This song is written about Bonnie Raitt. I have a soft spot for great female blues and jazz singers. On my last album there was a song called I Can Never Know that was my tribute to Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.
The sound of this song was influenced greatly by Gregory Alan Isakov. His album This Empty Northern Hemisphere was in our car's CD player for seriously a year straight. It is a perfect album. I don't know that I've listened to any album that consistently since Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright.
I first saw Gregory at a small show in Fort Collins, Colorado about 6 years ago with probably 5 people there. I checked out his show because all of the local musicians in town were all in agreement that he was better than they were lol. I recently saw him play in Evanston, IL and the place was packed and silent. Check out his music.
Because of his influence I was planning on making my album very mellow. However, slowly but surely my own personality took over the writing process. I guess I can only be myself whether I like it or not.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Keep You Warm
This song is about taking care of the person you love even after you are gone. I wrote this song when I was freezing my ass off in Chicago.
Sometimes (more often than I'd like to admit) I feel like what I'm doing with my life is kind of pointless. If aliens were watching me from above they would think, "Why is this guy filling up notebooks of word vomit and making all this noise with these stringed wooden things?"
With this song I'm trying to say when I'm gone, just burn everything to keep yourself warm. All those notebooks really aren't important in the scheme of things. I hope this song gets that point across....and if not...oh well! I've already sent it to Itunes lol.
Also, please don't burn my album collection to keep yourself warm. Trust me, Jeff Buckley and The Beatles can keep ya comfy with their voices alone.
On an instrumental note, I think this is the first song I've recorded that features organ so prominently. I actually let my guitar take a break for once...or at least for about 23 seconds. There's actually alot of organ on this album, just very very low in the mix. I feel like it really thickens the sound up.
Sometimes (more often than I'd like to admit) I feel like what I'm doing with my life is kind of pointless. If aliens were watching me from above they would think, "Why is this guy filling up notebooks of word vomit and making all this noise with these stringed wooden things?"
With this song I'm trying to say when I'm gone, just burn everything to keep yourself warm. All those notebooks really aren't important in the scheme of things. I hope this song gets that point across....and if not...oh well! I've already sent it to Itunes lol.
Also, please don't burn my album collection to keep yourself warm. Trust me, Jeff Buckley and The Beatles can keep ya comfy with their voices alone.
On an instrumental note, I think this is the first song I've recorded that features organ so prominently. I actually let my guitar take a break for once...or at least for about 23 seconds. There's actually alot of organ on this album, just very very low in the mix. I feel like it really thickens the sound up.
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