Red or blue? My pill was kind of chartreuse and bitter.
After posting You Bought This, I bopped along to it for several repeats while doing some cleanup, walking the dog and other miscellanea. Being happy with the lyrics and the production, I was in a pretty good mood and actually had a few hours to sketch out today’s track before bedtime. Looking back at the last six days, I’ve been pretty productive. Some are obviously stronger than others, but nothing outright sucks and I think … Continue reading
One of the great things about getting older is seeing young people turn into functioning adults. I mean, it doesn’t happen as much anymore, but you know what I’m saying. I’ve been blessed to have married into a fantastic (and very large) family full of former kids who have become pretty cool adults. I often call people on their birthday and sing horrible renditions of the birthday song. Horribly bad. And always extemporaneous. But the … Continue reading
Cover day. Sigh. I’ve written about my angst surrounding cover day before, so I won’t repeat myself for once. This year, I had my favorite candidate from the day it first appeared and while several other fantastic possibilities appeared during the month, nothing ever knocked this song out of my top spot. The trouble this time is that not only did I know I’d be doing a more involved production than the original, but I … Continue reading
I wrote fairly extensively about “Other Ray” in I’m Back (And I’m Backin’ It Up!) – the last time he showed up. I can’t say specifically what prompted this track, but I can tell you that I was procrastinating so hard. I really didn’t want to write any music. I wrote a blog post, I surfed the web, I looked at my archival process… With midnight fast approaching, I finally knuckled down and tried to … Continue reading
Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. If Give It To Me was a swing and a miss, this track turned into a triple. I’d continued to noodle with the guitar over the last three days and was looking for a way to use it again. I loaded up a rock kit in Superior Drummer 3. I’m … Continue reading