Shadows Burn was written and recorded in 2007 and previously posted on this blog. I just shot and edited a YouTube video, including me walking all over Collegetown and the Cornell campus, (with historic shots of the Brandon Avenue sidewalk in Ithaca, NY prior to its obliteration and reconstruction in June 2008) as well as […]
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manifesto of love
10Jun08Manifesto of Love is a song that I wrote in 1983, based on an interest both in manifestos and in gospel-tinged piano-oriented rock. The current arrangement adds guitar, drums, bass, and a touch of organ, but pretty much preserves the original feel of the solo piano. As has become usual, you may find links to […]
shrinkwrap
24May08I began Shrinkwrap in late 2007 and finished it early this year as a poem; only later was it set to music, unlike most of the other songs I’ve written, which have started as musical ideas. I created some animated sequences (frame-by-frame in PhotoShop) and tried out some keyframe-triggered effects while editing the video. Susan […]
ballad of the barnes
13Apr08We drove down to Merion, PA during Spring Break, to visit the Barnes Foundation before its extensive collection of artworks is dismantled and shipped to Philadelphia. I made a short movie with my Flip video camcorder of the trip; of course this meant I needed to write a soundtrack for the movie. One thing led […]
dragon day
18Mar08I used my bottom-of-the-line Flip Video camcorder for the first time on a blustery March morning to film Dragon Day 2008 at Cornell.
ran thru my mind
16Mar08Ran Thru My Mind represents another experiment with live recording and videography. This is another “old” song (written circa 1980), but recorded for the first time in March 2008. Unlike the “live” recording of Almost Doesn’t Count, this one has some basic tracks (drums, bass, piano) pre-recorded on GarageBand before the “live” guitar and vocals […]
almost doesn’t count
25Feb08I wrote Almost Doesn’t Count in 1978, so this recording marks a 30th anniversary of sorts. After trying a few arrangements with drums, bass, and so on, I decided to just play the song live, using a single mic and acoustic guitar, pretty much as it was originally written. I asked Susan to film the […]
Christmas rap
28Dec07Brother Kurt wrote and recorded this Silent Night Christmas rap on New Year’s eve, probably in 1984 (the exact date remains shrouded in mystery). I helped out with some keyboards and vocals on the chorus (”Have yourself a very funky Christmas…”). A new video based on the original recording was made on Christmas day, 2007, by the […]
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