My Songs

When I finish writing a song I usually make a quick, rough recording so I can listen to it and get a better sense of what the song wants to be. Sometimes I can hear harmonies at that stage so I'll add them as well. The song that is eventually performed is often quite different, but I still like the first raw recording because of the sense of discovery that is captured.

Here are a few of those first recordings.

Some new ones:

The Thing About Trains - Here's one I wrote this spring (2026). I think about trains all the the time.

Reactive One- Misunderstood dogs. Or maybe it's about people.

The Thing About Trains - First Rough - 2026-07-28, 8.22 AM

00:00 / 03:56

Reactive One

00:00 / 03:45

Some older ones:

Drink Deep - Rough First - 2023-11-14, 2.01 PMArtist Name

00:00 / 03:43

Beautiful You Are

00:00 / 04:16

The Crows, the Eagle, the Deer - Rough recording - 2022-12-14, 6.51 PM

00:00 / 05:00

Heaven for Horses - Rough first, no harm

00:00 / 05:29

The Grey - Rough - With Harmony - 2022-12-04, 4.55 PM

00:00 / 03:57

Open Sky - First Rough - 2021-05-27, 9.27 PM

00:00 / 04:03

Heart of Stone

00:00 / 03:21

One of Them, Still - Rough Harmonies - 2

00:00 / 03:51

Philosopher King - Full Harmonies - 2019

00:00 / 05:15

Hello Hanna - Rough Recording - 2022-10-

00:00 / 03:38

Cold Rain - Rough Harmonies - 2020-05-18

00:00 / 03:50

Road to Ruidosa - Rough Harmonies - for

00:00 / 04:40

From the living room with First After the Fire:

At The Mint in Victoria (photo courtesy of Victoria Folk Night).