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Where do you start on something like this? It started in Fairbanks, Alaska when a professor brought in his mandolin and played for us. It was entrancing, and then he said, "A stringed instrument is the best thing you will ever do for your life." It was almost viral in essence, and hung in my heart and soul until I moved down to Bellingham, Washington.
There, I met Dave McGraw, who is now quite a folk singer. Worth a Google, if you ask me. He wasn't using his guitar (being a drummer in a band), and we traded good ol' Jim Beam for guitar time. I don't know who got the better end of the deal at the time, but it seems we have both won.
So that is how it started. Then I basically holed up for many years and taught myself to play by writing overly simplistic songs...which is not much less than I currently do.
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As for purpose, I guess I need to say that writing music is basically my release. Like some people like to disappear in a book or story, I find that zone when writing.
I used to get asked who I write for, and the reality is that I am pretty much a failed poet who writes to tell other people's stories or to expose some insight in the system we live in. Who knows really. Song to song, I guess.
That said, I record on various systems...
But it works.
So people know, most releases are one-time sessions that have different feelings based on the mood I am in. I record almost exclusively this way:
Lay down a guitar track. Keep one take.
Lay down a vocal track. Keep one take (I lose the "feel" if I break it into pieces).
Add harmonies. If I have time or energy.
That is it.
For now, I keep it raw, and plan on stepping up to collaborating more and spending more time piecing together recordings.
There, I met Dave McGraw, who is now quite a folk singer. Worth a Google, if you ask me. He wasn't using his guitar (being a drummer in a band), and we traded good ol' Jim Beam for guitar time. I don't know who got the better end of the deal at the time, but it seems we have both won.
So that is how it started. Then I basically holed up for many years and taught myself to play by writing overly simplistic songs...which is not much less than I currently do.
---
As for purpose, I guess I need to say that writing music is basically my release. Like some people like to disappear in a book or story, I find that zone when writing.
I used to get asked who I write for, and the reality is that I am pretty much a failed poet who writes to tell other people's stories or to expose some insight in the system we live in. Who knows really. Song to song, I guess.
That said, I record on various systems...
But it works.
So people know, most releases are one-time sessions that have different feelings based on the mood I am in. I record almost exclusively this way:
Lay down a guitar track. Keep one take.
Lay down a vocal track. Keep one take (I lose the "feel" if I break it into pieces).
Add harmonies. If I have time or energy.
That is it.
For now, I keep it raw, and plan on stepping up to collaborating more and spending more time piecing together recordings.
Music 
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| ditty #1 | Folk | Feb 11, 2010 | 148 |
| rose colored glasses | Folk | Jan 28, 2010 | 225 |
| cheshire moon | Folk | Jan 21, 2010 | 135 |
| today | Folk | Jan 19, 2010 | 157 |
| the only one | Folk | Jan 13, 2010 | 129 |
| fire in the skies | Folk | Jan 12, 2010 | 155 |
| let's fly | Folk | Jan 9, 2010 | 146 |
| built to last | Folk | Jan 8, 2010 | 120 |
| sadie (original) | Folk | Jan 7, 2010 | 165 |
| famous now | Folk | Dec 30, 2009 | 158 |
| So Long Suzanna by Martin Sexton | Folk | Dec 24, 2009 | 208 |
| fragile again | Folk | Dec 23, 2009 | 165 |
| end of innocence | Folk | Dec 19, 2009 | 155 |
beer goggles  |
Folk | Dec 13, 2009 | 190 |
| lost track (this old country song...) | Folk | Dec 12, 2009 | 232 |
| cinderella ain't got nothin | Folk | Dec 12, 2009 | 251 |
| every | Folk | Dec 4, 2009 | 187 |
| again | Folk | Nov 13, 2009 | 152 |
| julia | Folk | Nov 12, 2009 | 154 |
| ghost mountain | Folk | Oct 29, 2009 | 183 |
| in the free box | Folk | Sep 14, 2009 | 196 |
| julianna | Folk | Sep 3, 2009 | 114 |
| fossil bed | Folk | Jul 11, 2009 | 163 |
| what you mean to me | Folk | Apr 15, 2009 | 279 |
| just where i go | Folk | Apr 14, 2009 | 259 |
| breathe | Folk | Apr 7, 2009 | 176 |
| where we going to | Folk | Dec 23, 2008 | 218 |
| mary | Folk | Dec 22, 2008 | 514 |
| play it right | Folk | Dec 16, 2008 | 177 |
| seasons change | Folk | Dec 4, 2008 | 226 |
| not on the agenda | Folk | Nov 29, 2008 | 254 |
| sadie | Folk | Nov 8, 2008 | 287 |
| halley | Folk | Oct 17, 2008 | 271 |
| today (tomorrow's waltz) | Folk | Oct 2, 2008 | 238 |
| raini (v.2) | Folk | Sep 30, 2008 | 375 |
| raini | Folk | Sep 20, 2008 | 314 |
| Medication by Damien Jurado | Folk | Sep 3, 2008 | 331 |
| medication (v.2) | Folk | Aug 21, 2008 | 223 |
| medication | Folk | Aug 20, 2008 | 230 |
| soft rains | Folk | Mar 9, 2008 | 463 |
| january rain | Folk | Jan 31, 2008 | 630 |
| lost track (this old country song) | Folk | Jan 30, 2008 | 428 |
| robert frost | Folk | Jan 23, 2008 | 707 |
| been there before (howling dog) | Folk | Jan 19, 2008 | 508 |
| sleeping time | Folk | Jan 16, 2008 | 363 |
the echo of the sea  |
Folk | Jan 14, 2008 | 596 |
| this i believe | Folk | Jan 11, 2008 | 395 |
| radio station - 108.1 | Folk | Jan 11, 2008 | 938 |
| tootsie roll | Folk | Jan 7, 2008 | 517 |
| sushi ninja | Folk | Jan 4, 2008 | 476 |
| go away, come again | Folk | Jan 2, 2008 | 439 |
| don't pass me by - v. 2 | Folk | Dec 31, 2007 | 270 |
| december (don't pass me by) | Folk | Dec 22, 2007 | 300 |
| on the sea | Folk | Dec 19, 2007 | 529 |
| 'bout the wind | Folk | Dec 17, 2007 | 388 |
| rain, rain | Folk | Dec 16, 2007 | 383 |
| already saved | Folk | Dec 9, 2007 | 815 |
Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| My Final Hours | Alternative | Feb 5, 2008 | 2038 |
