REAL STRINGS WITH A MODERN EDGE

Gritty, Strings-Forward, Trap and Worldbeat-Inflected Darkwave

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MY ORIGINAL MUSIC:

MY STORY

My goal in launching this solo project was and still is to record and produce my own music

after a lifetime of working on other people’s. While I am principally an instrumentalist,

I’ve had ideas for songs rattling around in my head for quite some time

and have finally begun the process of bringing them to reality

I expect to finish one of my original songs within the next few weeks, so watch this space!

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DEBUT EP COMING SOON!

In early 2025

The Story of MMXXI (2021)

"Grief is just love with nowhere to go"

- Jamie Anderson

There is no pain like losing a beloved companion who held you together for many years

through hell and beyond. Sometimes the loss of a cherished non-human companion can hurt

even more than losing a human loved one, as they are the ones who are at our side through

the best and worst of times, giving us unconditional love and support as we battle our way

through life while the humans often prefer to shame and blame and criticize and judge us,

or even belittle and dismiss our wins when we have them.

I. One More Time

Jaco crossed Rainbow Bridge one year into the Covid-19 pandemic, just as I was recovering from a long bout of crippling depression which the lockdown had given me the space and peace to work through. That was a devastating blow that came right as I was finding my footing and regaining interest in life for the first time in many years. On the other hand, I believe that loss also hardened my resolve to continue fighting my way through myriad distractions and derailments and commit to producing this song I wrote as he was going down, and this entire body of work.

II. 02:15

I lost Gureyo to what I very belatedly realized must have been cancer and perhaps a couple other ailments at 02:15 one night exactly eight months after I lost Jaco. I wrote this song through the pain and helplessness of watching her being gradually taken down by that horrible terminal illness. Gureyo was my light and my love and my everything.

III. A Mother's Prayer

This track explores the realization that you have been unintentionally hurting a loved one, and the soul-shattering pain and guilt and regret that awareness brings.