BRYAN'S MUSIC STORIES

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10 Trivia About Jesus It's Smoky 

Here are behind the scenes bits of trivia about Jesus, It's Smoky:

  1. The song started in an unusual way. The air was thick with smoke from yet another forest fire and I was outside wondering whether the world…
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A Change of Plans

First, while it was undoubtedly my most poorly timed video release, thanks to the many folks who watched Jesus It's Smoky yesterday on YouTube! 

Second...regarding that album...I've had a big change of heart about what to do with it from…

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10 Trivia About You Don't Know My Name 

Here are ten bits of trivia about the first single from my new album, You Don't Know My Name. 

  1. This song was started long before the others, but it sat there because it didn't quite fit what I was working…
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You Don't Know My Name 

It's out! This isn't just the first single from my upcoming album. It's also the beginning of a new chapter of storytelling, about using every instrument in reach to try to make sense of the world, about a time when…

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Finishing Embers in Response, a To Do List

So much goes into an album that's performed by real human beings. After a few months of work since starting, here's a list of the stuff that I still need to finish before it's a wrap. 

ALREADY DONE

  • Write nine…
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He's Sweet I Know 

Speaking of Easter, something I enjoy doing is recording old gospel tunes, and what better night to do that than tonight. Here's He's Sweet I Know, by A. Jackson, hot off the press. For this song I stood in various…

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Great Aunt Bernie's Insight

On this Easter Sunday, I'm giving a quick shout out to my long departed Great Aunt Bernice ("Bernie"). My parents used to drag me out to her and Uncle Johnnie's house on Easter. In classic early teen form I dreaded…

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The Opera Thing, Part 2

It turns out, singing opera requires a lot more than someone believing in you. It requires work. Lots of it. It's work of the grinding type, more like going to the gym than jamming with friends. Opera is a culture…

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No More BandCamp

Deleted the ol' BandCamp account last week. This is all part of a gradual roll-back of my digital presence after feeling stretched uncomfortably thin during the BDB era. BandCamp joins Twitter and ReverbNation in the virtual recycle bin. While my…

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