Category Archives: Posts with Audio

These posts contain links you can click on to play a recording that is (somehow) connected to the topic of the post.

Introducing: “Sixstr – The sixstr stories Theme”

Can a blog have a theme? Most blogs, I would guess, have a Theme: “a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation.” (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, New Edition, 2005) Movies, television shows and radio programs have Themes: “Instrumental music, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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This Historic Day In Music: Tommy Gallant

“Bonjour,” he’d say, adding to his greeting a little chuckle and a smile. Tommy Gallant, my colleague and friend, always brought a smile. “Bonjour,” as I remember it, was the punch line of one of his favorite jokes. More often than not, he would … Continue reading

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