song for download- o misha

i've had this song for a bit, but i just did another recording today. i think it's the best one.

I'm at work, and I checked out my site in Internet Explorer by accident (I know, it doesn't look so good in it, I hope to fix it one day, but it looks much better in browsers that try to keep to specification standards). The navigation was on the left side as it should be! How pleasant. In a previous version it was lost, but I've updated most of the site to strict XHTML. And it works. Hurrah.

The one thing I didn't change over was the automatic publishing to this section. So I just updated my templates and the text processing. All new entries will look correct now. Some day I'll fix the old ones. Baby steps.

I didn't want to write this, which is why it is the way it is.

I'm a sucker for standards.

I saw Phoebe perform tonight with the Phyllis Newman Health Initiative Dancers. It was inspiring. I have not performed solo this month: taking a break to work on my new record.

I try not to feel stressed out. Which seems stupid to say, but I know plenty of folks who stress themselves out. I have been feeling stressed this week. Friday I'm playing some songs for the Boog City tribute to Hair. I feel totally overwhelmed by the songs due to their length and content.

It's been fun learning the songs though. The chords remind me of things that I used to try more with guitar. I used to try to use chords that I wouldn't play normally - it helped teach me chords and get more interesting (or at least unusual) sounds. I feel like recently I haven't been doing enough of that, so I feel inspired by the music for these songs. Changes happen that I don't really expect, and it feels good.

Everything seems to be calming and changing. I suppose that's always the case, isn't it?