Thursday, January 2, 2014

Song Corner: Zeno's Fountain

Happy New Year's!

I know everybody says that this time of year, but I really mean it this time.  It's a rare New Year's this year in that I'm really excited about the upcoming year.  It's not that I'm usually depressed, but most of the time around this season I'm reflecting on the previous year wondering where things got off track and how I'm going to make things better.  This year I'm just excited about plans that are happening and the potential for the upcoming months.  So just believe me as I say "Happy New Year" to you all, because this time I really mean it. :)

Here's a song I wrote that I recorded with Nashville artist Eric Landshaft (check him out!).  He's a great vocalist and harmony genius.  He also gets cred for the ukulele playing on this track (I have to look that word up every time I write it out).  So give his name a click and take a listen.  He has some other tracks that he should be releasing in the near future for which I can vouch for their greatness, so give him another friend request on facebook and wait expectantly.

This song he recorded with me is one I wrote and produced as an personal experiment - like a mad scientist in the lab.  It's fairly abstract in content, and we made strong use of vocal harmonies (thanks Eric!).  It's somewhat based on Zeno's paradox (hence the  terrible song title) and  the idea that the main character feels that their not able to move on or develop their life.  Maybe something similar to what I might have written on a lesser New Year's.

Without further ado: