Monthly Archives: February 2010
Day 59: Go To Sleep
A long, good weekend come and gone…my last one in New York for a long while. —Lyrics— go to sleep you have a lot of things to think about this sunday this was a perfect day though we soon must … Continue reading
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Day 58: Common Thief
Going for a lo-fi vibe today. I recorded this while watching the coverage of the Chilean quake on tv this morning. Did 2012 come early? —Lyrics— come to think, I I’m looking for belief I’m a common thief for my … Continue reading
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Day 57: These Are The Rules
I don’t know quite how it happened, but this week really succeeded in kicking my ass. [deep breath]. Just need to make it 5 more days until I head out on a much needed vacation to South America… —Lyrics— slink … Continue reading
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Day 56: Nothing to Lose
Well, so the power went out in my apartment tonight. It’s been off all night. As far as I can tell, we’re the only building on the entire block without power, and yet there are like 12 Con Ed trucks … Continue reading
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Day 55: It’s a Start (D# Minor)
And thus ends the 24 Keys Cycle (despite what appears to be the ironic title of today’s song). Time flies when you’re burning that midnight oil. D# Minor: weird key. I don’t think I’ve ever played anything in this key. … Continue reading
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Day 54: The Glen is Closed Forever More (D# Major)
Ok, so I’m on a business trip in upstate New York. I’m staying at a hotel called Traditions at the Glen. It’s perched atop this really nice hill, which is bright green when it’s not covered in snow (as it … Continue reading
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Day 53: Pitter Patter Goes the Rain (D Minor)
It’s raining, it’s miserable. It’s the worst weather in the world. On the other hand, if only we had 8 pianos in a room, we could do this:
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Day 52: Survivor (D Major)
Today’s song explores a slightly depressing theme: so you have a heart attack, survive, and then are able to return to your life. Great. But what if your life pre-heart attack was mundane, boring, less than ordinary? To escape the … Continue reading
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Day 51: Dirty Dirty Words (C# Minor)
—Lyrics— I want to try it one time I want to keep it all mine cover to cover, what next? follow my species, I protest trying to be self assured relying on my dirty dirty words whatever come what may … Continue reading
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Day 50: As If You Had a Voice (C# Major)
Today’s lesson, boys and girls, is this: writing a song is very hard to do when you’ve had a long week, your mother has just flown in from the west coast, you’ve eaten a good dinner and drank more than … Continue reading
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Day 49: Space Radio (C Minor)
Wouldn’t it really suck if you got sent on a long space mission and your radio died, so you couldn’t ever talk to anyone again? Yeah, it would. —Lyrics— blackest days the emptiness of outer space the cleanliness just empties … Continue reading
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Day 48: The Font Song (C Major)
Ironically, I don’t think I can change the font of this post. Except to do stuff like this. —Lyrics— how many fonts to make a man? and none of them resembling his hand so businesslike, my arial helvetica she knows … Continue reading
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Day 47: Mannequin (B Major)
I’ve been having a lot of fun trying to find new ways to approach playing guitar. This one is the fuzz pedal + many delays approach. —Lyrics— crying just like a child in my sunday clothes all the way back … Continue reading
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Day 46: Did You Find It? (B Minor)
As disappointed with yesterday’s song as I was (I tried listening again this morning and didn’t even make it all the way through), I’m really happy with today’s product. Now, back to watching the winter Olympics. Never thought I’d say this, … Continue reading
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Day 45: To Judge a Book (Bb Major)
Ok, not the most inventive or original or _____ song ever, but I kinda wanted to write an uptempo song, and this is what came out. Strikes me as a bad Kings of Leon song. Oh well. —Lyrics— am I … Continue reading
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