I’ve just made a new video for a song I wrote in 2003 and recorded in 2008. Included is some Flip video footage from the 2009 World Series in which C.C. Sabathia waves off the curve ball and instead throws an unfortunate two-strike fast ball to Chase Utley — cheerleader “Rudy” Giuliani is watching from [...]
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so long
06Jun10This is my first recording of an old song that was left unfinished for many years. I had only an idea for the beginning of the first verse and for the chorus, probably about 25 years ago, but never got around to finishing it until now. View the lyrics and production notes, or download an [...]
Anyone
21Mar10This new MP3 recording and live video of my song, Anyone, is a milestone of sorts: it represents the final recording of all the songs that I wrote in the late 1970s and early 1980s after graduating from college, moving to NYC, and playing with the band, Rollo. Five additional songs that I wrote during [...]
adaptation
14Mar10I wrote this song in 2003 after seeing the movie, Adaptation (directed by Spike Jonze, screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, with Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and others) and seeing some potential in doing a live musical performance of a song that is being written during the performance itself (an idea inspired by the movie). So the [...]
after all
03Jan10After All was one of the first songs I wrote, in 1978, consisting of 2 verses with an instrumental break. In 2003, I added a bridge and a third verse. The song was recorded on GarageBand software; a YouTube video was shot using the built-in camera on my iMac. Also available is a downloadable MP3 [...]
squints on a triple
01Jan10I finally got around to making a YouTube video for Squints on a Triple, a song I wrote and recorded in 2008 based on a true story concerning a game of Scrabble played with daughter Jennie.
At the same time, I just discovered that my recording of Squints was the winner of the 2008 BoardGameGeek.com contest [...]
this isn’t hollywood
30Nov09I wrote This Isn’t Hollywood in 1981, recorded it in 2008, and just made a new video. In the video, which includes animated faces of Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and James Stewart, the final “celebrity” image is of a young Billy Joel, who wrote Say Goodbye to Hollywood five years earlier, in 1976. [...]
just another video
25Oct09Here’s a new video for an old song (Just Another), actually the first song I recorded using garageBand software more than two years ago. The song itself was written in 1980. The old mp3/lyric page is here.
long distance love affair
11Oct09I wrote Long Distance Love Affair in 1978 and it is, as far as I remember, the first real song I wrote. Although it was written on piano, This version is recorded using acoustic guitar. My Flip camcorder was set up on its tripod, so here’s the live video with guitar, vocals, and a single [...]
maybe a video…
27Sep09I wrote this song (Maybe) last year, and posted the mp3 here at that time. This is a new video for the tune, shot in one take with my Flip camcorder, and edited with Final Cut Express.
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