This is a song that my 4 and 1/2 year old son Hawke was singing at the piano. I wrote down his words, had him teach me his melody, and then I recorded it quickly on my phone.


When you grow up 
You are already big
And you can sleep
Wherever you want
You can watch T.V.
And play games
When you grow up
When you grow up

When you grow up
You can be in a band
And you can play 
Really awesome guitar
And look at pictures
And drive a car
But not at the same time
'Cause you might die

When you grow up
You can go on a trip
On an airplane
Beyond the sea
Or maybe to the beach
Or a pool
Or maybe your house
When you grow up

When you grow up
You get to be 
Whatever you want to be
When you grow up
When you grow up
When you grow up.

When You Grow Up (by Hawke)

Stardust w/ Bass & Drums (rough)

Wine Is All I Need : A quick take for Tamara

From the Cinema Eyes EP released in 2005. Back when my last name was Coffee. 

Cinema Eyes

When going through old files looking for another song, I stumbled across this song that a former piano student of mine, Annie M. and I recorded back in 2008. Annie was about nine years old at the time, and had written an amazing poem, so I helped her turn it into a song. We tracked it at her house using my laptop one day. She did a great job playing and singing (I had to throw some auto-tune on her vocals. ;-) ). You can hear me come in on the piano and "duet" with her towards the very end of the song.

My Imagination Ran Wild

Back in the summer of 2006, sometime in the wee hours of the morning, I sat down and recorded myself singing and playing a new song I was working on. I used GarageBand and only the mic on my laptop. Afterwards I went back in and added some accordion (badly), backing vocals, and some piano. I love the ambulance in the beginning; I almost stopped the recording to wait for it to pass but decided to plow on. I'm glad I did.

It's best listened to on headphones.

I love this little song and I just thought I'd share here for posterity. 

Here are the lyrics:

You are no closer to better
Look at the tumbling
Ground is broken
Please don’t come any nearer
You burned up in your leaving

Careful, you might not get better
Just ‘cause you moved 
Your location
Still you will write all your letters
And hope for change
But don’t change too much

We tried, we tried
But those violets died

You only see me in fragments
Bits and pieces
Under your lens
How could you even have noticed?
When you only 
Saw everyone
Else?
Everyone else.

We tried, we tried
But those violets died

I tried, I tried
And now you hide.


Violets (Live In My Dining Room)

The third track off of The Cracks & the Crevices EP

released 17 July 2012

All songs written by Meghan Arias (BMI)

Produced by Deke Spears
(with Meghan as the occasional co-pilot e'er now and again...)

Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Deke Spears at Revolver in Atlanta, GA

Mastering by Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo Studios in Atlanta, GA

Lead Vocals, piano, organ, synth, and BGVs: Meghan Arias

All guitars, synth, percussion, BGVs, and special seasonings: Deke Spears

Drums: Brad Hagen

Trombone: Dave Daly

Trumpet: Russell Sauve

Violin & Viola: Nirvana Kelly 

No Shame

The second track off of The Cracks & the Crevices EP

released 17 July 2012

All songs written by Meghan Arias (BMI)

Produced by Deke Spears
(with Meghan as the occasional co-pilot e'er now and again...)

Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Deke Spears at Revolver in Atlanta, GA

Mastering by Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo Studios in Atlanta, GA

Lead Vocals, piano, organ, synth, and BGVs: Meghan Arias

All guitars, synth, percussion, BGVs, and special seasonings: Deke Spears

Drums: Brad Hagen

Trombone: Dave Daly

Trumpet: Russell Sauve

Violin & Viola: Nirvana Kelly

Unrequited

Zack used this song in his short film Transform.

The song was recorded live one night at practice. Michael Westbrook added the stunning guitar work and Noah Shane then remixed it to what you hear now. 

Window

Late one night, way back in late 2006/early 2007, Noah Alexander set up a vocal mic for me, and a mic on the Bosendorfer Grand Piano in the sanctuary of Peachtree Presbyterian Church on Roswell Road in Atlanta. I roughly recorded some tracks, two of which ended up being used on my record, Songs to Sail By, the following year, in 2008. 

This song wasn't even completed. I only had the basic chords muddling about in my head; I made most of it up as I went along. 

I stumbled across this while going through iTunes looking for something else. It doesn't have a title, but I like the chords and the melody.

Also, interesting to note that when I sang, "Jesus, Jesus, I need to know if you still see me." I wasn't actually referring to Jesus Christ, but rather - well, I guess I was swearing in a fashion. And the "you" I refer to you is actually my Mother. I was going through a divorce during this time and I remember wanting so badly to be able to talk to her about everything that was happening.

It's fascinating to listen to this now, in such a different time & place in my life. 

MeghanArias