I really need to change my guitar strings.

The new strings have been sitting on my desk for approximately two months, staring at me, waiting for me, weeping for me.

Their day will soon come.

ANYWAY.

Tonight I recorded and uploaded this song for you, my pretties. I wrote it a couple months ago, I guess? (I remember playing it for Ali and/or Margaret at some point in Aprilish.) I'm not really sure where it came from; it was one of those happy, magical moments where the song appeared in my head, essentially fully formed. All I had to do was write it down and work out the guitar chords. I wish that would happen more often.

It doesn't really have a title yet. I've been tossing around the name "Wasteland Lullaby," but I don't like that very much. I'd really, really like to call it "Apocalypse Lullaby," but I've come across no fewer than two songs in recent months with the same or similar name ("Apocalypse Lullaby" by the Wailin' Jennys and "Apocalyptic Lullaby" by Alina Simone--both are gorgeous songs, check them out!). Given this reality, I'm thinking I should come up with something original and different. But what? (Suggestions?)

Interestingly, my song and the song by Alina Simone bear many similarities, even though I'd never even heard of her when I wrote it. Collective unconscious, much?

Simone: Hush, now, baby, baby, don't you cry / 'Cause battle ships keep falling from the sky.
Cobb: Hush, little baby, don't say a word / The bandits move in angry hordes.

Here's mah vidja.

What this means is that the next song I upload will be on Thursday, June 23, a week from today! That song is already in progress, I just need to write the last few verses and master the chords. (B-minor is not my friend, however much I love the way it sounds.)

I also have a bunch of ideas for topics to write about here, from where I get inspiration, to what kind of music moves me, to my songwriting process, etc., so expect some of those posts coming up during the weeks between songs!