My song, Alone, is about a reoccurring nightmare I used to have as a kid where I would be abandoned on the streets of some indistinct city. When the dreams start I would be with someone who I was comfortable being with, probably one of my parents. And in the blink of an eye, they’d be gone. I’d be alone and scared in this city not knowing what to do. When i would try to scream, there would be no sound and my legs would move excruciatingly slow when I tried to run. That’s the general gist of the thing and would go on for quite some time. Nowadays my reoccurring nightmares  deal with the usual surviving nuclear holocaust type dreams. Oh yeah…I was super sick when I was recording this and there’s a couple moments that need to be redone because my sick ears didn’t pick up on it. So as usual there we be a newer version coming soon.

I know I’ve said it before, but look out for more songs this year. The past year my songwriting productivity plummeted and this needs to change. I do have a valid excuse for this happening. I rejoined my old band in the second part of last year and a lot of my time. Did I say a lot? I meant, A LOT OF MY TIME was spent learning songs since it’s a cover band. They’re all very good friends of mine and its good to be playing music with others again instead of just being locked away in the studio by myself. So if you’re in New Jersey stop on by. The band is called Page22 and here is the website. New shows are always being added. Maybe one day I’ll have a new song or two with them.

One of the first things I’ll be finishing up early this year is wrapping up the album I have in Bandcamp with my dog on the cover. This one. I have 4 completed songs that I still need to put on it and I also need to change the cover. That will by done by the end of the week. The instrumental versions of the songs are being worked on and will be finished sometime this month.

The last 2 things things that I still would like to accomplish is to revamp the website and start off the year with my first song which will be a cover of Today’s The Day by Inverse T. Clown which I’ve already begun. Oh and I almost forgot. I was going to do a song every couple weeks last year but got sidetracked with the band thing. Look for that to start up as well. Once the Today’s The Day song is complete, then the 2 week song project will have officially begun. If anybody wants to accompany me on a song  just email/Tweet/Facebook/Google+ me. It’s always more fun when collaborating with others.

Have a happy and fun year and stay out of trouble.

Chris

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***I’m the dork that poses with wax figures after the picture of Jonathan Coulton in the video.

What I’ll be doing is writing a new song and releasing them right here every two weeks. The first song will be out on Wednesday September 28th, and every two weeks moving forward. That would make 7 new songs before the year is up. There still needs to be a name for this project and perhaps a logo. Please feel free to send me an email or tweet me with any suggestions. Its been awhile since I wrote any songs on my own. Meaning not for a contest and I’d like to get back into that mode. I have nothing against the songwriting contests but I feel like I’ve been leaning on them like a crutch, making me a lazybones or lazybrain about coming up with my own ideas. Hopefully this will kick start the creativity and get me rolling in the right direction. Actually, any direction will do.

The first song will be an instrumental number written for Sammy Kablam’s hilarious movie review series entitled “Dammit, Tad”. Sammy’s reviews and retelling of the movies are far more entertaining than the movies themselves. Check it out here. This is definitely NSFW (unless your workplace is cool) and don’t watch around young children due to some of the language. The little musical intro is my small contribution to Sammy’s world and it’s what the full blown instrumental will be based off of. This will be my first, and possibly only instrumental since I like songs with words and like to sing. I’m hoping to ride Sammy’s coattails to fame. If not his coattails then maybe one of his groovy shirts. Tell him how awesome he is. His Twitter is @SammyKablam.

Couple other little things I’ll be doing. You know that song Today’s The Day by Inverse T Clown? If not, check it out here. I’ll be doing my own cover and maybe a video. You could even do your own cover. It’s encouraged! Lastly, I’ll be changing up the way the website feels a little. More than anything, and most importantly, the way the music is displayed and shared. I’m researching now and think I found a pretty cool way to do it. Included in the musical changes, I’ll be putting entire versions of all the songs with just instruments, no vocals. I always found that sort of thing interesting. That’s about it for now. See you in a couple weeks when the first song for this “unnamed” project is released.

The first topic I tried to go with was about the masses of people leaving the state of California. I came up with a title called California Leaving then thought it was more geared towards the sequel song in the last SpinTunes. I think it’s still a good idea and I might finish that one off.

This is the story that the song is based on.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/28/afghanistan.hotel.guest/index.html?npt=NP1

There are other articles based on the same event but this ones sums it up nice and quick.

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