Interesting episode where I discuss how guitars have feelings, my doctor's insightful prediction, and other bizarre yet hopefully relatable tales. A relatively short < 30 min episode with some interesting and strange glimpses into the mind of a creative musician/technologist who has been locked away alone too long.

The song in the episode is a little solo acoustic session I had. I was not planning to record so I just turned on the Blue Yeti USB mic. A nice mic for some uses but not up to my usual analog microphones. I record with the Yeti just so I can listen with a critical ear and capture song or riff ideas. What I captured was a snippet of a song with the working title "Empty Beaches". It has a little avant-garde intro where the notes don't go where you expect, then into a riff. It's a glimpse into the life of a guitarists with songs that must come out even before they are fully baked. Some of the coolest tunes I've ever written emerge from playful jam sessions. This one needs lots of work but it has a story to tell about beaches empty for months suddenly seeing their people return with the warmer weather. But are we ready? Is it safe? These are the questions the beaches whisper to me.

The photograph is from a walk to one of the beaches on Walker Pond. Through the trees that frame the sun with their leaves and branches is the pond and forest on the other side. I thought this scene was gorgeous and worthy of a photo.