Calling all Steemian music enthusiasts! I just recently began to curate a new playlist comprised of "substantial" pop songs. I've titled the collection "Pop With Bones"...it currently

Release dates, time-of-creation, and/or publication dates should not be given the power to dictate the lifespan of a creative work; the art we create should always be allowed the continued opportunity

In light of our current sociopolitical climate, I felt it'd be appropriate to share an underground single: "Feet Planted" (The link to the music is a few paragraphs down—but I don't endorse skipping

It is better not to be, than to not be one's self. —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover

The first fire of the season was lit mid-day on Sunday, August 19th. Temperatures had fallen to thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit in the early morning hours, the house's heating system was still off, clouds

Most of us have read something about brain theory as it relates to our vision and sensory perception. One popular theory suggests that the brain actively and continuously curates and modifies an

Watching Miss Jade Bird's work emerge into the recording world has been a riot. I first stumbled into her about six months ago when her track "Lottery" released. This petite, 20 year old, British

Life experience comes at a great cost. We're born into, and as members of, a flawed species in an inexplicable world. We've got active brains, we're naturally conflicted, and there is often no rational

"Do not trouble the self with the present moment; in the time it takes the mind to conceptualize the idea of now, that juncture will have already become the past. Instead, live your life always looking

Freedom cannot be known or understood by those who do not possess even the basic freedom to act on their own mortalities. —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music,

What is it that the mind wants?—what is it that it creates? Surely the situation—as it truly is—is not representative of how the situation is perceived. We are builders and fabricators of the most skilled

Our world is going to burn. Do we allow ourselves to sear before the flame ignites? How do we ascribe value to that which is destined to fail? We must trade, we must acquire and maintain a certain level

Live deliberately, not doggedly. —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover above to listen to

The tree's greatest strength lies where the grain is most twisted and discordant. [Photo courtesy of Pixabay Creative Commons library.] —---—--- — — — — ---—---— Like what you read?Check out my page for

I recently heard it said— "Accept what you can't change. Change what you can't accept." —and could not help but to be incensed by the thoughtless, "feel-goodery" of such an empty utterance. Is

Overwhelmed. That's the word. That's the world. The world is overwhelmed and so too must be any mind that thinks and feels within it—overwhelmed and driven to inaction and bewilderment. What's one to do

Our unabating pursuit of money is our greatest expense. Come back soon—More music, philosophy, and writing is on the way! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover above to listen to my latest record

Stay poor on paper and humble in earnest. Like what you read?Check out my page for more music, philosophy, and writing! Click the "Burnin’ Both Ends” album cover above to listen to my latest record

Today's world is flooded with independent music of all genres—unfortunately, the ability for virtually any individual to readily record and release music of any quality has, in effect, made music discovery

This track blindsided me; writing it was a major turning point in my pursuit as a songwriter—truth be told, it wrote itself…it poured out of me, it compelled me to write it, to tear my vocals singing it,