Dive into the solitary sounds of a songbird taking wing.
There’s a deeply personal (yet relatable) story behind Alone for a While that I’d love to share with you.
Please accept this invitation to join me on a journey through a dark part of my past in a multi-day interactive tour of this musical collection.
In the process, you’ll receive a free copy of the new album alongside insights behind the song choices, songwriting process, and tons of exclusive bonus material.
picture this:
the amber glow of ambient light in a dingy dive,
the faint tinkling of ice in cheap glassware,
the paisley-haze of smoke drifting in from the patio outside…
you’re lonely, but not entirely alone-
and just then, you hear a familiar tune from the jukebox…
Join me for a weeklong immersive journey through the songs and stories
of my newest solo-acoustic song collection, Alone for a While.
Receive the album for free before anyone else,
with tons of exclusive bonus content,
and real-time live events with other participants.
Accept the invitation below, and get all the goodies delivered daily
to your email inbox for 7 days…
What’s included:
About the album…
Alone for a While narratively covers a period of my life where I wasn't making the best choices, but they felt right at the time.
Haven't we all been there?
Sometimes spending time with people that aren't good for us feels better than being alone.
Sometimes we do things that aren't great for our health, but they make us feel more present.
Inspired by the pervasive solitude throughout my community and the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, I reflected on a dark and solitary period of my life many years before - where I had a lot of fun, but also made a lot of mistakes.
Thus, Alone for a While was born: a retrospective collection of standards and original tunes that emotionally span a specific era of my 20s where I would do just about anything to avoid being alone with myself, often to my own detriment.
It's something of a modern-day Shavian "Pygmalion" story, told through both songs from the past, as well as new songs that merely hearken to a bygone era...
How Will It Work?
How will I receive the album?
After joining, you will receive daily emails each morning distributing that day’s song(s). Most days you will be sent just one song (and its corresponding bonus content), but on others you will receive several. You’ll receive only one email per day, with a secret link that will take you to that day’s track(s).
All the single delivered tracks will be available for immediate download during “the experience.” There will also be a way for you to listen to each day’s audio directly from your web browser if you prefer not to download anything. On the final day, you will receive a complete version of the album to download if you wish.
Do I need a desktop computer to participate?
No- you will be able to view, listen to, read, and watch all the content delivered to you on any mobile device so long as you have some kind of mobile service connection! Many of the components are also available for download (to your computer and/or mobile device), so you can keep them or review them later even without service (like audio files). If you do like to use your desktop computer, it’ll look great there, too!
How many days will it take until I receive all the album tracks?
The entire journey will take 7 days. This real-time album tour will commence a week before the public release day. All 12 tracks will be delivered to you throughout the week, with the final track (and complete album download) landing in your inbox on the 7th day.
In what format will the album be delivered?
Both mp3 as well as wav files will be available for you to download throughout the experience, as well as at the end.
Why should I bother with this when I can listen to it anywhere next week?
Remember how you used to grab a record from the music shop, open it up, look at the artwork, and read all the liner notes? You’d put the physical copy in its player, set it to start, and have a whole active experience with it?
Whether you remember those days well or have only heard about them, I’d like to try to help replicate something of that magic for you this week.
If you know me at all, it’ll come as no surprise that I have a penchant for the past. With this collection of songs in particular including so many songs from before 1960 (all the cover songs on this album were published before 1957!), I felt particularly called to craft a more “vintage” listening experience for this album - of course not without the aid of some modern technology!
For instance, there were many songs I would have loved to include for thematic reasons on this collection, but there was not enough time (literally- I filled the vinyl copy to the maximum duration😬). So over the next week, you’ll be getting access to other songs and bonus material that support the primary offering, but that might not have otherwise seen the light of day.
I’ve always tried to be accessible and transparent with the folks who support my art. I don’t consider them “fans,” and, honestly, those who’ve kept the most in touch over the years have become like family to me! Anything I can do to make a new release special, magical, engaging, and worth their(/your!) time is not only an opportunity I relish, but also one that I don’t take lightly.
This has been the first non-holiday-themed album I’ve put together (aside from 2018’s Orange Days on Lemon Street: Acoustic Anniversary Edition) and released independently, so this presented a chance to embrace the idea of finally creating a “concept album,” and to use these songs to tell that true story - just as they presented themselves in my real life!
Most of the time, living as a full-time musician is pretty similar to having any other job (trust me, I’ve had a few!), but there are moments here and there that feel almost supernatural, transcendent, as though you’re living in a film and there’s a fantastic music supervisor overseeing the soundtrack to all these crucial moments of your life. I loved the idea of trying to relate a story about a period of my life like this, to try and recreate or retell the tale with that same ethereal magic.
Making music has always been the method I’ve been able to use through trying times to express myself, to connect, to try to make sense of this sometimes rough world we all have to navigate. My hope is that through moments and experiences like this, maybe I can help someone feel less alone…
Whether you’re currently in the throes of longing to belong, or have put some hard times behind you, I’d love for us to share our common experience together through these songs.
Won’t you join me? Some of it will be a little sad, but there will be plenty of fun, too…
After submitting your info below, you’ll receive a welcome email with an intro to the experience within moments. Then, you’ll receive the first day’s content a few minutes after that.