“Wish” - a song about us
I’ve been feeling sappy lately. This is a job that only happens when people give you their time and believe in what you are doing. When I see you in a crowd I hope you know that I never take that for granted. I love getting to actually know you and I mean it when I say I wouldn’t wish for anything more. Here’s to us!
Story Pairing
I hate checking numbers online. Whether it’s my Spotify plays, YouTube views, instagram likes, etc. I don’t know about other musicians but it sucks me down a comparative rabbit hole and I normally leave feeling like a schmuck. Personally my online game isn’t that strong, I put things up but I really don’t like it. I have found ways to make content without becoming a “personality”, because that never feels genuine.
I draw for fun, so I make weekly sketches for my show announcements. I hike for exercise, so I share beautiful places from outside. I of course make music, so I share things like these musings, and recordings that me and my closest friends create. Nothing has ever gone viral, and I don’t expect it to or do it for that reason. That said, I know that over the past couple years I have grown person by person, fan by fan, and those fans have become my friends and musical family. It’s a cool thing to watch constant work pay of brick by brick, and it makes me feel like our foundation is strong. I try and make a point to know the individuals who give me their time and choose to spend their days with me. I love it and it feels real.
If all of this online crap went away, I know that I could still meet you in a listening room somewhere and we could share a night of music, stories, and heckling (please heckle more). Actual physical moments where we are all in the same space, can feel the vibrations of the music or chairs moving, or people catching up. That’s the good stuff. Posting online is an important tool in a musician’s toolbox, but it is just a means to the end for me. It’s honest content presented as a reminder to go out and connect with each other in person. That’s the only thing of true substance.
Anyway, enough preaching. I will say one last thank you. I love making these and sharing them, I love even more when you hear a song here and then ask me to play it at a live show. That’s the special part and the reason I do this.
Let me know what songs speak to you, share the why if you want, but always feel free to ask me to add it to the set. It’s an honor to have a link like that between us. After all is said and done it’s just you and me out there.
Song Structure
C Shape. Capo around the 3.
Chords:
Verse - C/F/G/C
Chorus - F/C/G/C/F/C/G/C
I sometimes get into such a funk that my tunes always seem to sit most comfortable next to simple cowboy chords. I always have big plans to learn all the chords I can, but every time I sit down to do so a song seems to shove it’s way into my field of vision and demands my fingers stay put.
It’s a goal of mine to keep unlocking more of my instrument. It’s a slow process but I think I have the rest of my life to do it. I never want my vain desire to be a shredder to get in the way of the songs that the muse shares hands me. I encourage any budding songwriter to dig in to what you know and see if creation has been tucked in any of the corners, just waiting for you.
Voice Memos
Notebook Page
March 2023
Lyrics
They've been counting those likes, watching those streams
Still aint sure what that algorithm means
Say the more that you have the closer you are to your dreams
I'm hoping that isn't true
I'm still putting up lights, buying new clothes
Make a fool of myself on these videos
Spending hours and hours watching where the trends go
I don't know what to do
Wish I had all the answers, Wish I had lots of cars
Wish I had a big house, all of my neighbors are movie stars
They'd come round to see me, say I love your new songs
That's not my story, I'm sitting with you
And I hope that were getting along
If I lost 50 lbs, or shoved food in my face
Had trash that I stacked up all over the place
Maybe I'd do better in this new rat race
But I'd be lying to you
Cause Im just a guy and this is just a guitar
The licks that I have ain't particularly hard
They blend in perfect with a noisy dive bar
I don't know what to do
Wish I had all the answers, Wish I had lots of cars
Wish I had a big house, all of my neighbors are movie stars
They'd come round to see me, say I love your new songs
That's not my story, I'm sitting with you
And I hope that were getting along
I'm not playing big shows or selling out stands
Perfectly happy with 3 or 4 fans
Appreciate that you gave me a chance
Hope you keep me around
If you keep believing that I have a clue
I'll keep writing least a word or two
Together I think we can all make it through
Even when we don't know what to do
Wish I had all the answers, Wish I had lots of cars
Wish I had a big house, all of my neighbors are movie stars
They'd come round to see me, say I love your new songs
That's not my story, I'm sitting with you
And I hope that were getting along
I don't have any answers, just one old van
I drive it around, playing these tunes whenever I can
I may sleep on your couches, heck I'd even sleep on your floor
That's my story, I love it to death, I wouldn't wish for anything more
That's my story, I love it to death, I wouldn't wish for anything more