With small pangs of heartbreak, I allowed him to turn 6-years-old. Twice that day he leaned close and whispered: I’m six. He’s trying it on. He’s turning, we’re all turning; officially exiting “Chapter of the Small Child.” (sigh) We’ve spent a lot of time here. Years ago, when I tossed my graduation cap high in [...]
Must.Write.Now. It’s a bit obvious when the songwriter in this house has stayed away too long from writing, because she starts getting just a LITTLE bit grumpy. A TINY bit irritable. Easily IRKED. Not by political leaders or financial crises or even by semi-big deals like being behind (again) on emails or (chronically) filing paperwork. [...]
If you want to make a musician really happy, give us a chance to play side by side with some of our favorite fellow artists. It’s just…well…it’s just special. Like a kid in a candy shop. And it doesn’t hurt that some of the pressure of carrying a whole concert by yourself is relieved. I [...]
In Nashville this week, I had the rare opportunity to go out with Mom and hear some live music last night. Listened to several accomplished songwriters at Cindy Morgan‘s benefit for the Leukemia Society sing in the round, telling stories – some lighthearted, some serious – about the music they have made, and perform them [...]
I made myself wait these past several months, and now we’re ready to share the music we made last summer/fall before heading out to Costa Rica. And now…I’m both eager and a little shy about actually shipping. :) How Emptiness Sings is a 7-track EP, all new originals, recorded & produced by Zodlounge (Nashville, TN), [...]
(Photographs in this post were a gift from my young reader/listener/writer friend Abby Ang. Enjoy Abby’s words here.) *Adding here to my original post, based on an interaction with a lovely young lady I hope to one day meet. She wrote: At each stage of this journey, it seems the more productive I am…the more [...]
I heard the front door close behind him before I was even out of bed. I’d overslept. Now I’m slurping coffee and lighting candles, reading from the One Year Bible. Sizzling sausage. This is the tranquil intro. Tapping out a bass line in email responses. I can hear the rushing water of the shower upstairs [...]
A minute or two of some car convo on the songwriting process, followed by some in-the-studio eavesdropping. The two songs you’ll hear portions of on this clip are: The Best Thing (inspired by this post) and Kingdom Coming (on our response as Christ-followers to physical & spiritual poverty around us…I’ll be writing more about that [...]
As you may remember, I was in Nashville again a couple of weeks ago, this time to lay down the vocal tracks for the 7-song EP I’ve been working on. These months have been so full, I actually didn’t even have all the music together when I arrived, nor did I feel super solid about [...]
It’s obvious she has the bug. She is 6 and can’t keep from it. Small brown fingers push the sound from the ivory and I watch her do what I do. Play. Evaluate. Try a new way. Repeat. Build a pattern, wonder where it must go next. She is emotive. Sometimes loud. Often tragic (her [...]
