Every year my wife’s friends got together around Thanksgiving for a friendsgiving dinner. As the years progressed, more and more children began showing up as people had kids. During Thanksgiving 2018, I developed a migraine, and all of those infants and toddlers cut right through my skull. I asked my wife if she would be…
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Streaming the Vannigans
The Miniature Vannigans is now available on most streaming services! You can now listen to the music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and more. Links on the side of the page.
You’re Going to Want to Move Faster
Last weekend I started messing around on guitar, trying to come up with something simple. And after about five minutes, I had most of the parts to this song put together. I started laying down scratch guitar parts and programmed some basic drums. After practicing the song a bit, I re-wrote the drums, added some…
Listen to Me
Shortly before Christmas 2020, I plugged my guitar into my amp and within ten minutes I’d written the majority of this song. Sometimes music is a process, where you add little bits here and there, building a song up like a house. But sometimes writing music is plugging in and letting it out–it just comes…
Return to Deerhead Trail
Around 2011 I joined an instrumental post-metal band called Deerhead up in Mankato, Minnesota. It was four guys–three guitarists and a drummer–looking for someone to handle bass duties. I stepped in, and it turned out to be my favorite band I was a part of. We had a small following in town and played some…