12-5-09 Late Night

Stars and sidewalks. Link.

7-12-09 Caroline and June

A song for my best friend's kids. Stevie makes an appearance. Link.

5-26-09 Will You Light A Candle

When will the ukulele songs cease? Oh well. This is a nice little lullabye about death.

4-20-09 There's Nothing Else But You

A nice little song for my wife. Link.

4-14-09 Tuck Yourself In

...And dream of sleep. Link.

3-19-09 Silvery Mooncat

One day I'll have a studio with doors that close. Link!

3-11-09 Good Night

This is one of my favorites.

2-21-09 Good Night Sleep Tight

Hey look, another song called Good Night Sleep Tight! Clearly, many of the songs I made in 2009 were made shortly before going to bed. With this one, the "Awesome" boys were sleeping in the same house for our retreat, so I had to be especially quiet.

1-26-09 Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

alright, I cheated a little bit on this one. The lyrics in this song are an e.e. cummings poem. I could write songs to cummings' poems all day. Whilst looking for an appropriate image for this, I found out (to my chagrin) that I'm actually not the first person to set this poem to music.

Here's the full text of the poem:

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

1-12-09 Good Night Sleep Tight

A nice little lullabye. Clay drum courtesy of Garage Band. The mbira was gift from a family when I worked at Gymboree. Stevie is audible in the mbira loop.