Anymore I sketch my songs by recording them as a live track where I’m standing in the middle of a room strumming my guit and singing into a single mic. I’ll choose from 2 or 3 live takes, then overdub electric guitar, a keyboard part, stumble through some sort of snare part, and you end up here: on the internets, playing out of computer speakers.

This is a new song, written in winter 2013, and recorded as this sonic sketch in late spring 2014. I hope you enjoy its imperfect, a bit sloppy and rough at the edges feel … ’cause that’s the ways these babies are coming into the world. As I go along, I am less concerned with making these songs perfect, and more thankful for my continuing songwriting process, and this crazy life—both still gifting me.

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nice having you in my la la la la

I had a good time singing the blues
bending strings, and feelin’ used
but for me it’s been
way too long
since I sat myself down
and sang a happy song

with some “la, la, la”s
and “yea, yea, yea”s
and an “I’m so glad that I’m still here”
somewhere along the way I got way off track
can I get myself back?
help me find that happy slacker

chorus:
so … la, la, la
hey, hey, hey
I’m so glad it turned out this way
with you in my la, la, la, la

I’m a serious dude paying serious bills
praying in a junker as I’m climbing these hills
hoping that there’s something
on the other side for me
but how I take a corner
we...