Saturday, January 10, 2009

New Year's Update

A couple years have come and gone since the last post...it's about time for a new one.

I typically have a few songs growing in my head and, for space and sanity, I occasionally take the time to transplant them into digital waveforms stored on magnetically charged disks. This last holiday season I made a more deliberate effort than usual, going so far as to give the songs names. While these recordings are usually just for my personal reference, I'm sharing this project for those people who wish to hear what's going on in my head. As far as I know, all these songs are original and, if it's not apparent, the project is completely solo. (If you want to download an mp3 version, you can right-click the title and save it)

01 God Willing / Fiddler's Groove

:: I think this song's about Winfield

02 This Fog Below

:: I woke up with this tune in my head one morning, so I gave it some words

03 Tin Can Life

:: Previously posted

04 Sailing to Marana

:: A new recording of a previous post

05 Monsoon in D

:: During one monsoon season in Tucson I spent most evenings on the porch with a mandolin watching the storms move through the valley. The three themes in this piece came from those sessions.

06 Phantom Trolley

:: Inspired by Tucson's (still functioning) 4th Ave trolley; mostly, I just like ghost train songs.

There's even cover art! (in case you had a hard time deciphering the video stills)