steven raze steve is a baritone with this great little scratchy quality to his voice. i wrote a song for him to sing, because i'm liking the idea of writing songs for other voices, but i think what i wrote was too dark for him. he was more interested in something else that wasn't a song at all. an idea hoping to become a song. so i made it one, and i wrote a chunk of it specifically for him, and hearing him sing those words is a feeling i can't put into words. maybe if "thrilling" and "surreal" superglued their faces together it would be close. whatever it is, it makes me want to write more things for other voices to sing. and hey, anyone who lets you play a random ukulele solo in one of his tunes just because you feel like it is pretty cool by me. 140407 ... raze we've been writing songs about 14th century china as the catalyst for a fleeting train-bound flirtation, decay and rebirth, looking back to move forward, the emotional language of ghosts, and how everyone eventually writes a song about california. it's been interesting. 141203 ... raze you really learn who your friends are when things go to shit a little bit and you maybe have to ask them for a bit of help if they can spare it. he's one of the good ones. 150319 ... raze he bought a nice new martin acoustic, but it didn't have the magic he thought it would. he brought it to a guy who gave it a setup and a new bridge. then the magic was there. so he wrote a song thanking him for doing that, and rewriting a moment from their conversation when he was asked for songwriting advice and didn't say what he wanted to. sort of a musical letter. because that's the kind of guy he is. he's got an idea to write a whole album of songs like this, called "passing ships", all about fleeting connections and meaningful exchanges. so far it's just this one song, but i messed with the production and threw the recording off-kilter a little. because that's what i do. 160128 what's it to you? who go blather from