“PLEASE SING” IS OUT NOW!

Watch the video.

Written, produced, performed, and mixed by me

Mastered by Sam Brawner at Blue Dream Studios, LA

Once again, Andrew Hutto, video maker extraordinaire, is the star of this show, crafting a bold, stark, and utterly beautiful treatment for this haunting little tune.

Thank you again to Bram and Kim at Semperviren Studios in High Falls NY for hosting me in May of this year, and for creating such an inspiring place to make music. And of course thank you to Jasper, our future president. We’re going to be in capable hands in forty years or so.

I wrote “Please Sing” from the perspective of a child who’s passed on, checking in on their parent as they sleep. Uplifting stuff, I know. I tried to represent that story in the production as best I could - lots of tape noise, minimalist instrumentation (just piano, synth strings, and bass towards the end), and a nervous, almost whispered vocal pushed WAY up. Brazen while naive, disoriented while simultaneously accepting. I think I got pretty close (you’ll have to let me know).

But just like with “Shadow,” my interpretation as I’m writing this is less literal. “Please sing, it’s where I’m with you” feels, again, like encouragement from my younger self, that in the face of the unrest in the world and uncertainties in my personal life, just make great art (to quote Neil Gaiman). Fold in on yourself just enough to appreciate how marvelous it is simply to create for creation’s sake, and lean on the people you love.

I hope you like the second single from the High Falls EP. The whole thing’s out mid November.