In the summer of 2006, back when MySpace was all the rage, I gave myself a crazy challenge: write and record a new song every day for 21 straight days.
The rules were simple.
- A song a day, no matter what.
- I would play all the instruments.
- Each song would be posted online the day it was written/recorded.
Three weeks and 10,000 plays later, I had a collection of 21 eclectic indie-rock sketches I called The Song-A-Day project. It was an exhausting, thrilling, frightening, and inspiring experience. The album is available on iTunes, cdbaby, and streaming below.
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An incomplete list of themes and instruments, in no particular order:
Accoustic and electric guitar, hope, gender roles in the 70′s, mandolin, tambourine, insect murder, ee cummings’ epitaph, my high school keyboard, dangerous thoughts, a deck of cards (to simulate the sound of tap dancing), ninjas and how they train to become ninjas, drums (played at a third grade level), participating joyfully in the sorrows of the world, piano, nintendo, and more hope.
