New Material

The pieces are slowly coming together. Here a piece, there a piece, everywhere a piece... piece.

I've got a few songs stocked up from the last year--since Time for Change went into production. There are a few songs still coming together a little at a time.

The overarching concept this time is simplicity. It's so easy for me to get carried away with over-complicating the sound. I keep remind myself it's the song that matters most. Capturing some piece of truth... writing something beautiful and simple. It sounds easy. But, I swear, the moment I try to write something like that I get in my own way. Too much intention can be a bad thing. Sometimes you just have to... let it go.

I remember a day a few years ago. I had been working and trying all day to write a song. Nothing was coming to me. I got so frustrated about the process. I became infuriated at the writing block. I gave up. And then... bam. I wrote "Go" in a matter of about 10 minutes ... once I quit trying.

So much about art is trying, giving up, trying again... over and over. I suppose if artists never got past the blocks you could consider them mentally insane. But, eventually, we do move beyond the blockages, books are published, songs are written. Are there artists out there who are not for the most part, most of the time, obsessed with success, expression, creation?