Love it, but did you say you learned to play a new instrument well enough in ONE DAY to do this?

Brain Side

God Walks Among Us Now (Flaming Lips cover)

What a Wonderful World?

Written by Matthew Carlson
 
Recorded at Cabin By The Lake, Mecosta County, MI
and Pleasant Pauper, Grand Ledge, MI
 
Produced by Matthew Carlson, Ian Walker, David Baldwin and Joel Kuiper
 
Engineered by Ian Walker and Matthew Carlson
Assistant engineering by Tim Benedict

Help Me Out Somehow

A Photograph Of You

from the new LP by the black watch, "sugarplum fairy, sugarplum fairy"

"sugarplum fairy"

Vocals & acoustic guitar 

This used to be called "Torn" but I couldn't stop thinking about Natalie Imbruglia. So instead I made a play on a Crosby, Stills, & Nash song.  Good job, me.  The lyrics (which have changed a little bit since I recorded this) are sort of about reflecting on how useless so much of the back and forth drama and arguments in a relationship can be, especially after the fact.  And how you can feel broken and incapable of loving in the future one moment, but wanting to go back to that person the next.  So I guess it's sort of about perspective, and needing the distance to be able to tell what's what when you look back on it.  I'd like to say I had it all figured out and I can dispassionately dissect what remains of it all, but I can't.  I can't even say that I'm over that person; it's just lower peaks and shallower valleys anymore.

Xmas 2014

Hopelessly Helping

I had just enjoyed spinning the record for The Who By Numbers (1975) and decided that this Pete Townshend song is a standout track. An absolute gem, and so British. I love it. This year I gave myself a decent ukulele as a sort of Christmas present, so I spent some time learning the chords. Being away from home, I had nothing to use for recording purposes except my iPad, so this one turned out pretty lo-fi. I used a ukulele and a melodica and played around with Garageband's string section tools.

Blue, Red and Grey (The Who cover)

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