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Hold On
Made at the height of the Omicron surge, this anthem celebrates heroes of homefront struggles past and present, inspiring our oldest and youngest generations to stay strong as the pandemic lingers.
Thirsty
A dried-up ancient mariner chases a fleeting figure across an apocalyptic desert landscape in this modern parable set to Alexis Harte‘s darkly rollicking song. My latest collaboration with Writer/Director, Josh Peterson. Shot in the Fall of 2020 in western Nevada and Inverness, CA. Check out our feature in Post Magazine. Thirsty had it's International premiere at the 20th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, June 9-20. For the song, go here.
Show the Man the Door
Some music videos take months to make. Some take minutes. This was a song I dedicated to bullies everywhere but, in particular, to the one in the White House back in November, 2020.
Pearl
Directed by Oscar-Winner Patrick Osborne for Google Spotlight Stories, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It's a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places. I penned the anchoring song, “No Wrong Way Home.” Pearl went on to be the first VR film ever nominated for an Oscar, won an Emmy and a Peabody Award, and we won an Annie for the song. My own version of the song is here.
The Night of my Death
Josh Peterson brought this story to life beautifully. “The Night of My Death” is a song I’d been trying to write for years. It was actually inspired by what I describe in the first verse, though luckily I stepped out of the way at the last minute. “The Night of My Death” freezes the moment of death for the length of a song, in order to explore the final steps we might take to give our lives closure. It’s also a musical nod to one of my favorite short stories “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce. We won Best Music Video at both Cinequest 2019 and the Oxford International Film Festival, and screened at many others in the US and Europe.
Heads or Tails
Kate Isenberg wrote and directed this short animated film based on my song, “Heads or Tails” for her Masters Project at UCLA School of Animation. She won a scholarship from Matt Groening to complete it. We screened at the Mendocino Film Festival for their kids program, opening for Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea, and at several other film festivals.
Herschel’s Song is my first published audio story. It is one part tribute to a dear friend, and to a life well-lived, and one part meditation on the songwriting/creative process. Huge thanks to Erica Heilman at RumbleStrip for airing it. (Rumble Strip was picked as best podcast site in 2020 by Atlantic Magazine) For Herschel Byron Snodgrass (1937-2020)