Q-Do you like sharing and discussing lyrics with interviewers/ fans? Do you enjoy the conversations that occur when you field in-depth questions about your lyrics/ intentions/ emotions/situations behind a song? Is there a part of you that just wants to […]
Q- Do you feel you’re a tougher critic of your music than your fans are? A- Oh yes, by miles. My fans tend to be smart people. Because of the nature of how I write and how my show plays […]
Q- What songwriters do you admire most and why? A- Ever go to a songwriter round at The Bluebird? It’s a thing of beauty when the four songwriters start responding to each other in song. There is a subtle competition […]
Q-Tell us about the infamous Magic Rats? A- The Magic Rats was then first band I was in. ‘The genesis of the band actually started in Jr. High school. As a 13 year old I was obsessed with music in […]
Q- What’s up with lake Pontchartrain? It seems to make frequent appearances in your songs… does it just make a good rhyme/ fit in well lyrically? Does it have greater significance for you, either personally or metaphorically? (Did you ever […]
Q: Do you begin writing a song with a specific theme or idea in mind, almost like a goal or objective (such as “Today I am going to write a break up song about XXX”, or “I am going to […]
Q- Can you talk about how you experience the relationship between music and lyrics? Reading the lyrics to songs (anyone’s), some stand on their own as poetry. For other songs, upon simply reading the lyrics, the words can seem trite, ridiculous, […]
Q- Since you produce all of your own albums, I assume that you are the one who makes all of the decisions re: what songs to include and what order to put them in… how do you determine the order? […]
Q-Every time I’ve seen you perform “Gun Shy Dog” live (or seen you perform it on a clip from a live performance on YouTube) it sounds like the tempo is faster than the studio version of it on “Girl From […]
It’s been a slow start this time around with three shows across the first weeks. With so many days off there is the risk of boredom and zinfandel setting in. I kept those particular dogs leashed this time around by […]
