Messin' Around
Song Stories & Tunings
| Title: | Underdog |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | Have
you ever felt like you just can't catch a break? I was feeling like
I must certainly be an underdog while writing this song. |
| Title: | Spring Forward Fall Back |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | This
song was written just before the Day Light Savings time change. There
is a well known cycle that musicians experience as they become proficient,
and I thought this mnemonic was a great way of explaining how it feels. |
| Title: | Ups And Downs |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | A
recognition of the roller coaster ride we call life. Also the patterns used
in constructing the song (it has lots of slides and is played up and down
the neck). |
| Title: | A Tear At A Time |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | This
was written during a time of healing and of realization. The title was an
attempt to capture the moment and fit the song's premise that the sadness
wasn't something that could be easily forgotten or overcome. It would have
to mend a tear at a time. |
| Title: | Us |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | This
was the first fingerstyle song I ever wrote. I bounced lots of ideas off
of my wife and she helped me arrange it. Since we both worked on it, Us
was the perfect title! |
| Title: | Hootenanny |
| Tuning: | DADGAD |
| Story: | Hootenanny
is a word my Mom used to say now and then. I had been searching for a title
for this song for quite sometime when I finally broke the American Slang
dictionary out and started looking for cool words. Well, when I came across
hootenanny, I knew that was the title. It is a word that you use when you
don't know what to call something. |
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