Journal

The frenetic pace of album release activity having calmed down a bit over the weekend, I’m thinking about the amazing band that played on Re-Covered.

 

Tomorrow is finally the day that I get to share Re-Covered with all of you. I really am excited that the album is coming out. After all this planning and work, it's fun to think of you all listening to the tracks that we made. It’s usually hard for me to be objective about my music for a year or two after it's finished, much less enjoy it - during those first couple of years all I can hear are the mistakes I made and the decisions i might have made differently given the chance. But a bunch of these tracks already give me joy when I listen, and they remind me of the wonderful sessions I had with Mike Viola and the band. And that's a rare gift for me. Thank you for your interest and support, I can't say it enough.

Ever since I can remember, my musician friends have all had the same complaint about pop music: only the most narcissistic, attention-starved, talent-deprived artists, singing the dumbest, silliest, most absurdly simplified messages ever get played on the radio. Meanwhile…

I’ve been digging deep & looking for some extra holiday spirit this season. Christmastime has always been a comfort to me; more so when the world’s dark winter nights seem darker than usual. I’ve been getting deeper into songwriting, even deeper than I usually am.