I Cook and Then I Chill

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. More Lo-Fi! I have to admit that there’s something a bit addictive/attractive with making these. A lot of the pressure in creating a “real” track1As if that were actually a thing. “Real” in this context is some stupid ideal that lives in my brain and roughly means “difficult and following some possibly obsolete ruleset while … Continue reading

Moxie’s Meadow

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. I don’t have a ton to say about this one. I think it was probably started with me intending to do a Lo-Fi track, and it certainly fits the formula for one, but it seems a little too… sweet? Nice? Neither of those fit, because I’ve heard Lo-Fi that would warrant those terms. Maybe it’s … Continue reading

A Songwriter’s Lament

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. Two days before I wrote this, another participant asked if anyone had ever written something that they were pretty sure had been written already by somebody else. This was my response: I’m sure I have… most of the time when I’m sure I’ve stolen something (e.g., Raggedy Man‘s hook earlier this week) and I go … Continue reading

Demitasse

Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. If you’ve read my posts from past years, you know that I love writing waltzes. They’re fun and relaxing exercises. With few exceptions, though, I write them for either  piano, a string quartet, or an orchestra. I rarely come to them with a melody in mind, but that’s one of the reasons I think I … Continue reading