Today I’m finishing up the first week in my new job as a video production resident for City Leadership. City Leadership is a non-profit that exists to recruit, develop, and catalyze leaders for the city of Memphis. A big part of what we do involves partnering with other non-profits to help them bring more young, […]
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Somehow, one of my old roommates from 2006 wound up in this new Michelle Branch music video. My former roommate, Chad, is the guy with the long hair playing Michelle’s boyfriend in some of the sequences. Unfortunately, I don’t know the story behind how he ended up in the video.
[download id=”13″ format=”13″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. The artwork for this month’s song is a painting by my friend, Caleb Sparks. It was actually the inspiration for the song. I tried to arrange the music in a way that evoked the flight of birds. You’ll hear that the background vocals
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My new song for August will be slightly delayed in getting posted. I’ve been a little busy the last few weeks and haven’t had a chance to finish it. In the mean time, here’s a video of my band playing “Not Always (But Almost)” last Thursday night at Neil’s. Thanks to everyone who made it
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I’m playing Thursday night with one of my favorite artists, Half-Handed Cloud. You can see most of the info on the flyer above, so if you’re in or around Memphis on Thursday night drop by to hear some music! This is actually my first live performance of my own music in around 2 years. I’ve
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While recording “The Night is Dead” for June’s download, I filmed the process. Finally got a chance to edit it together, and here it is! “The Night is Dead” along with this month’s song, “If You Got It” and others going back to January are still available to download. Check the sidebar to the right
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[download id=”12″ format=”12″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July weekend! Here’s a new song for you. This song started out as something I was doing for work. A play that’s about to open was in need of some scene change music and I thought
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Several times a year I enjoy sharing some of the new music I’ve been enjoying over the past few months. Since we’re about halfway through the year, here’s what I’ve been listening to since I last posted recommendations 3 months ago. I’d love to hear your recommendations as well! Leave me a comment or tell
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I’ve always enjoyed doing things myself, and I recently completed building my first guitar amp. All the parts for the amp came from a kit I ordered from Weber. The circuit is based on a Fender Princeton 5F2A from the 1950s. The cabinet arrived pre-built, but I assembled the insides based on the 5F2A schematic.
Anyone who knows about my music tastes knows that I’m a big fan of The Beach Boys – particularly Brian Wilson and especially their album Pet Sounds (which I think everyone should own). So I was pleased to stumble across this gallery of photos by Guy Webster. I’d seen some of the photos before, but
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Among people my age (25) I feel I may be a bit of an anomaly when it comes to my music purchases. I could count on two hands the number of songs I’ve downloaded from iTunes. I still buy all my music on CD. I do import them into iTunes for convenience and to sync
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[download id=”11″ format=”11″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. “The Night is Dead” was completely written and recorded during May. Thanks for listening! I’d love to hear what you think. The rest of this post is for the recording geeks. I’ve been recording my music in some form for more than
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