Last Tuesday marked the official release of The Beach Boys’ “lost” album, Smile. I grew up hearing the Beach Boys and honestly thinking they were a little cheesy. That was until I heard their 1966 album, Pet Sounds, the summer before my senior year of high school. I fell in love with it, and to this […]
[download id=”16″ format=”16″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. This song started as a rhythm that got stuck in my head for several days. When I found a melody that finally seemed to fit, the lyrics were written fairly quickly from there. Once the song was written, I felt like the second
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[download id=”15″ format=”15″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. I wrote this song in January planning to release it as February’s download, but I decided it needed some violin (which I can’t play). So it sat on the back burner for most of the year. It finally got its violin part(s) courtesy
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Here are some of my favorite new albums from the last three months. I don’t feel like there’s much I can say about them, because they are all by artists that I’ve been listening to for years. I have have most or all of the albums by these artists, and they’re always consistently good. I
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A few years ago I recorded an EP for local Memphis band, Roger Mexico. They’re now releasing the recordings as an EP called The Noah Sessions. The sessions were a part of my senior project for the recording technology program at the University of Memphis. We got together at the University of Memphis Recording Studio
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[download id=”14″ format=”14″] To download a free MP3, click the image above. The music for this song has been sitting on a hard-drive for about 5 years. I recorded it as an instrumental piece just for fun, and I didn’t really have any other plans for it. Recently I was digging through some old music
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The odd looking object in the photo above is called a symphonica. Chances are, you haven’t seen one before. It’s definitely the most unique musical instrument I own. Hidden inside the sparkly green plastic body are a group of reeds similar to a harmonica. You play it by blowing or drawing through the end while
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I started playing guitar when I was 8, but pretty soon after that, I realized I didn’t want to be a guitarist; I wanted to be a musician. Of course I still feel at home on the guitar and consider it (along with drums) to be my “main” instrument, but over the years I’ve learned
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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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