12-27-09 When The Wind Blows

Windy day and everything is a kite. Link.

11-12-09 Blue Sky, Clear Cold Wind

Can you tell that fall is coming on? Link.

10-13-09 Helicopter

I was driving to work on this day, and I have a very clear recollection of seeing helicopter seeds swirling high up in the air while I was stopped at a traffic light. link.

10-12-09 One More Hour

Creepy piano, nice arrangement, winter encroaching. Link.

10-10-09 Winter's Calling Card

Written and recorded outdoors in the courtyard outside Intiman Theatre on a dinner break from Abe Lincoln In Illinois. Link.

10-3-09 Autumn's Tugging At My Sleeve

A nice moody piece heralding the season of melancholy. Shades of Jose Gonzalez. Link.

7-25-09 The Frozen Sky

This song was wishful thinking, as the sky and earth were baking hot in Seattle this time last year.

6-21-09 Summer Songs

This one turned out really well. It's now enjoying a second life as a Railroad Tycoons song, which you can listen to here. Or you can listen to the original here.

6-13-09 Sunshine

A pretty acoustic instrumental. Link.

6-2-09 Summer's In The Air

Well, at least it was this time last year. A break in the psychic clouds. Link.

5-18-09 Under Your Umbrella

I think this might be the only ukulele song I've written where I don't play chords, just individual notes. I like the minimal nature of the uke and vocal harmonies. I believe the 11th Avenue in question was in Capitol Hill. And it was probably raining that day. Link.

4-6-09 A Sunny Day

Another favorite from the year. Link.

2-11-09 Lake City's A Shroud

In the two and a half years we lived in the quaint burg of Lake City, it became clear to us that we were in a mini-convergence zone in the city of Seattle. Whenever there was snow in the region, our neighborhood seemed to bear the worst of it. We'd consistently get a couple more inches than Capitol Hill (which is about five miles from us), and the snow wouldn't melt until days after it had melted everywhere else.

Additionally, we lived on a steep street that often be closed during these snowfalls. We got to count the cars that would attempt to drive up the street, spin their wheels madly, and careen back down softly into the snowbanks.

This song was written during one of those periods. It's amazing how the snow could temporarily convert what was kind of a crappy neighborhood into a place of wonder and melancholy. hmm.

1-21-09 Walking Through The Fog

My sincere apologies, o tens of readers, for failing to post yesterday. There was a song made a year ago yesterday, and here it is. Lots of weather related songs happened this time last year because of Snowpocalypse 2009.

Stay tuned for today's song later on this afternoon.