Dream Set List: April 2016
Now that I'm in the midst of finding some bandmates so that I can start performing regularly again, I've been thinking about the songs I would ideally like to sing. While I am connecting with some folks who want to form cover bands, I figured it would be useful for me to nail down a dream set list so I stay aware of and committed to my performance goals. *** Dream Set List: April 2016 Raise Hell - Dorothy
Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations Hell on Heels - Pistol Annie
Top 5 Takeaways from GDC 2016
GDC is my personal New Year. It's a time of renewal, enlightenment, connection, and reconnection that is hard to replicate anywhere else. I emerge from every GDC with a better sense of what I want to do and who I want to be, and GDC 2016 - my fourth! - was no exception. Now that about a month has passed since the event, I finally feel like I've had enough time to assemble some of my takeaways from the experience. *** I. Fortify Your Network A staple of my previous GDCs has be
DigiPen Student Showcase Trailer - GASLIGHT(); / Team Pride Interactive
Pride Interactive, a junior Digipen student team, made Gaslight(); during the 2015-2016 academic year. I had the pleasure of working with this team in order to provide the voice of their antagonist and the main character's ex-girlfriend, Val. In addition to getting the chance to work with Harrison Barton, a very talented narrative designer, I especially enjoyed working on this project because it centered on distinct and vibrant characters of varying sexuality who exist outsid
Original Song: Where You Are
This is a song I wrote for a friend's team game project at DigiPen. The game centers on things lost a found by a differently-abled folk hero in a post-apocalyptic world. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out during the 2016-2017 school year. *** WHERE YOU ARE Where is my home to be? A fire in the distance calls to me Whether you be near or far I will find myself where you are You look at me and I feel brave Like I'm not so far gone and there's plenty to save Ash clouds t
Original Song: Drowning
Here's a song I wrote about the perils of waiting around for a bad situation to get better. *** DROWNING Not sure what it is you expect of me I never learned how to do lonely The longer that you’re forcin’ me to wait The more plentiful the mistakes I make CHORUS Kiss kiss, pat pat You promise this, you promise that Hands off’a me, let me steer Tied to you, I’m drownin’, dear Kiss kiss, sigh sigh How’d the water get so high? I'm cuttin' ties, free and clear, So I can stop my d
Original Song: Careless
My quest to write 5 songs before GDC 2017 continues. Song #3 is about my propensity to break things, and I tried go for something a little more light-hearted this time around. If you want to listen to a rough recording, click here. *** CARELESS Unicorns aren’t s’posed to feel regret
But I do
But I do I prayed we’d survive all of our debts
But I knew
And I withdrew Sweat and fear don’t
guarantee
That I’ll treat your heart
tenderly I wish for you that we had never met
Original Song: Fermented Water
Here is another song that I wrote on my journey to write 5 songs before GDC 2017. I'm not counting it as one of the five, however, because I do not yet have a melody for it. I wrote this song after a conversation with a long-lost friend that made me think about the things you miss when you wait in the shadows. *** FERMENTED WATER Stills of sorrow are fun to watch with fermented water Slicks my mind so it’s easier to swallow Without much effort, days bleed together So the weat
