again, mad props must go to James Eric for dreaming up this idea and making it all happen, and also to the many great artists who grace this great album.
It really is great. I love these people!
Go and download the album for free at the wonderful, magical, fantasmical CLLCT!