I went to bed far too late last night after being ambushed by the piano and a tune in my head. I woke up this morning with an idea for the B section, got out of bed, tried it on the piano and it worked beautifully. The lyrics for that section wrote themselves - I'm
If you've been reading my anarchist blog for a little while you would know that I love learning new songs. Especially when they are for a particular project and suggested by a collaborator. This week's mission is 'Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night' from Tom Waits' 1975 album of the same name. There's an
Tom Waits is an incredible songwriter and I've been really enjoying digging into his songs of late. One of the things I love is discovering over and over that a song I know from an album I have, or a movie I've seen, or just because it's being playing on the radio for years, is
Learning new songs is always a pleasure. I've been learning Come Healing for my Leonard Cohen tribute gig on Wednesday night. I love its simplicity, and the hymn-like beauty and harmonies paired with carefully crafted secular poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pKUwTooZ3o