Kim and Friends' Songs
NaSoAlMo 2009

My friend Jerell gave me a guitar chord as a present when I was feeling mistreated and stressed at work. He said it's a peaceful guitar chord and suggested I sit and play it to relieve stress. It's the first chord in "Orbit" after the spooky space noises. Thank you, Jerell. The space theme is just because I love the planets and stars.

Stuff that happened on my stay-at-home vacation the first week of November, 2009. I didn't have a plan, so I was constantly thinking, "What am I gonna do now?".

I was thinking two things about dreams when I wrote this. One was what it would be like if you could pick what you dreamed. What would you dream? I'm not sure I'd know what to pick. And then I thought about those wonderful dreams where you wake up the next morning feeling disappointed that it was only a dream. Like when I dreamed I got a new bicycle as a kid and woke up knowing I didn't have a new bicycle. Would you set yourself up for that disappointment if you could choose your dreams? And then I turned it into a love song because the music begged for a love song.

I had a promise ring once, but the promise was a lie. Here's where I tell you what I did with that ring.

An homage to my college days centered around a pizza joint in San Marcos, TX. I wrote it after I visited for the first time in years and agitated many dormant memories.

This was inspired by Jane Jensen, although it didn't turn out anything like what I was inspired to create. For lyrics, I just relayed some of the weird dreams I've had.

Inspired by my Dad. I've been wanting to write a song for him for nine years. I guess it needed to marinate.

Brian says wise things and funny things. Some of them needed to be put to music. Samples recorded at a happy hour with my Brian and Kevin where Brian derived great pleasure from the fried wontons.