Audio by genre acoustic

Happy Friday before Valentine's Day. Party on and on, dudez.

I'm recording in my bedroom now. Less resonant but clearer.

I forgot to play a whole big part of the song -- the part where the guitar goes ba ba ba bahm bahm BAHM... oh well.

This was a good exercise in old-school acoustic. The guitar wasn't plugged in so I had to modulate by moving away from the mic when I wanted to play or sing louder. It was fun. Seemed to go over OK.

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Fun little song I did about my car. Most of the words were freestyled 'cause it's fresh and I don't remember the words.

Already recorded a gangsta' rap version of the same song... you would find it amusing. Perhaps I shall release it at some point.

I'm a rock and rolla
in my Corolla...

Two songs -- set the mic level too high (on the recorder -- didn't sound like that in the room, just very loud) and clipped the hell out of it but oh well -- take what you can get, right? You you know you do...

The first song is called "So Long." Been workin' on it for five years. Almost done. :)
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(Alternate title: "Choose to Be Happy")

I always hated that positive affirmation shit. Always seemed self-indulgent and inherently... wimpy. Now I see that it is self-indulgent but that it's OK to indulge yourself in love, health, happiness and all that good stuff. Still, when I try to say the affirmations, it just seems weak and silly (not in a good way). Somehow singing it makes it more believable and stronger.

Cut the first part out because it was just too long. Maybe release it sometime... so, ya' know, check back and get all the good stuff.

Well, that was fun! Had to start the show last night (luck of the draw). Only a lucky few people got to experience it and they weren't even drunk yet.

I think I did a pretty good job of warming them up.

This is not my song, and I have, regrettably, lost touch with its author. Steve, if you're out there, hit me up... even if it's just to sue me for all $14 I have.

Starts a bit slow, but I love it when people randomly pick up percussive stuff and join in... means it's catchy.

Didn't write or record much last year so I'm hoping to do a lot of that this year. This is the first new song of 2012. First time I've played it through so of course it's a bit shaky. Whaddaya want for nothin'!

Oh, what stories I could tell about recording this! But that would be boring...

This is a twofer. It's an experiment in paradox. I really like both these songs. Hope you do too!

This particular guitar has a glitch -- it likes to be played very gently. You can hear the high E string freaking out after being plucked off its bridging, but it still sounds good.

There is another song from this performance on this site which is available to fans, defined as people who have purchased Good Boy or any of its constituent parts.

So this very old acoustic guitar kinda fell in my lap at a time when a song was forming. This is the very first take of that song and the first recording (of mine though I'm not sure ever) with this guitar which I'm calling WonderGirl.

Safe to say this one starts off slow but finishes with a bang. It's kind of about the hurricane weirdness, I guess, but not entirely. It's for all the folks out there in the Rockaways, on The Island (Staten and/or Long), on the Jersey Shore and wherever who have lost everything and are still living in the dark and cold. You're not alone.

This song just came to me today. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Happy Thanksgiving!

New song. Pretty good.