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Ruining guitar songs with synths and drum machines in a garage in West Virginia.

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I was listening to Nathan Thomas' podcast Commonplace and he joked about writing a love song about not being able to write a love song, and that prompt felt right with this chord/melody I've been working on.

Now I can’t feel at all I don’t know how to say it I don’t know how to say it Now I feel everything at once I don’t know how to say it I don’t know how to say it I should write more songs about you I know I’d sink right down without you But I don’t know how to say it I don’t know how to say it

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still tuned way down - seeing which songs fit the darker style

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Tune way down and write a song

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Turn the clock back, tune the guitar down. Did it on a whim. These were the first chords & melody that came out (and some lyrics that came to mind). Stay here tonight, the stars will be rolled like a scroll with the sky Wait for the light to starve all your screaming and calm down your mind Stay here tonight, the quiet’s been lonely, you’re gone a long time Let the noise subside, you can’t keep your speed up, just face it, it’s time

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Keep your feet on the ground

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idea of the day

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Working on a live set. Might cover Stevie Nicks - why not? Messing around with ideas for guitar and synth at the same time, since I *might* be down a bandmate 8/28 at @blacksheepstagewv.

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New song for Nashville’s Homestyle Recordings

An ode to being inside for too long (inside the house, inside my own head). Here's to better mental health, spiritual health, balance.

I've been hoping in glory and feeling depressed I've got the weight of existence just under my chest And I reach for eternity, and forget just to breathe I think I'd be a little closer if I just let it all be And just blow with the wind

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New EP cover art by Will Mayes

Layout design by Dustin Harper

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No More Truth, Only Sides (EP)

This is a catharsis of years of cultural dissonance.

We built ourselves a world, babe, split back into tribes With us: you're in, against us: a sin, no other right or wrong apply

Out now wherever you listen to stuff.

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New Spotify playlist of musical friends over the years

I've had tons of amazing music friends over the years, and I decided to put lots of their stuff in one huge playlist to share the love. Trust me -- you'll find something cool here.

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“Quarantine Dream” mini EP album art by Will Mayes

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Quarantine Dream (Mini EP)

With some songs, I want to make you think. With others, I just want to make you feel better (life is hard). This new mini EP is in the latter category. I'm just trying to spread some positive vibes in these weird times.

It’s one original (a sub-2:00 pop song about hanging out on the couch) and covers of two of my favorite feel-good songs ever — Do Ya by ELO and Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher & Higher by Jackie Wilson (this cover features my Coyotes in Boxes bandmate Chris Miller).

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New single cover art by Will Mayes

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New single: Daisy Lou (b/w The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest)

Writing Daisy Lou, I could feel the Bob Dylan influence coming through, but I recorded it with more of a Radiohead-inspired arrangement and production.

I paired it with a Dylan song that always stood out to me for being lyrically interesting and conceptually bizarre and almost apocalyptic, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest.

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New single: Music City Made for TV b/w Sultans of Swing

I pursued music in Nashville for six years, surrounded by incredibly talented friends all trying to break through the noise as the noise grew ever louder.

It challenged me to refine my craft if I was going to have any chance. It also made me dig deep about what I want out of music (or success in general) and why.

I paired it with a cover of Sultans of Swing, a song about stumbling into a random venue to hear a band that will never "make it" — but they still have a story, and the shared experience makes it all worthwhile. (I borrowed my friend Troy Dixon's 1980 Korg Delta synth for this one.)

Original art by Will Mayes, who has a crazy talent for taking an idea like this and visualizing an entire sci-fi story behind it. Logo and layout design by Chris Miller, a longtime friend and music collaborator (and Coyotes in Boxes bandmate).

Lyric Video:

Sultans of Swing cover:

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Waterbaby (Music Video)

Hope is a war. This song came near the end of a long, dark season when I finally felt ready to try again.

Shot with an iPhone and edited with open source Da Vinci Resolve software. Song recorded in a makeshift studio in the spare bedroom of our West Virginia rental. Mixed by Patrick Nichols.

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First single: Waterbaby/Rocketman

An original about feeling like you're drowning inside yourself, trying to break the surface tension. Paired with a cover about feeling the same sort of disconnection, but in space. (I'm a sucker for any space-related songs, movies, etc.)