Another Songfight entry, my first in months!...

Written for Songfight! in response to hurricane Katrina's attack on New Orleans. I can't put myself in the situation that so many people now find themselves in. I can only dwell on the prospects of rebuilding a community that is...

This was for the Songfight Live-Boston 2005 event, and Hoblit, Ken, Frankie and Fluffy gave great backing on short notice. Awesome! Once the live recording is available it'll be linked here. Meanwhile, here's a studio version I did for the...

This is for Erik's teachers and therapists, to thank them for the great work they've done over the years. It uses lots of "Erik-isms" and tries to highlight the role these people have played in his (and our) life. He's...

Leaning on some trance-like long delays on the guitar and bouncing alligator clips on the strings, I was going for elusive foreign textures that the South Pacific evokes. Well, not literally, but turning a friend's operatic voice backwards and doubling it for the break brought the needed "foreign" vocal flare to round out the arrangement.