Take a listen/watch the lyric video here.

Over the past couple of years, as I’m learning how to live a little smaller, I’ve realized one of the accidental roles of this solo music is to give voice to my younger self - that bewildered bozo stumbling around Tokyo or Stockholm or fucking Omaha, from stage to bar to bus call, in the whirlwind of “making it,” barely keeping pace with his rapidly changing life.

During the temporary stillness of this new chapter, it’s been beautiful catharsis, extending myself some grace and offering gentle apologies to the universe and people I love for having been, more than a handful of times, a nincompoop.

Anyway…

This aforementioned new chapter’s found me in the orbit of some whacky characters, one of whom’s Ben Folds, emo troubadour and punk rock contrarian of the highest order. I’d just wrapped a late night recording session at his studio here in Nashville and, decompressing at his Steinway & Sons Model D, plunked out a sketch of what would become Someday.

Back at my home setup, I recorded some scratch piano and vocal takes, thinking I’d replace everything with “real” takes eventually. But there’s always magic in that initial capturing of an idea, and after weeks of profanity-laden attempts, I just couldn’t beat the demo. So, that’s what you’re hearing, my first passes on piano and lead vocal with a bunch of ambient layers and background vocals to fill things out (I couldn’t help myself).

Thank you as always to Sam Brawner at Blue Dream Studios in LA for his brilliant mastering work and encouraging my enthusiasm for mixing. It’s a joy working with him, and you should too.

Alright, that’s me signing off for 2024. I’m going to settle into winter, finish up a bunch of music for the top of the year, and generally stay out of the way of the world for a while.

Thank you, as always, for listening. It truly means so much.