song dot land

this special song dot land took me a while to produce. the improvised recording happened on my lunch break on 2025-03-20 (thursday, march 5, 2025). overdubs here and there since then up to today. spring into your balance. in inherited the accordion from my skilled musical grandfather. see more and an extra photograph at https://song.land/vernal_balance

this week, i learned the term emergence. as in, where a whole has properties or capacities distinct from its parts. also, this is a sycamore tree. which way do you think we're looking at it?

tonight's song dot land celebrates chinese new year in its own way, and i bring you a poem inspired by mary oliver, written after a walk on the winter solstice. i took mary oliver's wild geese and wrote my version with the guidance of each line of the original. i also have been reading thich nhat hanh's being peace, which inspires much here. See more at https://song.land/doe_buck_buck_doe/

negative ions roll in my space as we overdub a fourth guitar track for this shifted episode of song dot land, sacred sage rising from its bowl (an ancient clam calcified in the once-ocean soil that i now call home). enjoy the music. enjoy the ideas. enjoy the cacophony.

i captured the cover image—drop—around the same time as this recording at the beginning of this month. Read more at https://song.land/new-moon-whistle

this riveting song dot land pushes and pulls in grind, on a journey through chaos. i sat while singing and playing, a rare position. it changed the path of energy, like the voices at minute 15. read more: https://song.land/shine

today is a special day as we experienced the summer solstice and the strawberry full moon in the same day. see the full notes and art at https://song.land/strawberry-solstice

The episode delves into life's meaning and the brain, exploring the default mode network while using guitar effects pedals. https://song.land/default-mode/

welcome to the first song dot land this year! i'm sitting on dozens and dozens of improvisation session recordings but i wear out before i can post them (or am not convinced of their quality). not today! tune in to two recording sessions, conscious recorded during my lunch hour today lasts the first nine minutes,ContinueContinue reading "conscious/falsetto"

enjoy this great ep! it's silly. it's got multitracked guitars for atmosphere. it features deep, growling voice narration. it speaks of old faithful as, “mother nature blowing her nose”. read more at https://song.land/pebble/

i'm proud to share tonight's song dot land. what begins as a silly journey of energy rollercoasters gets real at minute 15:20 in a sequence we'll call the well. “explosions in the sky. i am made new.” https://song.land/the-well/

forever covers the grandness of summer. it is a time of intense energy of the sun. corn grows to eat this season's bounty of light. fall comes soon. “and i knew we'd go forever” https://song.land/forever

i found this episode in my drafts folder, last edited between snow and lightyear, in the first three weeks of january, 2020.

enjoy this new, passionate episode of song dot land! i loved making it! see more: https://song.land/darts/

tonight's song dot land starts with a sad one! i find solace and friendship and compassion for suffering in sorrow-filled songs. and set to a beat, it's a journey! may we all grow strong and resilient, like this dandelion breaking through a crayfish mound. enjoy!

welcome to this week's song dot land! spring begins where i live even as a frost warning covers the area tonight. good luck to all flora and fauna tonight, like these daffodils. read more at https://song.land/breathe/

the green comet last seen fifty thousand years ago passes over us tomorrow. // https://song.land/green-comet/

welcome to twenty twenty-three! this episode recorded over three days (timestamps in notes). good luck getting through it! thanks for listening! https://song.land/new-year-multi-part/

i've returned with another winter solstice! this one has layers. “the days are getting longer / life will soon rise / it's at it's lowest point tonight” the cover photo comes from an image i took where flocks of 2,000+ birds perch in trees and play together.

tonight's episode of song dot land comes from the energy of the outdoors! “you were always something grand”. rock and roll p.s. this podcast celebrates its fourth year of continuation this month. how wonderful and grand. thanks for listening!

this wild episode of song dot land comes to you on the day humanity witnessed galaxies formed one billion years after the big bang. i love getting to make this silly podcast and share it with you. thank you for listening.

“everything of your day shines your way in night” just as our moon turns to its full moon phase for this new episode of song dot land. for a few days, the moon cuts through the darkness and lets us diurnal creatures explore. this episode explores nature and love, the connections between all the living.Continue reading "spun"

tonight's song dot land is awesome. i don't know where this stuff comes from but i love singing and playing and sharing with you. enjoy.

tonight's song dot land brings you some multi-track vocals with a reflection of my sadness at 15 when i missed the smashing pumkins' final tour (information from the show that actually happened in 2000). at it's core, this episode expands on the contentment i have today when i breathe. i've got everything i need. theContinue reading "pumpkins"

tonight's song dot land brings you panoramic sound with ebows and the passion of raising the next generation, “paying attention to details everywhere / because in life we learn the best ideas.” thank you for listening!

an ode to ukraine as she survives war derek strawn opens our podcast song dot land cries for you, ukraine

oh what a day to be alive! what a day to be alive (10:40). enjoy tonight's song dot land podcast, the internet broadcast in which i share from all parts of my nervous system. i move my fingers, i move my mouth, i move my body, i move my brain, and this happens. thank youContinue reading "trillions"

“What is it that you see when you look deep inside?All that painful basement garbage.” Recorded on November 2, 2020. First released on 2022-01-21 for my birthday.

