NEW SONGS & JEREMY ENIGK

Been working on new material over the last month or so. Haven't written much. Sorry to you news junkies. Music doesn't always move quickly. And I'm in a bit of an experimental mood lately.

I can't really say when there will be another release. Although there is some tentative talk of doing some music videos and that sort of thing just to put a different spin on tracks that are already out there in the world.

There is an album's worth of new material that I could put out and might---but on the other hand I'm still fooling around with some of the newer songs and I like fooling around. I sometimes have trouble telling myself that things are done and that I need to move on. The fun for me is all that tinkering around and trying different things and then sometimes destroying 2 months of work and starting over. Fun. Fun. Fun.


I've discovered a singer that probably everyone in the world already knows about. I'm famous for not being up on current musical events---but I recently started really getting into a guy named Jeremy Enigk who used to be lead singer for emo band Sunny Day Real Estate. He has a relatively new album out called WORLD WAITS which, in my humble opinion, is just amazing. I can't stop playing it. It reminds me of when Coldplay came out with PARACHUTES and I couldn't turn it off. Anyway Jeremy's music is just absolutely beautiful. And frequently he reminds me vaguely of John Lennon. The arrangements are quite complex and the melodies are real as opposed to the monotony of much modern day pop music. His melodies are lilting and actually start in one place and go somewhere. Which is what a real melody should do.

Anyway in a world full of mind numbingly simple hip-hop trash and Britney Spears' pop shit---beauty is a rare commodity. Jeremy Enigk's music makes me feel BETTER. It improves my day. As opposed to forcing me to wallow in cheap sex or intentional ugliness.

I highly, highly recommend WORLD WAITS to anybody out there who still believes that music can be transcendant. This guy is a major talent and I hope he gains the audience and recognition he deserves.



Later. Peace.