treesap78

treesap78

emily and i spent a few hours trying to figure out garageband this evening, and we wrote some lyrics for this but decided not to sing them.

negentropy

negentropy

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your first loss

your first loss

well, i've pretty much got a full time job now - which is good news.. but it does make it harder to write. and do second takes. ha!

I Might Be A Station Agent

I Might Be A Station Agent

how am i gonna get any of this work done with you distracting me in the background?  too much to ignore and you make it oh, such a chore.  you push til my anger is found.  you push til my patience is drowned and i can barely keep my rage down.  a panicky feeling i almost take action but once the word's out i lose traction, back away, and apologize and agonize later about my behavior when really it's yours i despise.

i'm not violent by nature.  i just have certain expectations.  this can't be settled by arbitration.  you are what you are, so am i.  for now the boat is leaving the shore with no one aboard.  there must be an ocean between us

Details in the Tea

Details in the Tea

the dreamy end-part in this song has a little Amajor to Aminor chord change, which is always nice.. and it would be a bit cooler with live drums at the end, playing a little jimmy chamberlin style.

Sour Patch Kid

Sour Patch Kid

she's a sour patch kid! she's a sour patch kid!

right now emily is working on trumpets for tomorrow's song.

an ocean obsession

an ocean obsession

while emily sleeps on the couch.

ya ya ya

i wrote the bulk of this song this morning, before i went to work.. and when i got back from work, emily had added all the accordion and re-sung everything and put it all together..

ya ya ya

Significant Cuts

Significant Cuts

this song was written last night, sorta on accident.. it was the very first thing that came out when i sat down with a guitar and some words, and it seemed to work right away. and then i dressed it up this morning. and emily came home and played the crazy march stuff at the end.

tiny hand

anybody ever read Pynchon's Slow Learner? it's a small collection of early short stories.. including one that involves Pig Bodine and a junkyard/landfill adventure with elf gypsies.. or something. i love Pynchon.

this song doesn't really have much to do with that.. except for the elf girl, i guess.

ha!

tiny hand

invitation

invitation

i wrote this song last night, in the hour and a half between the end of austin city limits (with jack white) and beginning of SNL, which turned out to be a re-run anyhow.. so i recorded a quick version late last night, and then re-recorded it today. yeehaw.

Nobody Said

here's one put together with the help of Wes Shirley.. we got the lyrics outta his little black book of songs. pretty neat.

Nobody Said

Let Myself Go

Let Myself Go

day four! four for four.

All Shapes

this little guy takes a few twists and turns, all in about 2 minutes.. which is a little bit cool. day three!

All Shapes

i thought this song was mostly finished when i took a nap today, and when i woke up emily had transformed it into something much cooler.. more expansive and dramatic. so i guess i should take more naps.

an island at least

day two! so far so good. also, the weather in portland is very sunny.

an island at least

i just shrugged
try not to read too much
just a little trouble sleeping
a bad dream without any meaning

oh man to be in fashion
having plumb lines to keep..
i saw her through the fences
hiding in leaves

i think i got an answer:
i'll hide her in canyons
build massive defenses
a few feet of peace

we could steal a boat at least
conquer an island
let the ocean's violence set us free

Jerilyn

Happy New Year!  Special thanks to G. Tony Jacobs for this little gem -- Jerilyn, the first song of oneaday6.

a critique of pure music day 10

aristotle
aristophanes
vinca
nicomachus
summer

i'm pretty thoroughly wrapped up in my hip hop research project now.. the portland public library is pretty awesome, and has been able to hook me up with album after album - all the kanye, jay-z, wu-tang, dre, etc etc.. i could want, and i've also got spotify, so it's a pretty immersive experience around here.

a critique of pure music day 9

apollonius
pincushion
archimedes
reluctant robot
tacitus

lots of music going on around here - i'm playing bass with Jenn Rawling (& Basho Parks, among others..) for her CD release party, so that includes some rehearsals, but American Friction is busy right now and the New Mexican Revolution is still gaining steam.. whew.

and yet i only have one heart, and it belongs to these little one minute songs. ha!

a critique of pure music day 8

copernicus
plutarch
ptolemy
virgil
kepler

sadface. emily is back at work, the rain clouds have returned, the apartment is cold & quiet.

except for all these beats.

a critique of pure music day 7

copernicus
epictetus
thucydides
knight
rook

i really like some of these more recent ones.. little glitchy drums against the strings are kinda cool. can we combine Radiohead and Dr. Dre somehow? hmm.. i'm also getting better at making smoother loops, which is cool. it doesn't make it any faster or easier, but the final result is nicer.