ABOUT: UNDERQUIET
Underquiet is my second full-length album; yet, initially I had no aspiration or concrete plan in bringing this body of work about. In the spring of 2003 I showed up at a little café to perform a weekend show. That night I was fighting a terrific case of the head cold, with congestion from my sinuses down into my throat. It was the first time I had ever considered canceling a show due to illness and lack of a vocal range needed to sing a song. I drank a cappuccino, popped in a cough drop, and prayed, “Lord, if there’s any reason that you want me to perform tonight, you’re going to have to give me the voice to do so”. Alas I chose to play mostly acoustic songs and to sing quietly, and to my surprise a voice arose with a level of clarity that would be hoped for even on the best of nights. My friend Chris Braman happened to be running sound on his Apple during my set, and I had no idea that he had recorded the entire show. A few days later he gave me a burned and un-mastered recording of that night’s performance, and upon listening I found the performance to be relatively unique.
A few months later I contacted my friends at Bellywater Press to see if they might be interested in helping me to release this little bootleg album. Bellywater is run by my sister Gala and some other beloved friends of mine who specialize in hand pressed books, publications, and other hand made crafts of all sorts. They committed themselves to the project and took care of all the design work and manufacturing. During that period I recorded 4 more home studio songs and added them to the end of the live performance creating a “full” album feel. The final product is a substantial piece of work that I never could have created on my own. The release was held at the legendary Muncie Alliance on a cold autumn night with micro-roasted coffee, apple dumplings, the Bellywater Press women, the hippy translation of the bible, hand-sewn shirts, music, and of course the new album “Underquiet” which was completed as a community. Thanks my sisters and brothers.
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