Tag: Layers of Meta

  • You’ll know when

    You’ll know when

    This whole album project evolved somewhat naturally from my ongoing songwriting efforts. As far as I can tell, writing songs is the best writing medium for me. I’ve written short stories, novels, poetry, and plays, and in each case I feel that I was able to carve out something worthwhile from time to time, but…

  • Dirty ol’ tune

    Dirty ol’ tune

    In that same spirit of catching my breath toward the end of the year I find I never did share any of the rough mixes of the third song we recorded this year, which must have been back in April. This one benefited a lot from having John Hanes on drums, and I feel he…

  • Nobody called it that

    Nobody called it that

    At least in my day, nobody called our neighborhood on the upper east side “Carnegie Hill,” although that’s what they call it today and maybe some folks, like realtors, even called it that back then. A bunch of things converged in 2020. I was getting a bit more intentional about songwriting. I read the wonderful…

  • Why I use a chamois

    Why I use a chamois

    So a lot have been going on. Usually I rush over here breathless with excitement about my latest recording session but now I’m in catch-up mode again. Back in October I took off a long weekend for my birthday, and on that Friday went to Megasonic to record “Sham Song” (also known as “Chanson”). After…

  • Never been to Narnia

    Never been to Narnia

    One sign of how busy I’ve been lately is it’s taken me weeks to share the latest rough mix from my “Pleasant Valley sessions,” something called “Finn’s Song” informally and “Stand Up, Mixer!” inexplicably:

  • …and into the studio we go

    …and into the studio we go

    Got a rough demo in the can already!

  • Carnegie Hill

    I’ve written a new song and have been learning how to play it. This is the first demo version I’ve felt comfortable enough to share more widely:

  • Ain’t No Sunshine

    Ain’t No Sunshine

    this house just ain’t no home any time she goes away

  • Who Loves The Sun? (waltz)

    A cover of a favorite VU song as a waltz, for the Layers of Meta album UNTITLED 1, performed by small pleasurecraft (Christian on vocals, lead, and rhythm uke & Dan Brodnitz on backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, and production).