Lyrics: Passing Into August

I'm passing into August and you're still on my mind
and I'm having trouble seeing you through the blurriness of time

I'm trying to be honest, tired of lying to myself
you used to tell me everything and now there's no one here to help

And I'm left all alone, open for interpretation
and I fear that I won't mean the same again.

So if you had the chance to rearrange the days
would you exchange tomorrow for today to stay here with me?

I'm passing into August, somehow it's easy to forget
every moment that was made to last; they all faded out instead.

So if you had the chance to rearrange the days
would you exchange tomorrow for today to stay here with me?

with me, you'll see it'll all make sense again
until then hold onto everything you can.

And if you had the chance to rearrange the days
would you exchange tomorrow for today to stay here with me?

Lyrics: Horizons

I'm changing both my headlights and hoping for a brighter life.
There's nothing like the darkest time to bring out what you have inside.

The road ahead is hard enough and I don't want to die so young.
So light the way and patronize but only if we can survive.

And we will chase horizons until we meet the sky and ground at intersection.
Oh, what a beautiful sight as we enjoy the ride.

I'm blaming both my tired eyes for failing me to recognize
that things are not quite how they were before the motion and the blur.

But we will chase horizons until we meet the sky and ground at intersection.
Oh, what a beautiful sight as we enjoy the ride.

And I would never pass you on this yellow, dotted line.
Because though we're moving at a different pace we don't have to say goodbye.

And we will chase horizons until we meet the sky and ground at intersection.
Oh, what a beautiful sight as we enjoy the ride.

The Weston Monster Returns!!!

Amidst all the excitement of the Hello, Amy live performance day on March 20th, I completely forgot to mention to you all that we had our very first encounter with The Weston Monster again after so many months of its winter hiatus! It was not until I got Marcin's pictures the other day that I realized we had spotted it up on a tree during our sunny lunch on the deck. The beast seemed to have been waving in excitement; either that or it was toying with us as if to say "I'm back you fools!" haha Somehow this creature doesn't seem as much of a threat on sunny and beautiful days like this one but nonetheless we were shocked to have seen it again. With only about 10 weeks left of studio time, I wonder what we're in for....

Check out the shot taken by Marcin. Thankfully he was quick to get it before The Weston Monster scurried away shortly after.

April Fooled?

haha Sorry, I just had to do it. For those of you who were tricked into my panicked alert yesterday about losing all of the What To Keep & Let Go files, I'm truly sorry...it was just a prank :) haha Rest assured that the files are all intact and a year and a half of work on this project has NOT been lost. I don't believe I would have even had the strength or mental stability to write that post about it anyways. haha There was a better chance of you reading in the paper that a local musician lost his mind due to the loss of an entire year of work. haha

I did, however, make sure that Dave does in fact back up his files regularly after I posted that somewhat "don't jinx it" post. haha Imagine? No wait..don't.

Chad Macomber's Album Inspired By Mysterious Poet

Chad Macomber has been mentioned many a time in this blog. Not only has he provided his talents on a handful of What To Keep & Let Go songs this past year, but he also has been a long time friend of mine and our musical collaborations go way back. A name you might NOT have heard, however, is Mr. Cam Debarcho, a mysterious poet whose work is behind the inspiration of Chad's upcoming third album, The Diary of Mr. Cam Debarcho. From what I gather, (and it's been tough to get my head around this), Chad asked for Cam's book of poems after being inspired by his work and Cam instructed him to publish his writings as well as put music to his entries, a very new and interesting approach to Chad's projects. I'm excited to see what this collaboration will bring to not only Chad's musical style but also to his voice and what he has to share with the world. No one knows very much about Cam but I have a feeling that at the end of this project, they will. His origin, story and relationship with Chad is certainly intriguing and I'm eager to see what comes from this interesting partnership. Having a long history of partnering up with Chad myself, I tip my hat to Cam (where ever you are) and congratulate him on a fine choice in a musician to bring your story and words to life. They're in good hands.

For more on Cam's Diary and Chad's upcoming album, click here.

Tragic News....

****WHAT TO KEEP & LET GO FILES LOST!!!*****

I am in shock...have NO idea how to even comprehend this....

I was informed late last night that Dave's power cut out in his studio due to some flooding he had in his basement from all this stupid rain and ALL of his files were lost!! He tried to restore the computer after it came back on but it was too late.......He does have sold old files he had backed up a a while back but they're no where NEAR the completed versions that we had....

I just have no idea what we're going to do about this....There's no way we can get it all off the ground again in such a short time. I am in shock.... I'll write more soon with updates about this. Hopefully we can figure this out but as of now it seems like the project is lost completely....:/

Reflecting On The Project

On the way back from Marcin's on Monday night, driving down the rain glistened highway, I found myself quite nostalgic and reminiscent of the What To Keep & Let Go project and how it all began. Marcin and I were standing out on his porch after practice, recalling the orgins of the album project and how things all came together and it certainly got me feeling all sorts of emotion on my way home. I decided to capture my thoughts as a drove in the rain.