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Having to do with Delicately Off-Balance the duo, or music more generally.

What I Love

I’ve written a lot of things. Stories, essays, poems, songs. Typically, these have ended up in one of two categories: “this is garbage, I hate it,” or “someone else says this is good so I guess it’s good.” I’ve also made a lot of music. Mostly amateurly, though on rare occasions professionally. But these performances have tended to fall into the same two categories: “this is garbage, I hate it,” or “someone else says this is good so I guess it’s good.” But increasingly, over… Read More »What I Love

Mood Music

Twenty years ago, or thereabouts, I had a collection of mix CDs which each bore a label according to the mood of the music contained on the CD1. I can’t remember all of them, but I’m pretty sure they included things like “Giddy,” “Silly,” and “Angsty.” Nowadays I keep my music on Apple Music playlists. And although I do often listen to entire albums, I have two main playlists that I will turn to when I’m not in the mood to do that. The first… Read More »Mood Music

Fire

You ever feel on such creative fire because you’re more than 30,000 words into a manuscript and almost through the demo process for your second EP and then you started a writing workshop facilitated by your favourite teacher from high school and you forget about your blog and don’t write anything for six weeks? Maybe? No? Well, that’s where I’m at. Let’s break it down by project. First off, the novel. I’ve done NaNoWriMo (https://nanowrimo.org) twice before and, although fun, the output from that has… Read More »Fire

Spark

I’ve been reflecting on my creative output over the last year. Yes, we put out an EP and we planned and executed a release event. But as far as writing, which I consider kind of a core aspect of my personality and sense of self, I only wrote about 30 non-EP blog posts, and I don’t think I finished a single new song. Not to say my creative self didn’t get any exercise, between putting together arrangements and recording and rehearsing and performing, but it’s… Read More »Spark

Christmas Makes Me Cry

I really like Christmas music. It’s probably my favourite (genre-crossing) “genre.” I like the sleigh bells and the half-diminished chords and the general preoccupation with nostalgia. I like the self-indulgent arrangements just on principle. I like that Christmas songs pull at your emotions, especially because, at this time of year I tend to get a little1 overwhelmed and sometimes have the impression that my emotions are stuck or even missing altogether. So I have a lot of favourite Christmas songs, including (I’m not ashamed to admit)… Read More »Christmas Makes Me Cry

EP Release Retrospective

Well, Sunday was the night of the EP release event and I have some thoughts. I originally imagined presenting the Good, Bad, and Ugly of it all, but I decided to reframe it this way. The Easy The Difficult The Learning Experiences Finally I (probably) have lots more to say about this topic. If you have questions, ask me! Also, some people have asked if it’s possible to buy the EP. Well, there are no physical copies, but if you don’t have access to one… Read More »EP Release Retrospective

WHOLEHEARTEDLY

The whole thing is out today! Our entire EP is now available on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. We really appreciate any time you’re willing to spend listening to these songs! We worked so hard on them and we’re so proud of the results. We’d also very much appreciate anyone who might consider coming out to the release event Sunday evening! We’ve got a great band and a great opening act and a bunch of great music, and I think it will be fun.… Read More »WHOLEHEARTEDLY

Dream Small

Much of the world advocates dreaming big. You can do anything you want to do. You can be whoever you want to be. Well, my dreams, along the way, and along with my understanding of myself, slipped from Broadway and stadium tours to making a living in the field of music to recording five songs and maybe, someday, a few people might hear them. Reminder that tickets are available here! I wanted to leave one thing behind when I leave.1 Something that says who I was, and maybe reminds someone… Read More »Dream Small

Come Around

Our second single is now available for listening on the front page of our website, on our YouTube channel, and from major streaming services! Please have a listen and then, should you care to learn more about where the song comes from, come back here and read all about it! High school isn’t easy for anyone, wasn’t easy for me I know some people love high school, but I’m not entirely sure that I would buy it if they said it was easy. I think there’s… Read More »Come Around

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

May I have your attention, please! On October 22, we will be celebrating the release of our debut EP with a show at LIVE! on Elgin! And I gotta say, I haven’t looked forward to an event this much in a long time. Planning this event has (so far, at least) been a little like planning my graduating recital, a little like planning our wedding, and a little of something else entirely new. With all of the nerves and excitement you would expect from all three. Had… Read More »BIG ANNOUNCEMENT