ONE SUBTLE CHANGE
Lyrics		Kaeff
Music		Kaeff
© 2017		Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP) 

The eclipse of hope
And the shadows have claws
That slice and drain the color from your day
The distance of time
And the seconds have fangs
That rip and shred the words that you pray

	In a new foundation
		A crack doesn’t mean the end
			Sometimes it’s just life shifting and settling down
In a game of inches
		A mile passes so slowly
			And progress is to smile as you look around
		
The chasm is wide
Between the heart and head
And building the bridge takes mortar and time
The science is hard
And emotion is dark
And the basis of reason is in the rhyme
	
	In the arc of arrows
		Raining through the winds of time
			The slightest breezes sweep against the tides of war
	In the currents we swim
		The tide is seldom our friend
			All we can do is keep our eyes trained on the shore

The river is strong
And the current rages
As we seek normalcy among the strange
The timing can’t wait
If you have words to say
Worlds can shift based on one subtle change

	In a new foundation
		A crack doesn’t mean the end
			Sometimes it’s just life shifting and settling down
In a game of inches
		A mile passes so slowly
			And progress is to smile as you look around
	In the arc of arrows
		Raining through the winds of time
			The slightest breezes sweep against the tides of war
	In the currents we swim
		The tide is seldom our friend
			All we can do is keep our eyes trained on the shore

It's Not What You Think

One Subtle Change - Demo

My name is Scot Kaeff and I'm a bassist, songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, poet (with five published collections at present), safety professional, social critic, voice actor, actor, and aspiring novelist. When playing music recently, though, I've been working under the name Reasons For Moving.  I'm also a former member of Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson & The Adjuncts, where I played bass and still contribute from time to time.

Reasons For Moving Biography:  Reasons For Moving began as an acoustic duo in 2009 and, through the course of one CD release, Consumption Of The Fittest, and a variety of talented musicians passing through its ranks, has taken form again in 2017 with original member, Scot Kaeff, at the helm. 

Scot began playing bass and writing songs at the tender age of 14, cutting his teeth mainly on heavy metal.  His influences range across a wide expanse of music, but some key elements include Iron Maiden, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Peter Gabriel, Our Lady Peace, Queen, David Bowie, King's X, Genesis, Heather Nova, Kaiser Chiefs, Wolf Alice, The Tragically Hip, The Joy Formidable, Savatage, and Midnight Oil.  Always in original bands, seldom was a cover played, which made gigs somewhat infrequent, but honed the writing to a coruscated edge. Two members of the mid-nineties progressive metal band Scot led, Feelin' Crystal, Tim McNally and Jessica Palmer Banish, also did time in Reasons For Moving and remain active collaborators, along with keyboardist/pianist, Dave Crowe.

Reasons For Moving is a project, first and foremost, dedicated to intelligent, soulful lyrics (Scot has five poetry collections in print, the most recent being Rendering The Impossible, Finishing Line Press, 2014) and grooving, bass-driven rock & roll, sometimes acoustic and wistful, sometimes aggressive and brazen. Only demos are posted currently, but as 2018 continues, look for final products to be posted in their finished forms.

Reasons For Moving...as Mark Strand wrote in his poem, Keeping Things Whole, "We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole." The music, the lyrics, the band are all an attempt to do just that.

All Songs Copyright © 2017/2018/2019/2020/2021 Scot N. Kaeff
Click on the song title for lyrics & individual songwriting and copyright information.
All Songs Published by Diabolical Kitten Publishing (ASCAP)

Scot N. Kaeff + Fretted & Fretless Basses, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, E-Bow, Vocals, Programming, Etc.

Click on the song titles for lyrics!!!

I'm nuggs.

I use Ableton and I've been making music for just over a year.

I love producing Hip-Hop, Trap and Ambient style music but I'm always keen to learn new stuff.

Message me for a collab!

What happens when you teach a kid Suzuki violin, have him grow up in the home of a rock band, and then give him a guitar and get out of his way?

Throw in a love for Dave Brubeck and odd time signatures, some Phil Keaggy and open guitar tunings, a little Klayton and Trent Reznor, a touch of Adrian Belew, a dash of Danny Elfman and Alan Silvestri, and then stir in a heaping helping of big dumb guitar rock, and you’ve got a mishmash of influences that make up my sound. 

I like to make interesting music, and I get bored easily. I am equal parts composer and performer. I sing a little. I play a lot. And I really dig making absurd beats in weird time signatures that don’t make any sense until they do.

My samples are rough, right now I just sing over instrumentals. No equipment to mix anything, so I do my best! :)  Just tracking my progression over time as I take voice and guitar lessons. The stuff uploaded early on is pre-voice lessons.