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Elevator Pitch – Toto cover album

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Toto has recently been enjoying renewed interest, probably part of a general 1980s nostalgia trend. Weezer releasing “Rosanna” after fans kept pestering them to remake “Africa” (a genius counter-troll), before then releasing “Africa” itself, brought Toto to the national fanfore in a way nostalgia alone never could.

And, to be honest, I think “Rosanna” is the better song. If you don’t believe me, listen to this guy. I love “Africa” (and, MF, I can sing it!) but Rosanna is musically superior, even though “Africa” is a tough competitor and has a better backstory.

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Original Song – Tears Away

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Here’s another original song, about the conflict between religious faith and doubt.

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Original song – Repentance

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This is a pop-rock tune about the emotional conflicts following a broken relationship. We can all relate to that, yes? I hope you enjoy.

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Civil War (Goat v. Monkey)

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This calypso rock song comes ultimately from astrology which, admittedly, I don’t put a lot of stake in. Nevertheless, I was born under the Western sign of the goat in the Eastern year of the monkey, and this conflicting energy of ambition v. playfulness does happen to sum up my mental energy.

In the end, it’s just a fun song about inner conflict set in a sort of cartoon, banana republic setting. Enjoy!

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Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet cover)

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I’ve always loved Buffet’s classic “Margaritaville,” to the point that I once took a challenge from some Navy shipmates to translate the entire song into Arabic and sing that (admittedly terrible) version at karaoke. This cover contains one line from that translation. Enjoy!

(This cover is in no way intended to compete with the original. If you don’t have the original, please purchase it.)

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The Ocean Roll

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My latest song share is an acoustic pop song strongly influenced by islands/reggae music.

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Weight on my Heart

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This song I wrote for a friend and co-worker of mine whose voice I admired. She was shy about her singing, so I wanted to write something in her range, a rather deep range for the female voice, that she would feel comfortable with.

She never sang the song, so after we were no longer co-workers I decided to record a version. Her lower range was in the middle of my range, so it worked well. This recording is the result.

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Feel Think

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This is an original rock song that’s part of an unfinished Giantslayer album, the only other song I wrote for which was Jack, which I may record to at least give Feel Think some context.

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Sweetest Taboo

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This cover tune was my first attempt at ProTools, about two decades ago. I decided to remake Sade’s signature song because I just think it’s one of the most gorgeous things to come out of the 1980s. I can only hope my cover capture a fraction of the original’s beauty.

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Soul and Dust

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A very simple acoustic, folk rock song about authenticity.

 

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