song dot land

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_

negative ions roll in my space as we overdub a fourth guitar track for this shifted episode of song dot land, sacred sage rising from its bowl (an ancient clam calcified in the once-ocean soil that i now call home). enjoy the music. enjoy the ideas. enjoy the cacophony.

i captured the cover image—drop—around the same time as this recording at the beginning of this month. Read more at https://song.land/new-moon-whistle

this riveting song dot land pushes and pulls in grind, on a journey through chaos and hurricanes. i sat while singing and playing, a rare position. it changed the path of energy, like the voices at minute 15. read more: https://song.land/shine

today is a special day as we experienced the summer solstice and the strawberry full moon in the same day. see the full notes and art at https://song.land/strawberry-solstice

The episode delves into life's meaning and the brain, exploring the default mode network while using guitar effects pedals. https://song.land/default-mode/

welcome to the first song dot land this year! i’m sitting on dozens and dozens of improvisation session recordings but i wear out before i can post them (or am not convinced of their quality). not today! tune in to two recording sessions, conscious recorded during my lunch hour today lasts the first nine minutes,ContinueContinue reading "conscious/falsetto"

enjoy this great ep! it’s silly. it’s got multitracked guitars for atmosphere. it features deep, growling voice narration. it speaks of old faithful as, “mother nature blowing her nose”. read more at https://song.land/pebble/

i’m proud to share tonight’s song dot land. what begins as a silly journey of energy rollercoasters gets real at minute 15:20 in a sequence we’ll call the well. “explosions in the sky. i am made new.” https://song.land/the-well/