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A Tribute To My Uncle

by on 25. Feb, 2010 in reflections

This morning around 3 a.m, my Uncle Hubert passed away.  He’s the second one of my great uncles to pass away in the past year, so Greensburg, Kentucky (I was shocked too that Greensburg had its own Wikipedia page.) is grieving the loss of  two great men. When someone mentions a  “good ‘ol country boy,” [...]

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::surely i do:: (The Saddest Love Song You’ll Ever Hear)

by on 15. Jan, 2010 in audio, lyrics, music

Well, probably the saddest I’ll ever write.  This is the song I alluded to in this tweet.  I wrote the words while driving to Charleston two weekend ago and the music while I was on the phone with a friend. A true multi-tasker at hand. This is about a pretty specific situation and there’s not [...]

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A New Day, A New Year (*trail of tears*)

by on 01. Jan, 2010 in audio, lyrics, music, reflections

Janauary was named for Janus, the Roman god of two faces, one looking forward and one looking backward.  This should be a time to reflect, but to keep moving forward. “New Year’s Project” by Further Seems Forever (the best incarnation of the band with Chris Carrabba on vocals) is a powerful song, especially at this [...]

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Worship Stone (A Christmas Song)

by on 25. Dec, 2009 in lyrics

I wanted to do something special for the 10th anniversary of writing this song. I wanted to record with a friend of mine singing it to share with you guys for Christmas, but I wasn’t able to get that done. I spent some time over the past few days rewriting the music to make it [...]

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::ante meridian::

by on 18. Oct, 2009 in lyrics, music

maybe one day soon, i’ll be able to record this song with vocals even i can stand.  the vocals are too low for me. i wrote this after my d-string broke and took some getting used to muting that string during the rest of the song. the end of this song morphs into “i surrender [...]

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