You can click on the arrow to play a song in the browser or you can click on the SoundCloud link see the songs in SoundCloud (see below). You can also download these songs from SoundCloud. 🎹 = Instrumental, 📖 = Lyrics only, 🎤 = Vocals
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. March 2020 Recorded as a voice memo. This is the first time I ever played it. It is largely improvised although I had a couple of ideas for lyrics in my head. It isn't really a song at all. There are no repeating parts and there is no real structure (i.e., verses or chorus). I originally posted this as a demo because I planned to develop it. I still might. But maybe this is it.Â
Superstar
📖  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. April 2020 I tried to sing this one but was unhappy with the result. Maybe I will be able to convince someone to sing it.
Shadow of Doubt
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 To entertain—and challenge—myself, I decided to try to write a "Bob Dylan" song. I was motivated by a few verses that come into my head that felt Dylanesque. I have always felt that there is a bitterness, or toughness, in the way Dylan sometimes writes about women ("Goodbye is too good a word babe", "Cry just like a little girl") which just does not resonate with me. So, as a challenge, I thought I would try to capture this sentiment, in addition to the voice and tune. (This song is definitely not about anyone I know or any experience I have had.)
Heartache
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 This song was inspired by a Valentine's Day article I read in the Globe & Mail by Laura Pratt. (Click here to find out what happened when I mustered up enough courage to send Laura the song.)
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 The modern world ... sex machines are trying to be us while we are trying to be sex machines.)
Sliding to the Brink
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 I recently discovered a song called Corrina, Corrina that was first recorded as a 12-bar blues song in 1928 and has been adapted by many artists including Tom Rush and Bob Dylan. Sliding to the Brink borrows from Corrina, Corrina.
Me and Maxine
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 A silly song about the lockdown. I imagined this as a duet.
Ransom
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 For this song—recorded with Logic X Pro—I used the Yamaha grand piano and the tango accordion. Note that I updated the song (October 21) based on a suggestion by my friend Robin.
I Went to Church on Sunday
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. May 2020 Had fun writing this one.
Yesterday
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. June 2020 Tough one for me to sing but I gave it a shot.
Grand Charade
🎤  Show lyrics & chords in new tab. August 2020 Note: I slightly updated the lyrics (see lyrics & chords) after making this recording.