Tag: indie music

I began writing “Broken People” in the spring of 2015, not long after the death of my partner. I was watching Casablanca, of all things,…

I conceived of the idea of this song while listening to Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five,” of course. I like to challenge myself, so I was…

This song was written in March 2020 and recorded just after Covid-19 isolation started. I had a lot of time on my hands and my…

Written and recorded in August 2020. The lyrics were inspired in part by the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma; I had also watched the biopic…

This song was written in the fall of 2014, at a time when illness was slowly taking my partner from me. The demo sounded almost…

“Disconnect” has a long history. I actually had many of the musical elements already in place in the late 1990s, as well as the title.…

I already had enough songs recorded to complete Postcards From the Whirlwind when this one came along in September 2021. I always like to stretch…

“Funhouse Mirror” has a storied history. It was initially written way back in 1993, and I got as far as recording instrumental tracks before abandoning…

“Looking for Home” was written in mid-2014. Many of the lyrics were written at my partner’s bedside in the hospital. I was feeling a great…

“Woman to Woman” began life, as some of my songs have, specifically written for a church service; in this case it was an observance of…