Posted on Tuesday, 15th September 2009 by Stephen
That’s what they tell me on YouTube. “They sure as !@#$ don’t write &#*$ like this anymore!” Or some such statement. Is it true? They also say that fairly new stuff like Oasis’s Don’t look back in Anger is genius. I know that’s not true – Noel Gallagher said so himself. So what gives? My [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 15th August 2009 by Stephen
It’s finally here! After lots of work, etc., I have finished my first album, If Music be the Food of Love. It will be on iTunes September 15, but you can download it right now at www.imbtfol.com, or right here at Seventeen Pencils. I’d like to thank Michael Golus, Joshua Mayfield, Caleb Sherer, and Joshua [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 4th August 2009 by Stephen
I’m coming down to the home stretch with my new album, If Music be the Food of Love. Something tells me that this could be exciting! I’m shooting for August 15, which is less than two weeks away. There’s a certain satisfaction to doing everything by yourself, but I definitely want to try a different [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 23rd July 2009 by Stephen
One of the hardest things about music is actually feeling it. It’s too easy to just write what sounds decent, and not really put my heart into it. So when a song can really make me feel deep down, I’m intrigued. In my experience, the emotional quality of a song has to do with escaping [...]
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Posted on Saturday, 4th July 2009 by Stephen
I followed Derek Webb’s little scavenger hunt all the way to Nashville last night with my buddy Christopher Plemmons, and I was severely disappointed. Sure his new songs were great, but I already knew that. I wanted him to do something! Like… play some music?? He didn’t even stick around for me to meet him. [...]
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