Excerpt from beginning of song. Solo demo built off a recording of schoolchildren ringing bells during a spring festival in Switzerland to ward off winter spirits. 2023.

lyrics:

collector urge
happy to have 
something good
at last

marmalade
right to roam
someone 
to show

happy to have
happy to have
something good 
at last

Something Good1.30 Excerpt

Excerpt from collaborative demo for Garbage Necklace, project with Sheridan Riley and Ben Roth. Part of a 3 part piece (Waiting, Looking, Listening) performed in Seattle 2023. Manipulated percussion/text are played live through a midi controller in conversation with live poetry and drums.

text:

you dwell in the bold, preoccupied world, slipping most days from any chance to know what other  endlessness no matter the matrix crawlway partitions that scramble for goodness but stay apart, splinters of a branch that won’t grow such hassle to change  all you know easy to mistake for all there is kids smashed against aquarium glass the shark and the eels look back drama  diorama  searchlights  simulating devotion rush

Waiting 1.02 Excerpt

Excerpt from song demo derived from poem. Layers of recording of 5 year old Olivia howling, church bells, reversed keyboard, voice, guitar. 2024.

lyrics:

like a tooth
went out back to check the sky
picture of an island on fire
you don't talk too much
keep the sleep all day
pink debris comes your way
and you don't talk too much
two rivers 
and a third

Two Rivers(1) 1.32 Excerpt

Excerpt of spoken word demo for Garbage Necklace, performed with Sheridan Riley/Ben Roth in Seattle 2023. Voice, percussion loop.

TWO RIVERS (full poem)

you do get to want two rivers, and a third 
dirty one pink with creatures
mystic debris coming your way
say how a stalemate is an ant trap 
grace mystery flax fluoride
orange chalk with the red paint outline 
half sleep half horse
half romantic savior saint
incoming avalanche
slow dance careless blocking 
the Very Important Person
you do get to want two rivers
auto immune fertile vital 
idea dilemma
wanting, not allowing 
not an ice storm
a day like a dream
like sleeping
violent spring sponge
it’s her nature, and she is bored
loose magnet, unplugged refrigerator 
protective mountains
colored lights in shops
does the sky lift with the sun
does the landlord know some secret 
squeegeeing everything
tidying, abiding
quick steps of an animal 
walking away

Two Rivers(2) .53 Excerpt

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