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Category Archives: Rock and/or Roll
Spring Cleaning: Don’t Go Away
Even though it’s a frigid, blustery evening in Grand Rapids, I hereby declare it Spring. So let the spring cleaning commence! Over the next month I will clean out my musical cupboards–perhaps even air some dirty audio laundry–in order to make … Continue reading
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Starting Fires
20 years ago I wrote a song about a girl I really liked. She was pretty, smart and talented, all rolled into one. 18 years ago I married her, which was the best thing I ever did. In 2 days … Continue reading
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Silent Star, featuring the Allegro Quartet
Joni Mitchell wrote the quintessential depressing Christmas song, River. (Also check out this beautiful new rendition by Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae.) But there’s always room for one more, right? This is a recording of “Silent Star” from a rehearsal … Continue reading
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The Allegro Sessions: Prayer (On My Darkest Days)
Toward the end of college I was having a crisis of faith. It was not at all helped by Wolfgang Borchert’s brilliantly depressing “Draußen vor der Tür,” in which God makes an appearance as a tired, helpless old man. My … Continue reading
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The Allegro Sessions: Palestrina
Yet another composition about composing, this time I’m asking the question “in the face of so many great composers, should a minor talent like me even bother?” It takes the form of an open letter to the Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi … Continue reading
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The Allegro Sessions: Have I Gone Too Far?
On day two of our journey into the world of Allegro we arrive at another jazz tune. But this time it’s an intimate ballad with ripe harmonies and melodies that stretch to the point of breaking. “Have I Gone Too … Continue reading
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The Allegro Sessions: I’ll Be Around
For the last year or so I’ve been getting together with the Allegro String Quartet, a fine female foursome who have been working on some of my rock and roll string music. As any patron of these pages knows, I … Continue reading
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Be Your Everything
The last few days have been a marathon of writing, mixing and recording my latest lunge for lyrical longevity. Yes, it’s contest time again, people! This one is the “16 Love” song contest, the winner of which will be featured in a … Continue reading
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A Valentine’s Day Gift
While Amy was busy Valentine’s eve blogging an ode to our former paperboy, I was preparing for today’s celebration of love by recording a song for her. Hmmm… This new song started as an email from a music library that … Continue reading
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Word of the day: fleeting
Simon and I were working on his Word Masters words yesterday, and one of the words he had to define was “fleeting.” We always use the words in a sentence, usually including potty humor. As we were deciding whether or … Continue reading
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