“Matter of a moment”
I wrote this song in my friend’s studio apartment a few weeks ago. I recorded it the next night after rehearsal, a few days before leaving for a three week solo travel trip through Scandinavia. I mixed the song in cafes in Bergen and Oslo, Norway and had it mastered by my good friend and collaborator Casey Dawson. It feels good to share this acoustic song - just a single acoustic guitar and vocal track - as I near the start of a larger full band recording project in mid-November back in Boston. I hope you enjoy a listen of “Matter of a Moment”.
“Overthink”
The lyrics that became the chorus of “Overthink” came to me while riding a bike through Berlin in 2018. Shortly after I moved to Boston and wrote the verses in my South Boston apartment. I express through the song my habit of overthinking things, wondering what progress I could make and who I could become if I spent less time overthinking and more time acting on ideas. It’s one of my favorite songs to perform, solo and with the band. I created the cover art using Midjourney.
“Lake George” at the cantab Lounge Open mic (Cambridge, MA)
I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts for four years but only started performing at The Cantab Lounge open mics recently, as I’ve been gradually moving out of the city. I was taken back by how well received my performances were by the community there, full of other songwriters. “Lake George” is a song I wrote recently that draws on childhood experiences in Lake George, New York and more current experiences and feelings I have as a 28-year-old, looking back on those childhood experiences in a place I love.
Cover of “Something in the orange” by Zach bryan (Joshua Tree, CA)
I’d recently learned “Something in the Orange” by Zach Bryan and had a vision to capture a performance of it as the sun set in Joshua Tree. Focused on recording demos in a little shack on the Airbnb property, I almost missed my chance - but when I realized the sun was setting I quickly grabbed my guitar, set up the camera, and managed to capture a raw, acoustic performance of the song.
Train Trip: Bergen to oslo
A quick edit comprised of clips from my train trip from Bergen to Oslo, Norway on October 25, 2023. I enjoyed creating it using the Premiere Rush app during my ferry trip from Moskenes (Lofoten Islands) to Bodo, Norway. The last clip of the edit is at Bla, a music venue/club that I went to in Oslo shortly after arriving: it felt like the real end to the train trip.