As I write this for you, I am feeling a little wistful right now, knowing that this incredibly colorful and rewarding journey I got to take through Kate Bush’s material in order to record this album is very nearly coming to an end. I can honestly say that I will hold this year of Kate Read More…
Welcome back to your private, behind the scenes look at the whos, hows, whys and wherefores of the songs on “Naked Kate”. I am so happy you’re here! (If you haven’t seen Part One for songs 1 – 5 yet, you can catch up on those HERE.) Here are some more stories about Songs 6 Read More…
Thank you so much again for being here and being such an important part of the launch of this new album. I wanted to share some special, personalized background just for you on the songs and how I chose them. So, here is Part 1 of your 3 part video series. The first 5 songs Read More…
Selecting the songs to include on my NAKED KATE acoustic anthology was all at once daunting and exhilarating. The process of rediscovering her music all over again was almost like a journey through Time and Space, remembering where I was in my life when I first encountered the music. The process also filled me with Read More…
“The Man with the Child in His Eyes” One of the most beautiful and beloved Kate Bush songs, “The Man with the Child in His Eyes” was written when Kate was a teenager, about her first boyfriend, Steve Blacknell. “I wrote that when I was 16. I’ve got two older brothers and have always been Read More…
One of my favorite podcasts is Song Exploder, where host Thao Nguyen invites guests to deconstruct their songs. How fascinating is it to hear the various textures and parts that make up a great song, as well as what inspired it? Since it’s been a year since I released by first album, Dream Dance, it Read More…
Writing, producing, and recording DREAM DANCE took over 3 years and was truly a life changing event for me. It turns out that I shot a lot of video blogs throughout the process of assembling this album, and since so many of you are also artists and creatives, I thought you’d find something of value Read More…
When I was a kid, I spent hours and hours in my room playing my guitar and singing. I sometimes would also wander out into the woods around our house with my guitar until I found just the right spot, and sit on the ground serenading the trees. There was one song I played over Read More…
“Heart on a Shelf” is the one song on DREAM DANCE that was directly inspired by a new pop artist I had run across randomly while watching The Voice in 2012, Melanie Martinez. I remember at the time as I watched her that I felt a strange affinity for her, as she seemingly got swallowed up by the show Read More…
This song came late in the process of writing and producing Dream Dance. I had been doing a lot of listening to Lordes’ Pure Heroine for ideas on drum programming, as I had wanted to break out of trimming and molding the drum loops and experiment with creating my own rhythm track. I made some incredible Read More…
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