This is a song about a man whose wife has become a zombie and decides he’d rather be a zombie than to live without her. I got the idea around my 13th wedding anniversary back in January. I hope you like it. John Watson – Undead Together (mp3)

Yes! I am still alive! Look what I learned to play yesterday. I recorded this with my Nikon D90 and a Samson C01 condenser microphone. Check out the official music video.

I recorded another song just before Christmas. I don’t know where the idea came from. Christmas, shopping, the recession, foreclosures, paying bills, the Bible, the insanity of bringing a pine tree into one’s house, debt. It’s fuzzy. Many possible interpretations. What do you think? Video: I Saw Jesus At Walmart (.mov ~11.5MB) I recorded with Ardour. [...]

Inspiration for another song hit over the weekend. Funny, writing. I can try and try to write something and fail and fail—then, out of nowhere, inspiration hits and the song writes itself in a few hours. This one, melody and all, came to me from the internets. I hope you like it. I’ve never been [...]

My personal interpretation for ukulele of the epic Dr. Horrible song: Bad Horse Chorus Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog Music by Jed Whedon and Joss Whedon Lyrics by Joss Whedon C          Am Bad Horse, Bad Horse C          G Bad Horse, Bad Horse C He rides across the nation F               C the Thoroughbred of Sin C                            Am   [...]

I sell my photography at Lightproofbox.com, my photo blog. I don’t sell a whole lot, a few photos a month. Some of it is prints but I’d estimate more than half is licenses. Book covers and music mostly, some for ads and signage and the like. But I very rarely see the finished product (here’s [...]

And now for something completely different. I wrote a song last week and spent the better part of the weekend recording and tweaking it. Everything about it screams “amateur” which is true. But I like it and I wanted to share it anyway. I also feel like if I don’t just put it out there [...]

(Post contains videos that may not be viewable in your feed reader/email.) Listen to the lyrics—it’s a beautiful song. No wonder there are so many covers. First, the original from The Postal Service: Iron & Wine’s cover from the Garden State soundtrack: Another cover by Ben Folds: The Ben Gibbard (singer for The Postal Service [...]

This is the basic riff for the Iron & Wine version of Such Great Heights by The Postal Service. Except I’m playing it too fast, he’s playing F differently, and I need a lot more practice. Here’s the real thing. C G F C G sure is pretty.