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Hellllo February.  I don’t know about you all but I’m ready to be done with winter.  One of my favorite things about Kansas is that we get all four seasons.  But winter this year has been brutal!  Like a lot of our songs this one is a little bit depressing and a little bit hopeful.  Its how we roll…

“Daybreak” has nice mix of electronic, effected, and natural sounds.  Makes kind of a neat soundscape.

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I recently read a book that has been like a tornado through my soul, tearing out old rusty ideas and ideologies that I’ve held onto for years.  Like many people feel after having an uprooting like this, going back to the way things were isn’t an option.  In this case I’m glad for that.
Tim wrote these lyrics and after I sang them I realized that this is how the last week has felt for me.  I picked up the book Blue Like Jazz and couldn’t put it down.  Donald Miller writes as if he’s sitting across the table from you, and putting the book down was like ending the conversation with a good friend.  (Yeah, that was cheesy, but that’s how it felt.)  I highly recommend it.

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As I look back at the last few months of songs, I’m surprised at what has come out of me.  Lots of somewhat depressing songs, which I’m really okay with, just curious about.  But this week a love song came out.

We put off working on these songs later and later each week and as a result, limit ourselves on what we can improve on.  I’m looking forward to going back and spending more time on this one.  I think it has a lot of potential, but because it was a last minute creation the recording quality is pretty poor.  (I ended up just setting a mic up and recording it in one pass and then going back and adding a beat.) BUT, in some ways that’s the beauty of the song a week project.  Each week is different and has lots of room for improvement.

Tim was on vacation this week in Colorado, so you only get me on this one.   Enjoy!

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Another name for this week’s song might have been “Recycle”.  We started off with a little instrumental that I originally recorded back in November.  When we did “In the Way” we took a few of the percussive elements from it (wooden spoons, whisk, banging on guitar) but the original had a very different feel.  We also took some of the lyrics that I came up with for our recent collaboration that we ended up scratching.  The end result is pretty cool.  Check it out!

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The two phrases that would describe this song would be “puppy love” and “wearing your heart on your sleeve.”  I don’t remember the inspiration for this song, but as I wrote it I had a particular memory in mind.  It was my sophomore year in college and I was going to a Christmas party.  Although I don’t remember everything, one thing sticks out.  There was a certain someone that had caught my interest that semester and I knew there was a good chance she would be at the party.  I remember opening the door and she was right there.  The feelings in this song are some of what I experienced that night.

PS I eventually married her.

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This week’s song is interesting in that it has a strong electronic feel to it, but everything was recorded on an acoustic guitar (with the exception of Patrick’s vocals.)  Patrick did the lion’s share of the work on Saturday and I did a tiny bit of editing Saturday/Sunday then Patrick recorded the vocals Sunday afternoon.  Its short and sweet.  I’m curious… what’s your interpretation of the song?

PS We haven’t abandoned the random noise idea, but thought we’d give it another week or two to allow for more input from people.

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Back to back covers!  This week we tackled “Chasing Pavements” by Adele.  She’s a really fantastic singer that you should take the time to listen to if you haven’t already (Adele on itunes).  There’s a reason she had four Grammy nominations this year.  We did a super scaled down version of the song.  Tell us what you think!

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Fast Car has always been a favorite of mine.  I Just love Tracy Chapman’s effortless voice.  It wasn’t until we decided to cover this song that I actually read the lyrics.   Wow what a storyteller!

This last week Tim and I decided to try a little public collaboration project and it has been a lot of fun so we decided not to rush it, and give the “back and forth” a few more weeks.  So we decided to do a cover this week and possibly next week as well.  We hope you enjoy it!

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This is an instrumental that I was playing around with back in February. I enjoyed the process of recording it but when I was finished I realized that I’d missed out on a really beautiful day outside… hence the title.  The video came late Sunday evening as Patrick and I were reflecting on how much of life is missed when we don’t pay attention.

Picture taken from Daniel Y. Go

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I set out to make this song very postal service-esque.  My wife Mandy suggested the idea of being seen as who we really are and not who we are trying to appear.  So I took that and ran with it.  I really like how it turned out and since Mandy and I are leaving for NYC early in the AM that’s all I’m saying for now.  Check out the commentary when it posts for more details about the song.

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