We can only fight the fire with fire so long, baby ‘Til it all burns down, ’til it all burns down [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Soul music has always been heavy with socially conscious and political songs, and I’ve always admired artists like Sly & the Family Stone, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, [...]
RIP Mike (Aug. 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Right after Al Gore invented the internet, he wrote the song “Asking Myself.” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] About the Song So the opening sentence of this post isn’t completely accurate, but I would say that he did have a bit of influence on the song. In the Summer of 2006 Al Gore [...]
The movie comes out in August and I can’t wait.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] People ask us all the time about our song writing process: Who writes the music and lyrics? Is it a group effort or an individual bringing a song to rehearsal? One of the great things about making this record was that songs came together in about every way [...]
This video of a guy starting a dance party at the Sasquatch Music festival has been making it’s rounds around the internet this week. The video is interesting because it shows how one person can create a movement that affects a whole group of people. In the music world, this example can obviously be compared [...]
Track #2, “That Girl” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Several people know the secret behind this song, but for those who don’t it might come as a surprise to find out that the song “That Girl” was written for my daughter, Elle. I believe I started by coming up with the first line [...]
