Come Evening There Will Only Be Crows

What Evening Brought

by andy swanson

When I find myself

thinking like a child

I call myself on it

I fight till the death

for the meaningless parts

but to no avail

Conflict risen

All has been well

Only to know

that the next

pink sun will

bring birdsong

Carried by the

Red of robins

Come evening

There will only

be crows

Just a little song and poem. The music is a reflection of the poem and the video is just something pretty with small connections. The videos and stills were all taken last summer when my brother and I were in Montana. Some of the shots were taken in Wyoming, which is a strange place in and of itself; an awkward beauty in desolation. Most of them are in the Billings area and the Bear Tooth Mountains. Very good places to disappear. I recorded the song a while back by sticking my computer mic into a tin tea can and putting the banjo up real close. The song has an eerie feel about it that I love, it sort of fills in the gaps that the poem leaves open. Not to say that the Poem is lyrics but rather an entity of its own that happens to be good friends with the Song.

Cold Chillin'

Even Polish dudes in crazy hats get a little dejected sometimes.

Going to start recording some new song ideas once the semester is over next week. I think I should try to spend some more time on these songs and even more time when mixing and editing them. I've some what mastered my bastardly 4-Track and Panasonic© tape deck piece of shit™ (funny that the thing I bought for a $1 at a thrift store is the one I use the most and is the one that works the least). I have a very crude technique for getting the songs from the tapes on the computer, crude because I don't really care enough to do it the real way. However, I will put them up here for people to listen. If anyone would like a tape please inquire at the door.

The Immaculate Usagimaru

Usag playing "The Grand Duchy of Jeuno" off of Final Fantasy XI Piano Collections.

Usag is my good buddy from Singapore who just happens to be a piano wizard.