songwriting

sneak peek of a song

what you are about to hear is a one-take iPhone recording while i was composing back in december. the beginning of the song is super sloppy and rough, but as i composed a song started coming together, it’s still rough, it’s just a sketch. the end of the song is my favorite part. I need [...]

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My first february song

I’ll be honest…I’m not really excited or proud of this song….I started trying to compose some intricate piece about creation…sounding like void and darkness and then light…and got overwhelmed by trying to use too many different synth sounds and my weaknesses of playing and it was just frustrating me…so I closed that and opened a [...]

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New Song and Why I Wrote It: Trust

What you are about to hear is the sound of  yours truly alone in a tiny practice room with a baby grand on a Friday afternoon. I recorded this rough take on my iPhone, it’s an original song I wrote this past summer. It’s rough but I wanted to get it out here and let u have a [...]

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When do you feel God’s pleasure?

I won’t ever forget those moments that are BIGGER than me moments that I experienced God working through me moments that are beyond words, beyond explanation because they are filled with God’s presence. There are two distinct things that have led to these occurrences, in my life, which are rare: 1. the first time I [...]

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An Original Song…River by Lori Jo

I played some songs at jazz n java last week. Here is a song that I wrote, called River. Hope you like it :)

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This Saturday!!!

It’s this week! THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Here’s the address: Jazz-n-Java 497 E. Alessandro Blvd. Riverside, CA 92508 starts at 6:00 p.m. (it’s in Mission Grove over by the K*Mart, Sprouts, Chili’s and LA Fitness, off of Allesandro and Mission Grove)

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so you wanna hear my new songs?

Come to Jazz-N-Java June 26 @ 6PM to hear Eddie Culin, Savannah, and myself! I’m going to be playing several of my own songs for the very first time! I’m super stoked…!!

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My First Goal for 2010: 15 Songs in January

My first goal for this year is to finish 15 songs in January 2010, (I will go one month at a time, depending on how that goes I will increase it or decrease it by 5).  I just downloaded a trial version of MasterWriter and will use that and I aim to use it for [...]

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my music site

in case you haven’t noticed any of my tweets or updates lately… I have a little music site up right here: check it out :D it has everything centralized, all the links, facebook page, reverbnation page, everything all in one place :] you can even listen to my song. (I’m hoping to get a bunch [...]

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