when harris wittels died in 2015, i improvised this song afterward to commemorate the terrible day. recorded 2015-02-28. first release: 2022-01-08. transcript from the very beginning of this songyour light would shine through the darknesswhen i thought of all the ways we’ve connectedi know that it was truly astonishing i wouldn’t have to wake upContinue reading "siren song of opiates (ode to harris wittels)"

please enjoy tonight's song dot land. a friend told me they listen to this podcast while they go to sleep. what a gift that was to my soul this week! this episode was recorded on 2022-01-02, the second day of the year. the day of the new moon. this uncut episode has highs and lowsContinue reading "new year : new moon"

this week's song.land scorched into existence after jesse listened to chopin. inspired by polonaise no. 6 in a-flat, op. 53 (“heroic”), jesse outputs music with the trouble and chaos inspired by chopin's masterpiece. listen to the song performed by van cliburn. it's the first track from the my favourite chopin album.

how amazing is right now? enjoy this voyage of song dot land, a journey into understanding ourselves. christmas gets mentioned, and a plug for a theatre production i’m in this week: irving berlin’s white christmas! irving berlin's blue skies shows a cameo. i shoutout crystal vu bailey's music. she uses the name loyal love! tupeloContinue reading "show week"

in tonight's beautiful song dot land, jesse takes you on a journey into diamonds and sand. who knows what that means. this one soars. the volume climbs and drops with rich reverb. 9:20 is beautiful. enjoy! i mention my fear and concern for the globe. stop mowing your grass, life depends upon it! transcript 9:20Continue reading "diamonds and sand"

i visited the smoky mountains for the first time in three years. i was moved. i was called again. ancient mountains. ancient wisdom. heaven fly. this would be a great song to re-write and multitrack record…and sing on pitch.

welcome to another episode of song.land, a silly music podcast! i recorded 30 minutes of mind-numbing music, late at night and with a raspy voice. enjoy the journey that ends with a plea—please!—build a giant boat! transcript oh if i were yours i’d notice what it tooki would walk there from far away you wouldContinue reading "giant boat/thousand"

recorded in the middle of the night on august 4th, i sang wired with a guitar and a disposable vape in my hands. full notes: https://song.land/vape/

why do so many old people take up painting? paint explores the drive and motivation to create, to make, to push publish and share with others the fruit of our mind, bodies, souls. See full notes at https://song.land/paint

welcome to song dot land, a soundscape of improvised song. it's longform improve for acoustic guitar music and singing. you may hate it. you may love it. thanks for listening!full notes: https://song.land/pieces-ashes-kroger/

song dot land has, alas!, ventured in shakespearrecording a podcast as long as hamletas sonically vibrating as inception (i lie)upon which we end our hour with helena's vision

tonight's episode of song dot land explores regret and contentment. pop comes from one line in the set, “your flowers are starting to pop”. this refers to beautiful daffodils i saw earlier in the day. they're opening up! POP spring is here! please enjoy. transcript every little thing you didi told youevery little thing youContinue reading "pop"

this song dot land explores how we wouldn’t be here without the pain of life. song dot land is improvised guitar with passionate singing. barrenclimbing outtheregoing out even when i don’t understand the roadi have confidence, new, deep confidencethat all is well that all is wellso welcome back here to song dot land well, iContinue reading "wineskins"

Song dot land’s new episode is powered by nature. Jesse improvises music to a journey through tall grasses as autumn begins in his part of the world. Watch the video for the full experience! The video and cover art were taken during sunset on 2020-09-28, with audio recorded on the morning of 2020-09-29. Notice theContinue reading "nature 1"

As the sun rises on the autumnal equinox, the summer drifts off as a chilling cool arrives. I welcome it, but—how did it cool so quickly? 12 hours of daylight. 12 hours of darkness. On today’s song dot land, we celebrate a model day for equality and balance. Cover art taken the evening before. EpisodeContinue reading "foxtail equinox"

On this energized episode of song dot land, journey through audio landscapes of story and song. Where do I come from? How am I here? My land is where the chords fight. They fight like the waves that splash and reverberate, bouncing all around what was once a calm pond. This episode was recorded onContinue reading "explode"

Go West. I sing of the rockies in metaphor as I make up these songs. The topic crosses between relationship love and my love for music itself, weaved in and out of metaphors and ideas. [Update] Watch this episode in full on YouTube! Enjoy enjoy enjoy! [edit: YouTube Video Taken Down. I have to re-thinkContinue reading "rockies"

This is one of my more esoteric episodes. I’ve been fasted for 22 hours and exercised a bunch today. I did that to have good brain energy for this recording, but I don’t know if it worked. I’ll listen in the future and find out! Good luck if you enjoy it, and make sure toContinue reading "mystery 2"

O my godwe sailed like ferdinand magellano my godyou give it away o my godthere in my every momento my godoh love, love, love is our rescue Struggle and hardship gives me what I need to thrive. I would not be where I am today without hard situations, like losing my job and my marriage.Continue reading "gw"

This week’s Song Dot Land journeys across the dimensions of difference. What ground sits between your understanding of life and your neighbor’s? Who do you want your future self to be? It’s a vision of where we can find our strength through our difference. And Monty Python gets recounted at one point. And about howContinue reading "across difference"

Welcome! Song Dot Land is a wild, created-on-the-fly-and-it-shows musical program. Today’s ‘tent delivers themes of imagining what can exist when we accept what is. It ends with the benediction to go and have a great week. So, please do!

Song Dot Land travels to encouraging dimensions in this week’s episode of the long, improvised idea sharing podcast. The title comes from a mistake where the guitar cable had a problem. May you find encouragement and compassion for your own self as we all deal with coronavirus and another step in the long road ofContinue reading "cable problems"

Join song dot land as we sing and adventure through summer, then move to heavier topics of police and power (black lives matter). The only moment we have control of is right now, so choose well in the moment you’re alive.