song dot land

i played guy in our community theatre performance of once: the musical in 2022. it let me do my favorite thing with fellow artists: play music, sing, and create deep experiences together. it also introduced me to the art of the irish songwriter and brilliant musician, glen hansard. glen passed into the beyond this weekend. this episode mourns him. see more: https://song.land/glen-hansard

welcome to a new song dot land adventure with a new way to listen and view. recorded on the new moon 2026-07-14, this episode explores what is beautiful. watch on youtube or see more at https://song.land/new-moon-beautiful

i improvised based on an photograph i captured and a short poem i wrote regarding a crane fly, a subtle insect climbing above ground each spring for only a few weeks, dancing above misty grass in evening light to find love. See more: https://song.land/cranefly

while split pea + pumpkin soup boiled under pressure, i improvised the music that keeps me alive. this one’s quite loose. inspiration for this free-flowing song include the musical grease and the artemis ii nasa rocket circling the dark side of the moon. read more at https://song.land/grease-artemis-ii

welcome. tonight we explore musical possibility inspired by chinese/lunar new year and reflections on living boldly in ’26. it is the year of the fire horse. see more at https://song.land/cny

The post reflects on winter solstice struggles, personal losses, and perspective for 2026, emphasizing the intertwining of life and death.

An improvisation inspired by a two-day relationship with a green jumping spider residing on a work monitor.

this special song dot land took me time to produce. the improvised recording happened on my lunch break on the vernal equinox—2025-03-20 (thursday, march 20, 2025). overdubs here and there since then up to today. spring into your balance. my skilled musician grandfather bequeathed to me the accordion. see more and an extra photograph at https://song.land/vernal_balance

this week, i learned the term emergence. as in, where a whole has properties or capacities distinct from its parts. also, this is a sycamore tree. which way do you think we’re looking at it?

tonight’s song dot land celebrates chinese new year in its own way, and i bring you a poem inspired by mary oliver, written after a walk on the winter solstice. i took mary oliver’s wild geese and wrote my version with the guidance of each line of the original. i also have been reading thich nhat hanh’s being peace, which inspires much here. See more at https://song.land/doe_buck_buck_doe/