One Foot in Front of the Other [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Greetings. I am new to the Hella Gems roster, but I hang out with the East Coast Hella Gems people in real life. The Hella Gems concept poses a challenge to me, as it is very difficult to compose, perform, record, [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Optimism So I was sitting around depressed this weekend trying to psych myself up.  All I need is to feel a little better, right, and then I just get up off my ass and do…  whatever it is that will better my station in life, right? Go get [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] OneMorePerson So some close friends of mine were married this weekend. The entire time I guess I had my eye on this one girl, and what was I thinking? She was involved with someone, or something. Anyway. This song is about longing and having an active imagination and [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Last weekend was my designated time for making a Hella Gem, but that was taken up by sickness and worry over my cat who I had to put to sleep on Saturday, so I abandoned my personal responsibility for grief. In lieu of something fresh, here is a [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] IfIWerentScared I’m heading to a wedding tomorrow, so I’m going to go ahead and post this. This song is about my fear that the emotional detachment necessary to deal with the world will dehumanize me.

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This song’s a collaboration with Matthew K. Manning, who I’ve been playing music with for fifteen years off an on. We had a high school band together called Royce, and then played in a rock group called Made in China for a few years. After not playing together [...]

I just saw Nausicaa: the Valley of the Wind for the first time, a few weeks ago. It’s one of those Miyazaki movies. Big budget animated feature. Awesome movie. The animation is a bit more primitive than some of his later films but still pretty amazing. I don’t usually do this kind of thing lately, [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] WhenSheMoved Here’s a little song about how sometimes I feel like I’m a bit more grown up and have my feelings a bit more under control now. How do I feel about that? I’m torn! Thus: a song. Drumming and bassing antics by King Solomon, who also prevailed [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I wasn’t sure if I’d get a song done this week. Moving/Finals/Excuses. But, Mr. Jings came over this evening and helped me get my studio space set up in my new place, and now with everything setup I threw something together. I don’t really reinvent the wheel with [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] instrument_test_2 Here’s a video I made for the song too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVfmLG4ejE It’s been a while since I posted, but I had the whole day to myself Saturday and nothing to do, so what better opportunity to make a song This is my second song I made using logic. [...]