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living downstream
August 27, 2022 - 10:17pm — twI wrote this when my daughter was in kindergarten, and recorded it just after she left for college.
I had intended to write a song extolling our elementary school, to oppose shutting it down, but ended up meandering off into musings on place, names, time, and the dream I’d had the previous night.
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Halloween skull project
October 3, 2019 - 9:22am — twI’m thinking I should transition this site to be mostly a list of pointers to where I’m actually posting the things I create, which is on a bunch of other sites.
So, here’s one: I’m exploring Factr, and I’m documenting this year’s Halloween project there, a skull that watches you.
side by side (2018)
March 5, 2018 - 10:55pm — twI wrote this while sitting on the Cornell arts quad during my daughter’s band rehearsal. The campus symbolized my past, and her future. She was almost as old as I was when my father died. All that led to some writing, and then this.
This track is quite a different approach from the first one; it’s all synths plus vocals, and a much more active texture.
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every time
October 8, 2017 - 9:25pm — twEventually, there is no experience so small that it can’t break your heart.
This is a rough demo, and I could see doing a grander production of it, but I’m enjoying posting these quick drafts to get raw new songs out into the world.
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Troubleshooting Rule #7: Poke it with a stick
September 12, 2017 - 8:54am — twAt this point in the troubleshooting process, you’re starting to feel desperate, willing to try anything, even poking the problem with a stick. Do that. But don’t do it desperately, do it scientifically. read more...
