Category Archives: Posts with Audio
A 1990’s Love Song Resurrected For The 16th Valentine’s Day Of The 21st Century
Living here in New Hampshire, it often seems that the winter we’re in the middle of is absolutely the worst winter ever. (OMG! and WTF!) The winter of 2015 is definitely in the running for that title. But as the recent … Continue reading
Finding Christine Miller, Part 2
The next place that I found Christine Miller was in a box. Not long after reading Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by Greg Milner, I embarked on a little musical recordings shopping trip through an area known as … Continue reading
Remaining Seas
There are some songwriters who come up with a title first, then write the song to go with it. This song is the only song I ever wrote that way. The title was a typo. Back in the Fall of 2003, … Continue reading
Home Alone
It’s been a while since I posted a piece of my music for your listening pleasure. So, here’s a guitar instrumental that I came up with a few years back, inspired by the music and playing of Elizabeth Cotten, Doc … Continue reading
A Hymn For The Holiday And The New Year
In 1993, I became the guitarist for The Amity Singers, a contemporary Christian vocal group at First Parish Church Congregational in Dover, New Hampshire. After I’d been with the group for a few months, I presented them with an arrangement … Continue reading
A Thanksgiving Song
I know what you’re going to say. “‘Over The River And Through The Woods’ is a Christmas song.” Well… Here’s the story. The words to “Over The River And Through The Woods” were taken from a poem. The poem was … Continue reading
Here We Are
On April 6, 1998, I put the finishing touches on a new song. “Hold On (Tight)” was my reaction to a time in my life, my family’s life, that was indeed filled with “dark, demanding days.” I wrote the song … Continue reading
Woke This Morning To The Sound Of Thunder
This morning, once again, life imitated art. Or, at least, life reminded me of the first verse of a song I wrote a few years ago, inspired by a day that started much like today did. The song is called “Some … Continue reading
Knowing What
When my daughter Kristin was a little girl, she frequently posed the question: “Hey, Daddy, do you know what?” Being a fan of the old musician’s joke that starts with someone asking a question like: “Do you know the way to … Continue reading
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