LAST IBEX demo - Persuading The Pope

1. Choices Reprise

Let's Move

A Halloween-inspired chamber piece.

Photo by Alexandra Marta from Unsplash.

Ghost Stories

Spec track about Pfaff's Cellar, a haunt frequented by Walt Whitman in the 1860s

Inspired by https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2014/january/karen-karbiener-at-pfaff-s.html

Lyrics: 
At the corner of Broadway 
with the dimly lit lamps 
Smell of booze in the air 
You will find a warren 
Leaky and cramped 
Everyone who’s anyone will flirt with you there 

A watering hole for the Howells and Poes 
with a solid lager beer 
Come one, come all to my new favorite beer hall 
Enter without fear 

Cuz if these walls could talk…
They’d say welcome to the cave 
where you don’t need to behave
Yeah the cave under the sidewalk.

Cave Under The Sidewalk

Dancing With Ghosts DEMO

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Yes You Do

A job search song. 

Lyrics 
Resume, linked-in, cover letter, click submit 
Check a task off the list, then get back to it 
Cuz there's no rest in this process 
I'm exhausted, and it's monstrous:

Applicants sent to a black hole, never read 
Use my network, set up coffee instead 
Time's a ticking, balance shrinking 
Every five-dollar latte leaves me thinking 

Oh, oh! I got an interview 
Camera, camera do I look good on camera? 
Dress for success I impress at last 
Background blur on my messy past 

Ready, set I'm ready for the 
Ready, set I'm ready for the 
Ready, set I'm ready for the corporate world 

Resume, linked-in, cover letter, click submit 
Check a task off the list, then get back to it 
Cuz there's no rest in this process 
I'm exhausted, we're exhausted 

Resume, linked-in, cover letter, click sub-
Resume, linked-in, cover letter, click sub-
Resume, linked-in, cover letter, click submit 
Submit, submit, submit, submit 
Submit, submit, submit, submit, 
SUBMIT!

Resumé, Linked-In, Cover Letter...

Get The Fuck Out Of The Bike Lane

Ignorance Is Bliss

No One Else Can See What I Can See

The Trial

Unedited, unrehearsed, not even written down --  these songs grabbed me while I was doing something else and demanded to be let out. Here they are in their original raw state. Sometimes, a lyric doesn't make sense, because I'm making to up on the spot, but just go with it. I trust in the integrity of the overall performance. Hope you enjoy. 

Don't Go Soon (improvised)

Silver Flute

With gratitude to Janis Joplin, "Mercedes Benz": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY

Where the muse goes, I follow. 

Bestselling Book

Inspired by life as a freelancer and the podcast The Uncertain Hour. 

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Original songs that combine the whimsy of Raffi with the lyricism of Iron & Wine. 

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