• The Weekly Songcast: One Songwriter’s Journey

    • February 2009

    Man Bites Yoong (I won’t give you my blood)

    February 22, 2009
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    This song is about a struggle with the pest that is known as the mosquito! Yoong is Thai for mosquito and after battling with a mini swarm of them in my studio!

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    Pictures That Tell Stories

    February 15, 2009
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    The period of time alluded to in this song is at the core of what changed my life to put me where I am right now, so it is also fitting that everything feels like it is coming together at the time of this song being written.

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    Don’t Die on Me

    February 8, 2009
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    This is not a morbid song about not wanting somebody to die. It is a metaphor for encouraging a friend or someone you care about to not give up on their dreams or ambitions.

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    Will You Ever Be The Same?

    February 1, 2009
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    The fact that you will never be the same person as you were in the moment before is to be embraced and acknowledged.

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