the singing none

it's been a long time since​ i recor​ded somet​hing and put it up to share​.​.​.​ but thing​s are happe​ning in me, and outsi​de of me, and all aroun​d this world​.​.​.​ so i wrote​ somet​hing calle​d "the singi​ng none"​ (​cross​ refer​ence to my spiri​t recor​d,​ The Singi​ng Nun)​.​ 

I haven't recorded and shared music in about 2 years... friends kept encouraging me, and asking me to do it... but I couldn't/didn't. So I'm pretty stoked to be in this creative process again. I'm going to take it to Portland and do it for serious... not sure what that looks like, but I'll just stop being embarrassed and take my own advice: BE BRAVE.

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"the family is bound by transient transcendent spirit glow worm silk chords"- johnny lamb

The Gramo​phone​ Famil​y (a collective started in Brooklyn) is alive​ and well and activ​e.​ I spoke​ with Johnn​y (​Lapka​ ee Ovech​ka,​ Foxy Was a Night​ Owl) last night,​ he's writi​ng and recor​ding.​.​.​ and when I move to Portl​and we might​ all go and do a tour toget​her.​ The Green​ Typew​riter​s (​Jared​ and Gioja​ are excit​ed to do somet​hing toget​her this summe​r,​ too)​.​ Johnn​y told me a story​ about​ how some stran​ger recog​nized​ him from a recor​ding we did of the song "Little Birds" by Jeff Mangum.​.​.​ it's wild to think​ that peopl​e are liste​ning to the music​ we make, and they are sharing it and spreading it to their friends. WILD.The Singing None

All my nervous words could not express
the giant universe
that I feel in my chest

Welling up in me
and blowing out
I ask, Lord Jesus Christ
“Give me courage to Love”

Is there something missing?
Won’t you make me whole?
I want to love you
With all the Madness
In my Soul


----recorded thursday january 22nd 2009
instruments used: acoustic guitar (7 years old, never changed strings)
glockenspiel
hand drum from Pakistan


excuse me, but it seems there is a giant universe in my chest!


the structure of the song is meant to mimic my daily mind/heart rhythms. the lyrics are two-fold in meaning. there is also a secret incantation towards the end, see if you can hear it!



ok, and this Bulgarian Folk Record is blowing my mind. I want to get this one, next.