Potatoes

Who Will Save Us From Ourselves? I have always liked The Fall, and so I decided to try to write a Fall-ish sounding song. The Fall were always that band that had that “something” and where they used repetition in a way no other band I know used – and more than just got away with it. Of course, Mark E. Smith and his…

Empathy

A Little Empathy Goes a Long Way Toward Healing This week I have written a song using every instrument I have – guitar, bass, violin, piano / synth, lap steel, speak-vocals (German “Sprechgesang“) and mandolin. Its been a blast. Today I wrote this song using a mandolin – which is a challenge – because it screams “Bluegrass” and as much as I love Bluegrass,…