The Transient Sessions: Indianapolis, IN - Promised Land
The Transient Sessions
Oftentimes a musician's life, from the audience's perspective, starts and stops with live performance and whatever content posted on social media. It is the in-between stuff that really adds the color to our nomadic lifestyle. The Transient Sessions is a way for me to share with you a little something of myself in-between the shows in the most potent and honest form of communication I know: Music.
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The Transient Sessions: Indianapolis, IN - I Won't Back Down
The Transient Sessions
My latest Transient session is Tom Petty's "I won't Back Down" filmed in Indianapolis, IN. I wanted to release this song next since it's the first video after my battle with respiratory failure... (For those of you who do not follow me one social media, I was in the ICU in October) However, in light of the recent tragic news from Waukesha WI, I wanted to share this for the victims, their families and the community in mind. God Bless you all and please love one another.
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The Transient Sessions: Indianapolis, IN - I Won't Back Down
The Transient Sessions
My latest Transient session is Tom Petty's "I won't Back Down" filmed in Indianapolis, IN. I wanted to release this song next since it's the first video after my battle with respiratory failure... (For those of you who do not follow me one social media, I was in the ICU in October) However, in light of the recent tragic news from Waukesha WI, I wanted to share this for the victims, their families and the community in mind. God Bless you all and please love one another.
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The Transient Sessions: Madrid, Spain - Boots of Spanish Leather
The Transient Sessions
I first encountered this Bob Dylan song when I was 10 years old. I remember instantly losing myself in the song's narrative and feeling a sense of companionship and peace. The dialogue between the two characters, on paper, couldn’t be further away from my lived experience at that time. Despite that reality, I was still able to connect with the song completely and be served by it. I think it has to do with the overall thematic concept. The protagonist loves unconditionally and sacrificially while the antagonist feels and expresses differently. The audience listens as the protagonist pleads...
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The Transient Sessions: New York City - "Against The Grain"
The Transient Sessions
Against The Grain is a new song and has yet to be “officially” released. The recorded version for the album is actually a bit different than what I do here. One evening in NYC, I was waiting to take the stage and had no idea what I should start with. It needed to be a song I connected with personally but also upbeat enough to properly meet the listeners where they were at. Typically, an audience is more riled up at the top of a show having just come in from their busy lives. The lead off songs need to meet them and direct them...
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The Transient Sessions: New York City - "The Boxer"
The Transient Sessions
This song has a special place in my heart. When I was younger, my parents would often play music in the house. As a result, I have always associated specific songs with my parents. One evening, while listening to music with my father, "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel came on. Something in him changed. Up to that moment the music had served as a background, but when this song came on, his face lit up and he seemed to have entered in. It was as if the music expressed something he was feeling inside and spoke for him. You should know that he was not the most expressive man, so when I saw this...
info_outlineThis song has a special place in my heart. When I was younger, my parents would often play music in the house. As a result, I have always associated specific songs with my parents. One evening, while listening to music with my father, "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel came on. Something in him changed. Up to that moment the music had served as a background, but when this song came on, his face lit up and he seemed to have entered in. It was as if the music expressed something he was feeling inside and spoke for him. You should know that he was not the most expressive man, so when I saw this happening I paid close attention. When he got to the last verse, " In the corner stands a boxer", he was completely in the song and I could tell that verse was special for him. It was at that moment I had thought "on no, I am going to have to sing this song at his funeral one day!" I have never had a thought like that before and it was not a topic I thought about often. But there it was, I had no say about it. It felt like a heavy responsibility and would occasionally come to mind the years following that evening. On May 25th, 2021 I lost my father to a rather quick illness. I was by his side when he passed. In those final hours I simply touched him and sang. This was one of the last songs he had heard . A few days later, accompanied by my two brothers, we sang this song for him at his service. It was a fitting send off for a wonderful man loved by many. When choosing the first video to release for my Transient Sessions, a new project and form of expression for me, "The. Boxer" seemed to be a fitting choice.