Sept 14, 2025
Recording
On making a record without a click track
Nine tunes, two microphones, one room, one afternoon in November. Notes on how it came together.
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A slow journal from the room where the music happens — songwriting, practice, recording, tour life, gear, and the mountains that keep pulling everything back to a walking pace.
Aug 02, 2025
Practice
The 20-minute practice
Why a short, honest practice most days beats a long, distracted one occasionally.
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Songwriting
Jun 21, 2025
Field notes
Blue Ridge, in the morning
On playing outside as often as possible, and why the birds are usually in the right key.
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Gear
Apr 18, 2025
The road
Tour life, in a Subaru
Fifteen nights, one guitar, one thermos, and the small kindness of listening rooms.
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