I owe a soulful bow to Eric Banks and The Esoterics, who this Sunday brought me to tears, then into a full wailing cry with Privilege.

 

I swear I’m a musician, and I am also helping to produce Danse Infernale, the fundraiser kick-off for Nova Audeo (a new dare), a night at Benaroya Hall featuring original works by Evan Flory-Barnes and Hanna Benn. It is a great joy and honor to work with such fine composers on such a beautiful event! Come join us May 29th at West Hall in the Century Ballroom to kick things off.

I am pleased to announce this upcoming show:

Here you can get more information about the event, but, for the sake of SEO’s, Come check out this show at The  Barrelhaven with Honey.Moon.Tree, Jasper T, Midnight Parade, The Parade Schedule, and myself. Bring a friend, bring some monies, and bring the great best out in you. It is Actually Located at 852 NW 85th St Seattle, WA 98117.

Also, I’m currently volunteering with the Seattle Composer’s Alliance to co-coordinate a fundraiser on April 2nd at The Royal Room. We are looking for artists to some and share a few songs with us throughout the night. On the bill so far are:

Andre Feriante

Aslan Rife

Jasper Tollefson

and more to come……

Starting the Sunday before Thanksgiving I took a 2-week job to handle and transport to and from Miami. 36 days and 30 state lines later, with 5 days off, I made it back to Seattle where I will be staying. LA, it was a sweet and short affair, may we meet again in not so long, yet not too soon.

 

And Seattle, I’m back! I have upcoming shows which I will be sure to post as they emerge. For now, I will be playing January 26th at Le Voyeur in Olympia with Swansea.

A new place, an old climate, more music. I’ve left Orcas for now and, after 2 weeks in Seattle, have made my way to Los Angeles. I don’t recall Seattle ever being so good to me as the last 2 weeks ago I spent there. Thanks to Justin Froese and Adra Boo for their time and inviting me to collaborate on the Etta James tribute project. Also, thanks to Diane for opening up Township 14 in Olympia, WA for a night of music with Justin, Derek M Johnson, and myself.

It’s made me sad to leave so soon, but such is life. Now, onto more recording and writing. Now that I am here, I am looking to put together a chamber ensemble for the writing and performing. If you want to play, come join me.

 

 

Many thanks to The Lycaeum for it’s generous support and kind wisdom that helped bring my first solo release, the Patience Relief EP, into the world! This release is the precursor to my forthcoming LP, expected to be completed in November 2013.

 

At first an unfolding,

later a grown thing;

A mistake as I look back

to the signs early on.

Now it’s a lifestyle

a superposition.

For each wisdom,

a hubris

to incise,

extract,

unfold

and make a grown thing.

Beyond reason and doubt and judgement and sides

Is the cool night in the trees

Where you can see time in a timeless way

WIth the night as bright as day

 

Where a sweet murmur becomes song,

Where love is a chorus

With the people and the trees

Everybody gets healed with their seeing.

 

I have seen this sacred place

And hope you can see it too

And if you do

Come meet me.

With dust

your deft grip emblazoned my wrist and face

in a brand

, the hot smell of a burning.

 

My wanting did more to destroy me than you ever could

with dreams, and fantasies, litling phrases

and the

constant

maintenance.

 

 

It was the the day before yesterday I thought about

crying, and how it was like making liquid of a tree

where the growth of branches just

floods away, and then

 

 

 

I was reminded of pruning shears.

After a growth has been removed, another so easily comes back

(the tall sky reaching ones are called suckers)

bearing no seeming memory of the excision,

but the history is evident.

 

I was reminded of sand.

How it gets into your shoes and hair,

food,

and the sound it makes with the shore.

 

Oh, and then there’s computers.

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