Jonathan David Steinhoff
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Icicle Icicle
This led to something essential to the Stones hit 'Almost Hear You Sigh', and to something less essential to McCartney's 'This One'. Not because this stuff can't be found elsewhere, but they used stuff appropros of it being in this song.
Coordinate Myself Coordinate Myself
I recall doing this one as a reaction against people turning the artistic medium of music into a part of exercise classes, which is not to say that they shouldn't name a diet pill after Beethoven.
But She Didn't Know But She Didn't Know
I'm featuring a bunch of songs from this 1989 music cassette I made, though they sound fuzzier than my newer stuff (hasn't that always been the difference between past and present?).
Packed Bag Packed Bag
I'm featuring a bunch of songs from this 1989 music cassette I made, though they sound fuzzier than my newer stuff (hasn't that always been the difference between past and present?).
Happy Swimming Pool Happy Swimming Pool
As a song I did a long time ago, it may be too late to figure out an appropriate song description. It was the title song of one of my albums, chosen, perhaps, because it has the word 'Happy' in its name. A Stones video used something from this.
Stationary Stationary
This song economically expresses common, obsessive fears many have of not being active in a manner others will 'validate', which is related to false definitions being rammed down people's throats of what are essential activities.
She's A Prize She's A Prize
This song was influenced by an anecdote related to me by someone I knew, and later confirmed by Knack man Doug Fieger, that he lost his girlfriend when he left a band, the girl then taking up with the person who replaced him in the band, Fieger.
Jasper Smith Jasper Smith
As with all of the songs I did this long ago, I can only hope it is more primitive compared with what I'm doing now. Not worse, though.
Part Of It All Part Of It All
I'd say this song has a little bit of Russian peasant mixed with a little bit of Spike Jones. It probably benefits from the fact that my sound was more primitive back when I created it.
(Build It All Up Into A) Brand New River Of Love (Build It All Up Into A) Brand New River Of Love
I am totally convinced that this is the song which led to Sting's "(Starting Up A) Brand New Day," via a close Joni Mitchell friend, and then via Joni Mitchell, and finally via James Taylor, who appears on the album for which that is the title song.
Chaos Chaos
As it was almost ten years ago that I did this one, it is even more primitive than I am now. Or more sophisticated, I'm not sure what direction I'm going in, sophisticated-primitive wise.
Garbage Pail Garbage Pail
I had always hoped that someday this song would become an English pub sing-along classic, for those times when everyone is feeling crocked and sentimental.
Watching The Trees, Staring At The Floor Watching The Trees, Staring At The Floor
This rough-edged song from 2003 is many notches below the sound standard I had by then, but I was involved in creating a certain effect. On some level I was attacking the age-old dilemma of rejuvenating language as it relates to stale chewing gum.
Blessing Blessing
I came this close to singing this song with a French accent. I did it a long time ago, so that's all I remember about it.
Two Weeks Ago Two Weeks Ago
I'm featuring a bunch of songs from this 1989 music cassette I made, though they sound fuzzier than my newer stuff (hasn't that always been the difference between past and present?).
