Slint – Good Morning, Captain [cover]

Here is my cover of Slint “Good Morning, Captain” off of their 1991 album Spiderland. I hope you like it. I love this song, and I know my version will never be as good as the original, but I really wanted to cover it. (What you see is what you hear, no lip-synching or instrument-synching). […]

Creative Commons Collaboration – new song “Teardown”

You send me audio. I remix and sing. Together we make an album. After a little time off I’ve finally been able to spend some time in the studio with all of the amazing samples and audio tracks that everyone has sent to me. Here is a new track for my Creative Commons collaboration album […]

Screwing around in the studio [live looping]

Just recorded a quick little live looping improvisation in my studio. No instruments, just voice and effects. All recorded live, nothing prerecorded or overdubbed after the fact. 🙂 If you’re looking for something to remix, feel free to grab the audio from this track (and other tracks of mine): https://stateshirt.wpengine.com/remix

OMD Souvenir cover song

Hey. I just finished recording a cover of “Souvenir” by OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark). I’d consider this mix a “beta” mix, but it’s pretty close. Listen below: [mp3j track=”Souvenir@/audio/unreleased/stateshirt_souvenir.mp3″ flip=”y”]   steal mp3 I haven’t created a music video for my cover version yet, but for the time being check out the original […]

Finish my song!

I started this song last week with hopes it would be the next SongFight winner! But I just can’t find the right way to finish this tune. I like that it’s mellow and relatively catchy but I just wasn’t really inspired to complete it. Maybe there’s something about it that you like? If so, please […]

song death.

I knew writing a song and creating a video every week in 2010 would be tough. The idea behind this was to get me back into writing and creating again. Which it has! Definitely! I haven’t slept much in the last two months. So after 8 songs and 8 videos, I’ve finally hit a wall […]

Please Stop!

Just put together a music video for my new song “Please Stop”. Everything was shot in los angeles. Please Stop – DOWNLOAD lyrics please stop believing that nature will care for you crawl up the river and embrace your solitude. heartbeat slows, your wounds won’t close? please stop believing that your friends can keep you […]

digging through the collab archives…

Ok. So this week got a little bit busy and I wasn’t able to complete a new song for my song-a-week challenge. But I’ll make up for it by posting TWO (count ’em, two) songs from the archives that haven’t ever really been officially “released”. Both of these are collaborations that I did with other […]

Glenn Case rocks.

So today I was both excited to learn that Glenn Case had done a cover of my song “Highway”. I was so flattered that I figured I’d return the favor and cover one of his songs. Glenn is likely the most prolific songwriter that I’m aware of. He has well over 400 songs for download […]

The Road to Hana.

Song-a-week #4. Just finished a new song, “The Road to Hana”. The Road to Hana – DOWNLOAD you mustn’t be afraid of what’s to come the road is dark and there’s no turning back the whales will only guide you so far. but then you’re on your own, you must swim all the way. are […]