My good friend, Nathan, has an independent record company in Kansas City, called The Record Machine. I made this cover for their Spring sampler.
It’s free to download, but that’s not all. You also get a hi-res copy of the cover to print out at home. I hope you check out his bands, and find a [...]
A few weeks ago I asked if anyone on Twitter would like to have a mix CD swap, and got instant takers. I limited it to 10 peeps (11 including me), and I am still looking forward to listening to the contributions.
It’s not easy making a mix for people you don’t really know so I [...]
My friend, Scott McCall, has created a beautiful soundscape inspired by my last post. I don’t have much to say about it other than it’s beautiful. Please take the time to listen to it while viewing the collages, and leave a comment fo him. Also, if you get a chance, read the poems I linked [...]
A song I wrote inspired by old spirituals. Recorded it out in the woods, but every time I hit record before playing a song my voice gets a little high. I get a bit nervous even though no one is around.
Something I’ll just have to live with, I guess.
Lyrics:
I’m going up to the mountain / [...]
Here’s one from the archives that I don’t think I’ve posted already. I did this a few years ago for a Kansas City band called, Fire For Effect. This collage and logo creation was used as an album cover. They are still around. Check em out on Myspace…
People who know me know that I love bugs.
I can’t help it, I think they are amazing! Years ago, when I was a bachelor, I had a little bug box that my mother had given me, and I would collect little critters to put in it. I would like to point out that no all [...]
The only guitar I have ever bought.
It’s true. I’ve been playing guitar for over 10 years now, (although you might not be able to tell) and I have luckily never had to buy a guitar. Last September, on a visit to Asheville during a Newfangled work retreat, I came across this beauty in an antique [...]
Today, $50
I am selling prints of my Eternity collage over at the elphabat store.
I find this one particularly interesting because of it’s ability to cause me to be sincerely introspective. The empty chair, the black sheet of music, and the blue behind “eternity” separately would be nothing, but together I think are a powerful statement.
What I’ve Said Out Loud
Ellery is a band from Cincinnati. They are a young married couple I had the pleasure of meeting in the winter of 2006, when I was living in Asheville, NC. Later, they approached me about doing this project. In a world where I hardly ever meet clients, this was a great [...]
