NEW SONG POSTED: "On Your Own/Salem Night" yep. been a couple months since i posted a new song. I hadn't planned on posting this song yet, it was *so* unfinished, until I decided to quickly record and see how the song was coming along. Well, I surprised myself... although still a bit awkward, I liked it, how it was. I'm still recovering from my cold, so the vocals are less than prime, and guitar is more complex than I know how to play, but... the *essence* is there. BEHIND THE MUSIC. Don't ya love VH1 for having that show? begin Every song I've written, imagery comes together in my mind, drawing a set, characters, lighting, and sometimes very distinct camera angles. For "On Your Own", it was no different. I imagined a man sitting on the floor of his city apartment, back up against the wall playing a guitar... and on the other side of that same wall, a girl, with her own guitar also crooning about "finding that special someone". Do they ever cross paths? At the time, I was recently laid-off from the branding agency, and spending 24 hours a day in my new apartment near downtown Atlanta writing in my journal and playing my guitar for hours on end, and part of the song was one of the fruits of that time, but I couldn't ever write beyond the chorus. I tried to force the song to be a duet, but the lyrics that followed weren't as strong as what I had already written... so, I shelved the song. part two Months later, writing a new piece, "Salem Night" that centered around D minor, (a shiny new chord to me!), and cool little riff was exposed to me, and the energy of it filled my mind visually with select scenes from a recent trip to Mass. The fog on the low-laying fields, the moors, the ancient stone walls, skeletal trees, and driving thru the damp night accompanied by innocent joy with the top down in a convertible... it was dream-like, and quite invigorating. A macabre joy, if you will. The song never produced lyrics for me, yet I knew there were some to be written. convergence Recently, sitting alone and jamming, I played the two songs back to back, and it seems so natch. Confusion set in. The two songs told two completely different stories: one of loneliness and one of an brief, yet epic burst of joy. Despite the contrast, I ran with it. I imagined "On your Own" was the story... and "Salem Night" a dream sequence of sorts of possible revelation. Though few lyrics exist for the second part, I intend for everyone to feel the "hope" in the vocal part that does exist in "Salem Night." Take a listen and email to share your thoughts. peace- seanrox