song dot land

i played guy in our community theatre performance of once: the musical in 2022. it let me do my favorite thing with fellow artists: play music, sing, and create deep experiences together. it also introduced me to the art of the irish songwriter and brilliant musician, glen hansard. glen passed into the beyond this weekend. this episode mourns him. see more: https://song.land/glen-hansard

welcome to a new song dot land adventure with a new way to listen and view. recorded on the new moon 2026-07-14, this episode explores what is beautiful. watch on youtube or see more at https://song.land/new-moon-beautiful

i improvised based on an photograph i captured and a short poem i wrote regarding a crane fly, a subtle insect climbing above ground each spring for only a few weeks, dancing above misty grass in evening light to find love. See more: https://song.land/cranefly

while split pea + pumpkin soup boiled under pressure, i improvised the music that keeps me alive. this one’s quite loose. inspiration for this free-flowing song include the musical grease and the artemis ii nasa rocket circling the dark side of the moon. read more at https://song.land/grease-artemis-ii

welcome. tonight we explore musical possibility inspired by chinese/lunar new year and reflections on living boldly in ’26. it is the year of the fire horse. see more at https://song.land/cny

The post reflects on winter solstice struggles, personal losses, and perspective for 2026, emphasizing the intertwining of life and death.

An improvisation inspired by a two-day relationship with a green jumping spider residing on a work monitor.

this special song dot land took me time to produce. the improvised recording happened on my lunch break on the vernal equinox—2025-03-20 (thursday, march 20, 2025). overdubs here and there since then up to today. spring into your balance. my skilled musician grandfather bequeathed to me the accordion. see more and an extra photograph at https://song.land/vernal_balance

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_buck_buck_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,Continue Continue 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/

forever covers the grandness of summer. it is a time of intense energy of the sun. corn grows to eat this season’s bounty of light. fall comes soon. “and i knew we’d go forever” https://song.land/forever

i found this episode in my drafts folder, last edited between snow and lightyear, in the first three weeks of january, 2020.

enjoy this new, passionate episode of song dot land! i loved making it! see more: https://song.land/darts/

tonight’s song dot land starts with a sad one! i find solace and friendship and compassion for suffering in sorrow-filled songs. and set to a beat, it’s a journey! may we all grow strong and resilient, like this dandelion breaking through a crayfish mound. enjoy!

welcome to this week’s song dot land! spring begins where i live even as a frost warning covers the area tonight. good luck to all flora and fauna tonight, like these daffodils. read more at https://song.land/breathe/

the green comet last seen fifty thousand years ago passes over us tomorrow. // https://song.land/green-comet/

welcome to twenty twenty-three! this episode recorded over three days (timestamps in notes). good luck getting through it! thanks for listening! https://song.land/new-year-multi-part/