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I used to play guitar nearly every day back in college, and for a few years beyond. I was even in a couple of bands, though they never took off. In recent years I haven’t found much time for my guitar – so since my hope of ever becoming a rock star grows dimmer by the day, I figured I would post a few songs I wrote and recorded, for posterity.

Jellyfish

I wrote this song after college and recorded it for a demo tape with the band I was in at the time, Faded Painters. Liz Eynon performs the vocals on it – she was the choir director at a church on the West Chester campus where my wife attended grad school. I play guitars and bass on the track, and Lee Morris is on drums.

Nothing Like the Sun

Recorded at a Faded Painters practice session, this song features Liz on vocals again, with me on acoustic guitar. However the song was actually written back in college – the lyrics are based on Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare. I performed it several times back then, mostly at open mic nights with my friend Todd Dengler.

One of my fondest memories from college is of playing this song with Todd at an open mic night on campus. We must have been playing especially well, because when we finished the room erupted into loud applause. It was by far one of the best audience responses I’ve ever seen at an open mic night – people are often paying more attention to their drink than to the performers.

This is also one of the rare times you’ll hear me sing – I’m doing backup vocals on the chorus.

As of Yet

From another practice session, again with Liz on vocals and me on acoustic guitar. Of all the lyrics I’ve written, these are probably my favorite.

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I hope to pick up my guitar again someday – it was definitely my longest-lived hobby, aside from icon making and web design (which is now more of a career than a hobby anyway). After all, I’ve been looking for an excuse to play around with Garage Band some more.

~ Filed in Ramblings ~