songwriter, singer, guitarist, scribbler of sentences. guitar heard with Allen Stone and all my friends.
Nashville, TN
Joined February 2010
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Tracking the Lover I Can’t solo at The Retro Lab a while back. A one take, improvised moment, one of my favorites in the solo catalog so far and rare (for me) to remember to have the iPhone recording
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How most of my practice sessions start these days, improvising something melodic and stretchy, warming up the imagination
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First jazz record I tried wrapping my head around years ago in the depths of my thrash metal teenagedom. Been giving my playing an overhaul and enjoying spending time with records that were waaaaaaay too nuanced for me back in the day and/or didn’t feature lyrics about orcs.
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High Falls, Day 3. A very nice label asked me to write an ambient record which is, in theory, why I’m up here...
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And I’m sure I’ve accidentally written a record’s worth of stuff you could light some incense to, but really I showed up with a blank canvas, willing to wake up with the sun, put fingers to keys and pen to paper, and see what happened. I’ve corralled around 40 ideas…
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Here’s a breakdown of the guitar interplay in the bridge of Alone To Choose, dancing around F-C-G major triads with a Rush-tastic ostinato thingy 💙
Give the EP a listen if you’d like:
ffm.to/lettearsbediamonds
“Let Tear Be Diamonds” is out!
Track 1’s called Alone To Choose, a futuristic Tom Petty Icelandic road trip jam. Check out the lyric video below 💙
youtu.be/A4KXtzhKBjU
“LET TEARS BE DIAMONDS” comes out tomorrow! Five very different songs with a through line of sincerity and illuminating gentle truths within myself. I feel like this music will bloom over time, the first steps in a necessary journey.
ffm.to/lettearsbediamonds
My EP “Let Tears Be Diamonds” is out Nov 18th (this Friday!). It’s about finding gentle beauty everywhere and I think you’re really going to like it 💙
pre-save link: ffm.to/lettearsbediamonds
