Busy Boy am I

I know I’ve all but abandoned this blog. I may revive it in a month or so, but I’ve been buy with other online projects.
The latest is my music site. Yesterday I released a free 6-song live EP. Here’s the link:
www.joegildermusic.com

“Treadin’ Water”

I just posted a new song to the songwriting podcast. You can check it out here. 
I actually wrote a new song yesterday that oughta be up there soon. Today I have the day off, so I plan to have a brunch date with Pam, and then do some more recording!!

Hollywood Be Thy Name

Since I have been informed that this morning’s post was “lame,” and since I also agree, how about something good?
The friend of mine that I mentioned in the last post is Charlie Hardin (aka Charlie Murphey). We both hail from Mississippi. We’ve actually known each other for quite a long time, since senior year of [...]

Early Bird Day 1 – My New Guitar

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ll be getting up early for the next seven days. Let’s see if a cool new habit develops. I cheated a little bit today. On Wednesdays Pam has her clinical for nursing school. She has to be there at 6:30, and I’ve been taking her every week. So…day [...]

And the winner is…

Last night’s party was pretty great. My brother-in-law Joel and I recorded a song for a Christmas song contest at work. We did a new version of “Deck the Halls.” It had a somber twist to it. Basically, it contrasts the super-happy “Fa-La-La” attitude of the Christmas season with the fact that for a lot [...]

Memphis

On our way back from Mississippi last week, Pam and I spent New Years Eve in Memphis. We stayed with some friends of ours from college, Mike and Meagan, who recently got married. Meagan was Pam’s maid of honor. Mike is a drummer and works for a record label in Memphis. It was really good to [...]

Snow & Tell

I saw the first Fort Wayne Winter ‘08 snowflake today. Folks at church this morning said, “Yay!” A buddy of mine said “Yay” this afternoon. I’ll go ahead and break the news to you. Joe and Pam don’t say “yay.”
I do think snow is beautiful, but for some reason every time it snows it’s cold [...]

“How to Fish”

I wrote another song this week. It’s different. I’m not much on “social commentary songs,” and I’m certainly no Bob Dylan, but this song just sort of came out. With election time coming to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about government, the church, people in need, and how all those things tie together. 
The [...]

Fall, Change, and a New Song

This past weekend Pam and I made some changes around the apartment. We’re both getting a little sick of apartment living, so we changed things up a bit, and it’s pretty refreshing! We got some bookshelves and added curtains to all our windows. The biggest change, though, was swapping the studio and bedroom. Now the [...]

Ben Folds Follow-up

You know those artists whose songs you know inside and out? The ones you think about when you go to write a song of your own? The ones whose songs resonate with the very core of your musical identity? The ones who can have you sitting on the edge of your seat with 2,000 other [...]