If there is going to be something special then it has to be unique. At least in art.  If you buy a product you want it to be exactly what you expected. With art we want to be surprised or maybe just entertained but it can’t be something we’ve seen before.  Sometimes I feel like its all been done before.  The same chords, song structure, meaning, and words have gone into so many songs. What makes them unique?  Why do we listen to love songs, breakup songs,  or whatever?  Maybe it’s the connection.  An underlying commonality that we all have had experience with, and that reaches us on some of the deepest meanings of existence.  Fear of death, hope of life, hope of love, fear of loneliness, fear of commitment.  It’s all been done before, but so have the feelings.  Maybe even the feeling isn’t unique, but the way that it gets presented to us is.

There isn’t a one size fits all to this music thing but maybe there is an underlying truth that you have to do your best to describe the feelings that connect us all.

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I have a difficulty asking for help.  All of you that read this have probably supported my last music project and for that I’m extremely grateful.  If you haven’t then maybe you’ll support the future ones, I don’t know, but should I expect people to randomly support something they know nothing about.  The answer is… no.  I wouldn’t randomly just give money or time to something without knowing what it was going toward (well other than taxes which seems that way most of the time, but no option there).  However, if I were to tell you that I had a very cool project coming up and that your contribution would directly go to funding that maybe you would consider some sort of contribution in exchange for a prize, service,  piece of the finished product, recognition in some way then people could get behind it.  This is just something I’m considering as I stare down my music project.

It is a solo album, but so little happens solo.  There are already people helping my project come to fruition.  Some contributing there time most generously others on the more traditional currency exchange.  I am fortunate though to work with some very talented people on this project who like what I have been doing and believe in it.    I have a lot of faith in this project and think that it is my best work so far.  It is also some of the most resource intensive which is why I’m considering asking for help.  I feel privelaged to make the music I do and by know means feel entitled to the generosity of others but this type of project can’t happen in isolation. It will need others.  Will you be one of the ones that supports this project? I hope so.

Thanks for everything.

Danny

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So long winter and hello to spring. Hope I didn’t say that too soon.  I mean, come on, its April already.

We’ve been holed up all winter and I’ve been writing, recording, throwing it out and starting all over again.  So many songs come to me and so few make it out the wringer but I don’t mind.  Some are too dark, too bland, too silly to see the light of day.  Sometimes I wish that I would just record it and put it on the website.  Last I saw I have over 200 songs with my name on it in my iTunes (and more held by a dear friend), but so few will ever see the light of day.  Maybe its a lack of focus…like this article or maybe its being too precious with the music.  I think I may have found a fix though and I’m pretty excited about it.  I’ve been wandering aimlessly for so long on how to complete the new album.  I keep writing the songs but changing how I want them … rock or folk or lofi or polished or … wait for it… –>me<–.

I went with the last option.  I get on stage or stool and play for people with my acoustic guitar and not much else. Maybe a microphone or pick but maybe not.  This is going to be real.  I want you to feel like you are sitting with me in a room and I’m playing guitar for you because after all that’s what I do. Right?  There is help though from some friends whose talents can’t be denied and I wanted on this album so they play along too.  I will revisit one song from the last album but there will be many new tunes.  Some you’ve heard me play live but others not so much.  I’ll let you know the release date later.  The album will be named ____ ___ __ _____ Mistakes.  Keep coming back to find out what the rest of the title is… Later Y’all, Danny

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