A Project Full of âRealâ Songs
Thereâs a weird and very annoying question people have asked me after shows. Iâll have just performed from 10-45 minutesâplaying comedy songs of mine that are well-known, new, or somewhere in between, singing said songs and playing guitarâand people will ask âdo you ever write any real songs?â
THEYâRE ALL REAL! Iâm playing them! Can you hear them? The air molecules are vibrating and moving your eardrums! Theyâre real!
But I get it: they mean non-comedy songs. They donât mean any offense by implying by contrast that comedy songs arenât real Theyâre only unwittingly negating my entire lifeâs work!
Well post-pandemic life is gonna be a lot easier because Iâll be able to just say âyesâ and point them to the new non-comedy album of 100% real songs I will be releasing this year under the name The Green L.E.D.s.
Why the name? To differentiate it from my comedy music stuff!
Donât like it? Come on, itâs better than âChildish Gambino!â
Iâve been enjoying working on it and Iâm really happy with the way the songs are shaping up. Iâve been inspired by early 80s post-punk and some Aughts rock but those were just the starting points and Iâm going to wait until itâs done before I characterize it more. Itâs been hugely helpful for my mental state to have a creative outlet. Writing comedy during the pandemic has been really difficult for me because there were no live shows to test out the material, and with a global pandemic, a nationwide reckoning on systemic racism, and a dangerously contentious election year (that didnât end at the election), I havenât been super inspired to be funny. So what does a comedian/songwriter do when he doesnât feel funny?
I guess he writes some ârealâ songs đ
Look for the first single in July and the full album this fall!