Before I say anything else, I just have to say that I am in love with this site. I really feel like it's given me my sense of play back. At a certain point I started becoming too concerned with the Business aspect of the music business. I know it's important, but so is the balance between business and just joyfully Making Stuff - for nothing more than the sake of having an idea and spending quality time exploring it. So to everyone who's given me feedback and/or inspired me with their own joyfully made creations - THANK YOU. You are all awesome.

Below is a song I wrote for the Favorite Things Collaboration. I was thinking about the character of Jon and his things, and also wondering about the ways he will or won't evolve throughout the film. I truly believe that people are capable of changing, and so for the song I imagined him opening himself up to the possibility of love, and a life beyond just having possessions.

I think a lot of times we feel that things are safe. They're predictable, and we are in charge of them. They're there whenever we want them, and they never talk back or disagree. We might even say we love them. But they can't love us back. I imagined Jon feeling sadness or emptiness upon figuring this out, and the feeling growing so large that he won't ignore it anymore. I wrote this from what I imagined might be his point of view.

Also - I purposely left big instrumental spaces for anyone who wants to add parts, vocal lines, harmonies, etc - so please feel free!

Things

Hello girl with your heart in hand

I see your plans

I know you want

To get between me and my stuff

Sometimes it's good

Sometimes it's tough

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

But things are all I've got

Now all those naked silhouettes

Sometimes they'd crawl

Sometimes they'd run

To get between me and my self

But one thing's true

They always won

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

But things are all I've got

Hello girl with my heart in hand

Now I've got plans

You see I want

To start again stripped bare with you

If it's not too late

Think I need us

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

I have a lot of things

But you are all I love.

A song by my band, SIOS!  Sixth track on our debut album, "Halcyon Failure".

Just a rock tune I made

This is a quick tune I made after being inspired by Bioshock Infinite

'Mr. Sam' by 'J'

Just a quick little clip I did