Dilettante is a collection of songs I’ve written and recorded over the last 10 years or so.

 

I'm excited to share them and will be releasing them

in this space one at a time over the next couple of months. Welcome to week 8!

 

We could call it a record, an album, or a playlist.

 

All the tunes were produced and recorded in Canada in various locations; wherever Tim Thorney (the great!) has had his studio, Villa Sound, that’s where I’d go, from Toronto to the lovely Blue Mountains of Ontario.

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Heartbreak By Design is on the turntable this week.

 

I don't have a lot to say about this song regarding the writing or the genesis of it. As my "guru" Alanis says, a song can be a chronicle or snapshot of a very particular moment. And so it is.

It's one of the older ones in the collection, as I probably wrote it back in 2002 or so. 

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About the making of this recording I will say that it's another from the very first session I had with Tim Thorney. He surprised, delighted and educated the hell out of me with his arrangement, and we had the really wonderful Brent Barkman at the piano keys again.

I remember how enjoyable it was to listen and watch him record a few different takes. I think he really shapes and accents the track in a super tasty way and I'm grateful to this day that he and Tim were so generous in the sharing of their artistry!

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